S Sayyid teaches at the University of Leeds, England. He is the author of A Fundamental Fear: Eurocentrism and Emergence of Islamism (Zed Press, 2002).

Recent articles

The real story of the "cartoon war" is the tension between Europe's hierarchical worldview and the multiculturalism pluralism of the planet, argues S Sayyid.

Navid Akhtar’s documentary film seeks the roots of alienation of young Muslims in Britain and discovers a complex story that starts long before the July bombs in London. Six viewers – S. Sayyid, Max Farrar, Mohammed Sajid, David T, Abdul-Rehman Malik, and Sami Ziubaida – assess the film and the issues it highlights.

The military might of western power is matched by its ideology’s closed assurance in the face of challenges to and victims of its ‘war on terrorism’. Defusing such opposition is the work of a ‘cynical reason’ that threatens to silence dissidence, cancel historical awareness, and collapse the process of politics itself.

A group of key thinkers on matters of war, fear, human and international relations discuss the possible outcome of post-9/11 policies at an event held by openDemocracy and the Institute of Contemporary Arts in London in October, 2001. Here are some excerpts...