Dr. Ahmad El-Muhammady
Dr. Ahmad El-Muhammady is an Assistant Professor and Head of Responsible Research and Innovation at the International Institute of Islamic Thought and Civilisation (ISTAC-IIUM). Currently, he is also an Associate Fellow at the International Centre for Counter-Terrorism (ICCT), The Hague, Netherlands, Associate Research Fellow at the Accounting Research Institute (ARI), Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM), Malaysia; an independent consultant to the International Criminal Investigative Assistance Program (ICITAP) under U.S. Department of Justice’s Criminal Division; resource person for the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) in PCVE projects (Southeast Asia) and international consultant at Hedayah, The International Centre of Excellence for Countering Extremism and Violent Extremismore...
Dr. Ahmad El-Muhammady is an Assistant Professor and Head of Responsible Research and Innovation at the International Institute of Islamic Thought and Civilisation (ISTAC-IIUM). Currently, he is also an Associate Fellow at the International Centre for Counter-Terrorism (ICCT), The Hague, Netherlands, Associate Research Fellow at the Accounting Research Institute (ARI), Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM), Malaysia; an independent consultant to the International Criminal Investigative Assistance Program (ICITAP) under U.S. Department of Justice’s Criminal Division; resource person for the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) in PCVE projects (Southeast Asia) and international consultant at Hedayah, The International Centre of Excellence for Countering Extremism and Violent Extremism, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates (UAE). He works closely with the Special Branch’s Counter-Terrorism Division, Royal Malaysia Police and Prison Department since 2011 to conduct ideological assessment and the rehabilitation/ deradicalisation programs for individuals detained under terrorism laws in Malaysian prisons. Dr. Ahmad was also appointed as an expert/specialist by the Ministry of Home Affairs (MOHA) for cases investigated under the Security Offences (Special Measures) Act (SOSMA) 2012 and Prevention of Terrorism Act (POTA) 2015, which requires him to testify as an expert witness in Malaysian High Court and conduct rehabilitation program in prisons. Due to this extensive experience, his team was appointed by the Institute of Public Security of Malaysia (IPSOM), Ministry of Home Affairs (MOHA) to develop National Action Plan on Preventing/Countering Violent Extremism (NAPPCVE) in Malaysia in 2020. Prior, Dr Ahmad was a consultant to the United Nation Development Program (UNDP) on foreign terrorist fighters (FTF) in the Southeast Asia, think-tank member (2014-2019) and consultant (2018-2019) to the Institute for Youth Research Malaysia (IYRES), Ministry of Youth and Sports Malaysia; co-principal investigator at the IIUM-ISTAC’s Extremism Analytical Research Unit (EARU) in collaboration with the National Consortium for the Study of Terrorism and Responses of Terrorism (START), University of Maryland, US (2018-2020).
Latest Additions
- El-Muhammady, Ahmad and Said, Jamaliah and Zakaria, Nor Balkish (2023) Penambahbaikan program pemulihan tahanan keganasan di Malaysia. Policy Paper. MOHA, Putrajaya.
- Muhammad Uthman El-Muhammady, Ahmad El-Muhammady (2023) A ‘Blue Ocean’ for marginalised radical voices: cyberspace, social media and extremist discourse in Malaysia. In: New Media in the Margins: Lived Realities and Experiences from the Malaysian Peripheries. Palgrave Macmillan, Singapore, pp. 163-192. ISBN 978-981-19-7140-2
- Muhammad Uthman El-Muhammady, Ahmad El-Muhammady (2023) Managing the returning foreign terrorist fighters and their families: Malaysian experience. Policy Paper. The International Centre for Counter-Terrorism (ICCT).
- Schonveld, Ben and Templer, Robert and Giacoma, Jim-Della and El-Muhammady, Ahmad (2020) Entry and exit points: violent extremism in South-East Asia. Policy Paper. UNDP, Bangkok, Thailand..
- El-Muhammady, Ahmad and Schonveld, Ben (2020) Homecoming: the return of foreign terrorist fighters in South-East Asia. Policy Paper. UNDP, Bangkok.
