Dr. Fahad Rahman

Biography

Fahad Rahman is a fellow at the London School of Economics (LSE) with a focus on inclusive liberatory Muslim discourses, practices, and community contexts, particularly surrounding the themes of securitisation and Islamophobia in the UK. His research explores the ways in which progressive inclusive faith-based Islamic approaches are co-opted into broader state securitisation projects, while also highlighting how faith perspectives challenge these narratives through abolitionist and restorative justice frameworks. Rahman's academic work emphasizes feminist and queer Muslim organizing within larger Muslim movements that adopt an intersectional approach to community inclusion. He received his DPhil in social anthropology from the University of Oxford and holds an MPhil from the University of Cambridge, where he was a Gates Cambridge scholarship recipient. Additionally, he is a Fulbright Scholar with a master's degree in clinical psychology from Columbia University and obtained his BSc. (Hons.) in Social Sciences from the Lahore University of Management Sciences (LUMS). He has advocated for inclusive mental health approaches during his internship with the American Psychological Association at the United Nations. Rahman has interdisciplinary teaching experience across various subjects including sociology, psychology, political science, and anthropology in institutions in both Pakistan and the UK, including LUMS, FCCU, SOAS, and Oxford.

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