Journal Articles

“Democracy in Jail: Over-representation of Minorities in Indian Prisons.” EPW. 52(44): 98-106.
November 4, 2017

Anthropological Publics, Public Anthropology: An AAA Annual Meeting Roundtable
June 16, 2017

In Conversation with an Ordinary Indian: Kaliyuga, War, End of the World and Hindutva
June 14, 2017

Injustice and the New World Order: An Anthropological Perspective on ‘Terrorism’ in India
June 14, 2017

Gods, Power, Democracy: In Conversation With John Keane
September 16, 2015

“Talal Asad Interviewed by Irfan Ahmad”. Public Culture. 27(2): 259 – 279.
September 8, 2015

Anthropology of Islam: History, Culture and Power
December 24, 2013

In Defense of Ho(s)tels: Islamophobia, Domophilia, Liberalism (Full Text)
June 21, 2013

“Theorizing Islamism and Democracy: Jamaat-e-Islami in India”
November 6, 2012

Modernity and Its Outcast: The Why and How of India’s Partition.
February 5, 2012

The Categorical Revolution: Democratic Uprising in the Middle East
November 5, 2011

Democracy and Islam
May 6, 2011

Immanent Critique and Islam: Anthropological Reflections
March 6, 2011

Is There an Ethics of Terrorism? Islam, Globalisation, Militancy
December 14, 2010

The Secular State and the Geography of Radicalism
June 23, 2009

Genealogy of the Islamic State: Reflections on Maududi’s Political Thought and Islamism
April 9, 2009

Cracks in the ‘Mightiest Fortress’: Jamaat-e-Islami’s Changing Discourse on Women
October 26, 2007

The State in Islamist Thought
December 7, 2006

Between Moderation and Radicalization: Transnational Interactions of Jamaat-e-Islami of India
June 15, 2005

A Different Jihad: Dalit Muslims’ Challenge to Ashraf Hegemony
November 21, 2003

India-Pakistan: Friendship as Enmity
August 2, 2003

Timothy McVeighs of the Orient
April 13, 2002

In Memoriam: Ali Sardar Jafri (1913-2000)
February 7, 2001