- Jalil, Abdullah and Wahab, Muhammad Rashidi and El-Muhammady, Ahmad (2022) Fahaman sesat dan menyeleweng di media sosial: ancaman dan cabaran. In: Jenayah Siber di Malaysia: Impak Leluasa Internet. Institut Keselamatan Awam Malaysia (IPSOM), Putrajaya, Malaysia, pp. 143-158. ISBN 9789672609827
- El-Muhammady, Ahmad and Jalil, Abdullah and Wahab, Muhammad Rashidi (2022) Memahami potensi ancaman keganasan siber di Malaysia. In: Jenayah Siber di Malaysia: Impak Leluasa Internet. Institut Keselamatan Awam Malaysia, Putrajaya, Malaysia, pp. 15-27. ISBN 9789672609827
- El-Muhammady, Ahmad (2022) Youth roles in sustaining peace post-Covid-19 as a global citizen. In: Virtual Youth Advocacy Sharing Session : Youth Leadership for Peaceful and Inclusive Society in the Post-Pandemic World, 25 February 202, Vienna, Austria. (Unpublished)
- El-Muhammady, Ahmad (2022) Empowering the role of Civil Society Organisations in the context of National Action Plan for Preventing and Countering Violent Extremism (NAPPCVE). In: Policy Brief and Launch Webinar on National Action Plan for Preventing and Countering Violent Extremism, 24 February 2022, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. (Unpublished)
- El-Muhammady, Ahmad (2021) Religious, political and health radicalization in the context of national security in Malaysia and public order. Journal of Public Security and Safety, 12 (2). pp. 189-212. ISSN 2289-4624
- Yousif, Ahmad and El-Muhammady, Ahmad (2020) Applying Wasatiyyah approach in de-radicalization programs. In: Terrorist Rehabilitation and Community Engagement in Malaysia and Southeast Asia. Routledge, London and New York, pp. 150-167. ISBN 978-0-367-42031-4
- El-Muhammady, Ahmad (2022) The state of radicalization, extremism, and violent extremism in Malaysia, 2021-2022. In: ISIS Malaysia Roundtable Discussion on Terrorism and Violent Extremism in Malaysia in conjunction with the UNODC Counter-Terrorism Team Visit to Malaysia, 18 February 2022, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. (Unpublished)
- El-Muhammady, Ahmad and Hamat, Mohd Fauzi and Wahab, Muhammad Rashidi and Hanfiah, Mohd Hizam and Jalil, Abdullah (2021) Majalah Dabiq sebagai medium propaganda pemikiran Tauhid Islamic State of Iraq and Sham (ISIS). Afkar, 23 (2). pp. 339-404. ISSN 1511-8819 E-ISSN 2550-1755
- El-Muhammady, Ahmad (2022) Engaging expert in public sector: personal experience as consultant to the government agencies and international organization. In: Organizational Management Symposium 2022, 24 January 2022, Online. (Unpublished)
- El-Muhammady, Ahmad (2022) Terror landscape threats, challenges & response: South East Asia overview – terrorists systems: methods, capabilities & drivers. In: International Counter Terrorism Conference 2022, 17-22 Jan 2022, Virtual. (Unpublished)
- El-Muhammady, Ahmad and Wan Daud, Murni (2021) Radicalisation and paramilitary culture: the case of Wanndy’s Telegram groups in Malaysia. In: Militarization and the Global Rise of Paramilitary Culture Post-Heroic Reimaginings of the Warrior. Springer, Singapore, pp. 95-122. ISBN 978-981-16-5587-6
- El-Muhammady, Ahmad (2021) Book review: Islam, liberalism, and ontology: a critical re-evaluation. Al-Shajarah, 1 (26). pp. 127-132. ISSN 1394-6870
- El-Muhammady, Ahmad (2021) Managing the return of foreign terrorist fighters in Southeast Asia: complexities and challenges. In: ICPVTR Webinar on "Managing the Return of Foreign Terrorist Fighters in Southeast Asia: Complexities and Challenges", 24 May 2021, Singapore. (Unpublished)
- El-Muhammady, Ahmad (2021) How do the terrorist influence young people? In: The Dynamics of Youth and Terrorism: Understanding and Countering the Issues 2021” 24 May 2021,, 24 May - 1 June 2021, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. (Unpublished)
- El-Muhammady, Ahmad (2021) Malaysia: Balancing National Development, National Security and Cybersecurity Policy. In: Routledge Companion to Global Cyber-Security Strategy. Routledge, London and New York, pp. 325-336. ISBN 978-0-367-02423-9