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Mr Syed Huzaifah Bin Othman Alkaff

Associate Research Fellow
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B, Islamic Revealed Knowledge and Heritage Hons (International Islamic University Malaysia) ; MSc Strategic Studies (RSIS,NTU)
: [email protected]
: +65 6908 2321
: IDSS
IP25078 | Between Reform and Recession: Economic Turbulence in KEPRI
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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)
: [email protected]
: +65 6908 2321
: IDSS

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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.

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Areas of Expertise

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

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RSIS Publications

    Counter Terrorist Trends and Analyses

    • Counter Terrorist Trends and Analyses (CTTA) - Volume 11 Issue 05

      16 May, 2019

    • Counter Terrorist Trends and Analyses (CTTA) - Volume 10, Issue 03

      06 March, 2018

    • Counter Terrorist Trends and Analyses (CTTA) - Volume 10, Issue 01

      01 January, 2018

    • Counter Terrorist Trends and Analysis (CTTA) - Volume 8, Issue 09

      29 September, 2016

    • Counter Terrorist Trends and Analysis (CTTA) - Volume 8, Issue 08

      31 August, 2016

    • Counter Terrorist Trends and Analysis (CTTA) - Volume 6, Issue 10

      01 November, 2014

    • Counter Terrorist Trends and Analysis (CTTA) - Volume 5, Issue 9

      02 September, 2013

    • Counter Terrorist Trends and Analysis (CTTA) - Volume 5, Issue 9

      01 September, 2013

    • Counter Terrorist Trends and Analysis (CTTA) - Volume 5, Issue 7

      01 July, 2013

    • Counter Terrorist Trends and Analysis (CTTA) - Volume 5, Issue 7

      01 July, 2013

    Policy Reports

    • From Street Level Protesters to Strategic Electoral Players: The Evolution of Islamist Movements in Yogyakarta and Solo

      18 June, 2025

    RSIS Commentary Series

    • Ties with Israel: Indonesia Not Like Morocco

      12 January, 2021

    • Pensacola Shooting: Missing Piece in Saudis’ Social Reforms

      19 December, 2019

    • New Pro-Islamic State Magazine: A Persistent Ideological Threat

      07 March, 2019

    • 2019 Jolo Bombing: Bid to Derail BOL Peace Deal?

      18 February, 2019

    • CO18143 | Basilan Island Suicide Attack: IS Tapping into ASG’s Strength?

      30 August, 2018

    • CO18077 | New Al-Fatihin: IS Continued Ideological Threat to Southeast Asia

      04 May, 2018

    • CO18065 | Jolo and Maguindanao: New IS Epicentres in Philippines?

      05 April, 2018

    • CO17032 | Crowdsourcing Local Attacks: ISIS Expands its Radical Reach

      20 February, 2017

    • CO15282 | ISIS in Horn of Africa: An Imminent Alliance with Al-Shabaab?

      30 December, 2015

    • CO15183 | Islamic State: Breeding a New Generation of Jihadists

      27 August, 2015

    IDSS Papers

    • IP25078 | Between Reform and Recession: Economic Turbulence in KEPRI

      04 August, 2025

    • IP25036 | Indonesia’s Aspiration to Become a Global Halal Hub:
 Opportunities and Challenges Ahead

      20 March, 2025

    • IP25031 | Revitalising Indonesia’s Waters: The Impact of Indonesia-China Fisheries Cooperation

      13 March, 2025

    • IP24107 | Between Political Ideology and Political Reality: The Case of Riau Islands

      20 December, 2024

    • IP24093 | Political Dynamics and Economic Prospects in the 2024 Riau Islands Election

      11 November, 2024

    • IP24001 | Beyond Conflict: Navigating Political and Security Dynamics in Rempang, Riau Islands

      03 January, 2024

    • IP23047 | Is the End of Time Nearing? Ramifications of Apocalyptic Beliefs in Indonesia

      22 June, 2023

    • IP23043 | Purist Salafis in Indonesia: Between Religious Belief and Demands of Democratic Governance

      01 June, 2023

    • IP21025 | The Infiltration of Jemaah Islamiyah into Indonesian State and Society

      23 December, 2021

    • IP21022 | Eschatological Narratives, Taliban and the Dangers of Millenarian Thinking

      10 December, 2021

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External Publications

Authored Books

  • Indonesia and Islam in Transition (with Leonard C. Sebastian). Singapore: Palgrave Macmillan, 2024

Journal Articles

  • “Contemporary Salafism in Singapore” (with Muhammad Haziq Bin Jani) in Journal of Muslim Minority Affairs, 41, 1, 2021. pp. 157-178

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

  • “Malaysia Madani and the Muslim World: Anwar Ibrahim’s Soft Power Strategy” (with Muhammad Haziq Bin Jani), The Diplomat, 7 July 2023
  • “Saudi Arabia’s Moderate Islam: A Restrained Contribution?”, Eurasia Review, 26 May 2018

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