Mr Syed Huzaifah Bin Othman Alkaff
Mr Syed Huzaifah Bin Othman Alkaff
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Biography
SYED HUZAIFAH ALKAFF is a Associate Research Fellow at the Indonesia Programme at the S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies (RSIS), Nanyang Technological University (NTU), Singapore. He graduated with a Masters in Strategic Studies from the S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies (RSIS), Nanyang Technological University (NTU), Singapore. He also holds a Bachelor Degree of Islamic Revealed Knowledge and Heritage in Fiqh (Islamic Jurisprudence) and Usul Al-Fiqh (Principles of Jurisprudence) with minor in communication from the International Islamic University of Malaysia (IIUM).
He has experience working in the Risk and Compliance industry with Dow Jones Risk & Compliance (also known as Dow Jones Watchlist) for about 5 years as a research editor overseeing Middle Eastern region. Hence, he has an extensive understanding of that region in addition to have been living in Kuwait for six years. He obtained a scholarship from the Kuwaiti government to complete his high school education in Kuwait. He has been working with ICPVTR overseeing Middle East and North Africa desk for 4 years and his work focuses on analysing trends and patterns of extremist and terrorist entities in that region. He is fluent in three languages – Malay, English and Arabic.
Areas of Expertise
- Middle Eastern and North African politics
- Political Islam
- Islamic Jurisprudence
- Communication
RSIS Publications
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Ties with Israel: Indonesia Not Like Morocco
12 January, 2021
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Pensacola Shooting: Missing Piece in Saudis’ Social Reforms
19 December, 2019
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New Pro-Islamic State Magazine: A Persistent Ideological Threat
07 March, 2019
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2019 Jolo Bombing: Bid to Derail BOL Peace Deal?
18 February, 2019
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CO18143 | Basilan Island Suicide Attack: IS Tapping into ASG’s Strength?
30 August, 2018
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CO18077 | New Al-Fatihin: IS Continued Ideological Threat to Southeast Asia
04 May, 2018
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CO18065 | Jolo and Maguindanao: New IS Epicentres in Philippines?
05 April, 2018
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CO17032 | Crowdsourcing Local Attacks: ISIS Expands its Radical Reach
20 February, 2017
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CO15282 | ISIS in Horn of Africa: An Imminent Alliance with Al-Shabaab?
30 December, 2015
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CO15183 | Islamic State: Breeding a New Generation of Jihadists
27 August, 2015
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Counter Terrorist Trends and Analyses (CTTA) - Volume 11 Issue 05
16 May, 2019
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Counter Terrorist Trends and Analyses (CTTA) - Volume 10, Issue 03
06 March, 2018
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Counter Terrorist Trends and Analyses (CTTA) - Volume 10, Issue 01
01 January, 2018
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Counter Terrorist Trends and Analysis (CTTA) - Volume 8, Issue 09
29 September, 2016
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Counter Terrorist Trends and Analysis (CTTA) - Volume 8, Issue 08
31 August, 2016
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Counter Terrorist Trends and Analysis (CTTA) - Volume 6, Issue 10
01 November, 2014
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Counter Terrorist Trends and Analysis (CTTA) - Volume 5, Issue 9
02 September, 2013
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Counter Terrorist Trends and Analysis (CTTA) - Volume 5, Issue 9
01 September, 2013
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Counter Terrorist Trends and Analysis (CTTA) - Volume 5, Issue 7
01 July, 2013
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Counter Terrorist Trends and Analysis (CTTA) - Volume 5, Issue 7
01 July, 2013
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IP24001 | Beyond Conflict: Navigating Political and Security Dynamics in Rempang, Riau Islands
03 January, 2024
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IP23047 | Is the End of Time Nearing? Ramifications of Apocalyptic Beliefs in Indonesia
22 June, 2023
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IP23043 | Purist Salafis in Indonesia: Between Religious Belief and Demands of Democratic Governance
01 June, 2023
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IP21025 | The Infiltration of Jemaah Islamiyah into Indonesian State and Society
23 December, 2021
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IP21022 | Eschatological Narratives, Taliban and the Dangers of Millenarian Thinking
10 December, 2021
Commentaries
Counter Terrorist Trends and Analyses
IDSS Paper
External Publications
Journal Articles
Chapters in Edited Books
- “IS – A Brief Introduction” in Muhammad Haniff Hassan and Rohan Gunaratna (Eds.), Countering Islamic State Ideology: Voices Of Singapore Religious Scholars. Singapore: PERGAS, 2021, pp. 1-11
- “Yemen’s Ideological Front in Deradicalisation Approach” in R. Gunaratna and S. Hussin, ed., Terrorist Deradicalisation in Global Contexts: Success, Failure and Continuity. London: Routledge, 2019, pp.96-110
- “The Los Angeles Model in Deradicalisation” in R. Gunaratna and S. Hussin, ed., Terrorist Deradicalisation in Global Contexts: Success, Failure and Continuity. London: Routledge, 2019, pp.197-208
Op-Eds
Last updated on 11/05/2022