Selected Popular Writings – English

Articles in Magazines and Newspapers

Ahmad, Irfan. 2015a.“As Morsi Faces the Gallows, Where Are the Defenders of Democracy?” The Conversation. 14 August. Reproduced, inter alia, by ABC, Jakarta Globe, Scroll.in, Yourmiddleeast.com, Businesses.com.au, Emnews.com.au and Johnmenadue.com.

Ahmad, Irfan. 2015b. “Ek Vidhaan, Do Desh; Not Ek Desh, Do Vidhaan –On [Yakub] Memon’s Execution”. TwoCircles.net. 4 August.

Ahmad, Irfan. 2015c.“Reclaiming Australia? Liberalism’s Role in Islamophobia”. The Conversation. 17 July.

Ahmad, Irfan. 2015d.“Mohamed Mursi Death Sentence Puts Western Democracies on Notice”. The Age (Melbourne). June 9. Also in its affiliates:Sydney Morning Herlad, Canberra Times and others.

Ahmad, Irfan. 2014.a. “Gandhi, Palestine and Israel“. August 02. Kafila.org. Republished at The Independent, Alochna, BeyondHeadlines, DialogueIndia and elsewhere.

Ahmad, Irfan. 2014b. “Are India’s Muslims a Minority?” Al-Jazeera English. 5 June. Translated into Malayalam and published in Utharakalam on 18 Jun 2014 and on June 9 in Partidhara E-Journal.

Ahmad, Irfan. 2014c. “Welcome to Pseudo-democracy: Unpacking the BJP Victory.” May 25. Kafila.org.

Ahmad, Irfan. 2014d. “Democracy as Permanent Advertising – Indian Media and Elections”. May 08. Kafila.org.

Ahmad, Irfan. 2014e. “Manifestos and Indian Elections”. Al-Jazeera. 15 April.

Ahmad, Irfan. 2013a.”Modi as Future Indian PM? Development, Camp and the ‘Muslim Vote‘”. OpenDemocracy. 30 November.

Ahmad, Irfan. 2013b. “El-Sisi’s Reign of Terror and the Propaganda of ‘Fascism‘”.  Al-Jazeera. 23 August. Reproduced as “Egypt’s Reign of Terror and the Propaganda of ‘Fascism'”. The Sunday Times (Colombo). P. 12. Print and online editions.

Ahmad, Irfan. 2013c.“Life Imitating Bollywood: Love, Murder, Suicide”.  Al-Jazeera. 6 August.

Ahmad, Irfan. 2013d.“Bin Laden’s Killing: National Sovereignty as Notional Fraud”.  Al-Jazeera. 18 July.

Ahmad, Irfan. 2013e.“Egypt, De-democratised”.  Al-Jazeera. 8 July.

Ahmad, Irfan. 2012a.“Legitimizing the Killings in the Name of ‘Just War”.  Al-Jazeera. 15 September. 

Ahmad, Irfan. 2012b.“How the War on Terror is a War of Terror”. Al-Jazeera. 11 September.

Ahmad, Irfan. 2012c. “How the West de-democratised the Middle East”. Al-Jazeera (English). 30 March.   For a Portuguese translation, clickhttp://www.blogdadilma.blog.br/mundo/88-mundo/812-como-o-ocidente-desdemocratizou-o-oriente-medio.html

Ahmad, Irfan. 2011. “The (In)visible in Indian Terrorism”. Al-Jazeera (English) 16 September.  Translated into Malayalam (see below).

Ahmad, Irfan. 2006a. “Don’t Blame SIMI”. The Times of India. Edit Page. New Delhi. September 25.

Ahmad, Irfan. 2006b. “Freedom from Bigotry”. The Times of India. Edit Page. New Delhi. February 21.

Ahmad, Irfan. 2000. “Mera India/ Bharat Mahaan”. Business Today. January 7: 30– 31.

Ahmad, Irfan. 1999. “Private Armies Ruling the Roost”. The Pioneer. February 1.

Ahmad, Irfan. 1999. “Free Radical”. Himal: South Asian Magazine. 12(2).

Ahmad, Irfan. 1998a. “Global Bully in Washington”. The Pioneer. New Delhi. September 6.

Ahmad, Irfan. 1998b. “Only the Legacy Remains”. Himal: South Asian Magazine. 11(2): 31– 33.

Ahmad, Irfan. 1998c. “Muslim Votes and BJP’s Dilemma”. The Pioneer. New Delhi. February 20.

Ahmad, Irfan. 1997. “A New Agenda for Muslim Radicals”. The Times of India. Edit Page. New Delhi. April 1.

Ahmad, Irfan. 1996a. “Cricket and Suicide”. The Times of India. Edit Page. New Delhi. April 9.

Ahmad, Irfan. 1996b. “The Ethics of a Beauty Contest”. The Pioneer. New Delhi. November 6.

Articles in Semi-Academic Journals and Online.

Ahmad, Irfan. 2008. “ ‘The Society of Suspicion’ and Anthropological Ethics”. Website of Association of Social Anthropologists of the UK andCommonwealth, February 04. http://blog.theasa.org/?p=49

Ahmad, Irfan. 2001a. “Bhutan’s Struggle for Democracy”. The Radical Humanist. 64(10): 9-10.

Ahmad, Irfan. 2001b. “Communication”. Seminar. 498: 59– 62.

Ahmad, Irfan. 2000. “Across the Seas”. India International Center Diary. April-May: 4– 5.

Ahmad, Irfan. 1999a. “RSS Versus the Jamaat”. World Focus. 232: 16– 19.

Ahmad, Irfan. 1999b. “Contextualizing Vande Matram”. Manushi: A Journal about Women and Society. 111: 29– 30.

Ahmad, Irfan. 1997. “Emergence of Sociology and its Relationship with Social Sciences”. Employment News. 22: 1– 2.

Ahmad, Irfan. 1996a. “Communication”. Seminar. 438: 66– 67.

Ahmad, Irfan. 1996b. “UN at Fifty”. Third Concept. 107: 13– 15.

Ahmad, Irfan. 1996c. “Looking Beyond the Radcliffe Line”. Mainstream. May 11: 28– 30.

Ahmad, Irfan. 1995. “Looking for the End of the Tunnel”. Social Reality. 1(2): 64– 66.

Ahmad, Irfan. 1995a. “Between Vision and Action”. Mainstream. November 18: 27– 28.

Ahmad, Irfan. 1994. “Population and Development”. Mainstream. 32(43): 11– 13.