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Mr Syed Huzaifah Bin Othman Alkaff

Associate Research Fellow

Education: B, Islamic Revealed Knowledge and Heritage Hons (International Islamic University Malaysia) ; MSc Strategic Studies (RSIS,NTU)

Entity: IDSS

Email: [email protected]

DID: +65 6514 8387

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Biography

SYED HUZAIFAH ALKAFF is a Senior Analyst at the International Centre for Political Violence and Terrorism Research (ICPVTR) 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.

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Areas of Expertise

  • Middle Eastern and North African politics
  • Political Islam
  • Islamic Jurisprudence
  • Communication

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Last updated on 01/07/2019