Tiflati, Hicham

Tiflati, Hicham

Professional Profile
Department: Humanities/Philosophy/Religion
Professional Activities:
  • Researcher and educator specializing in religious studies, secularism, citizenship, multiculturalism, and immigration.
  • Consultant and advisor for films, series, and documentaries on cultural, religious, and linguistic sensitivities.
  • Extensive fieldwork and publications on Education and Muslim issues.
Areas of Expertise:
  • Islamic schooling and Muslim communities in North America.
  • Radicalization and terrorism.
  • Religion and secularism in modern societies.
  • Multiculturalism, citizenship, immigration, and the nation state.
Biography:
Dr. Hicham Tiflati is an academic, researcher, and professor specializing in religion, politics, and secularism, with a focus on radicalization, Muslim identities, and Islamic schooling. With over a decade of experience, he has examined issues affecting Muslim youth in the West, and has done field work in Quebec, Canada, Morocco, Germany, Turkey, and the USA. His scholarship critically explores Muslim representations and the media and academia’s role in discussions on religion, politics, and social justice.
 
Dr. Tiflati’s expertise extends to multiculturalism and Arab-Muslim communities in North America and beyond. He has contributed to projects at the intersection of religion, politics, and society while consulting for media to ensure cultural and religious accuracy. He has appeared on Al Jazeera and CBC and written for outlets like The Star, Montreal Gazette, CBC, and Policy Options. Additionally, he served as the cultural sensitivities expert advisor on series and documentaries, including Deepfake, The Way Out and A Jihadi in the Family.
 
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Degrees:
  • Ph.D. in religious studies. L’Université du Québec á Montréal
  • Master’s degree in special education, Johnson and Wales University
  • Bachelor’s degree in Islamic law, al-Qarawiyyin University.
 
SERVICE TO PROFESSION
Reviewer: Journal for De-Radicalization; Allons-y; Education & Ethnography; Religion & Education; Terrorism and Political Violence.
  
 
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS:
Books
  • Tiflati, H. (2020). Islamic Schooling and the Identities of Muslim Youth in Quebec. New York: Routledge, https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003048275
  • Tiflati, H. (2016). Destination Da’esh. Pourquoi s’enrôlent-ils: Motifs, Facteurs et trajectoires de radicalisation. Verbatim, Presse de l’Université Laval.
Peer Reviewed Journal Articles
  • Chan, W. Y. A., Hirsch, S., & Tiflati, H. (2024). The Relevancy of Religious Literacy in Social Studies Curricula: Quebec’s CCQ as a Case Study. Religions, 15(9), 1046. https://doi.org/10.3390/rel15091046
  • Ghosh, R., Tiflati, H., Dhali, H. H., Mahmut, D., & Chan, W. Y. A. (2023). Social-ecological portrait of two females from Montreal who joined ISIS. Contemporary Voices: St Andrews Journal of International Relations, 3(1), None. DOI: http://doi.org/10.15664/jtr.1626
  • Parker, C., Chan, W. Y. A., & Tiflati, H (2023). Going Beyond Campus to Strengthen the Campus: Confronting Hate, Extremism, and Anti-Semitism through Restorative Justice and Peacebuilding Education. Power and Education.
  • Tiflati, H. (2022). Muslim Youth Issues in North America: The Canadian Context. Oxford Research Encyclopedia. https://doi.org/10.1093/acrefore/9780199340378.013.871
  • Amarasingam, A., Tiflati, H., & Walker, C, W. (2021). “Religious Literacy in Law: Anti-Muslim Initiatives in Quebec, the United States, and India,” in Nathan C. Walker and W. Y. Alice Chan, eds., “Religious Literacy Across the Professions,” Religion & Education 48, no. 1.
  • Patrick, M., Chan, W. Y. A., Tiflati, H., & Reid, E. (2019). Religion and Secularism: Four myths and Bill 21. Canadian Race Relations Foundation. https://issuu.com/crrf-fcrr/docs/directions9dec_ccrl_fourmythsbill21
  • Tiflati, H., Bloom, M. M., & Horgan, J, G. (2017). The Life and Death of an ISIS Telegram Channel: Navigating Terrorism’s New Preferred Platform. Terrorism and Political Violence.
 
Chapters
  • Patrick, M., Reid, E., Chan, W. Y. A., & Tiflati, H. (2025). Religious literacy in action: Five years of engagement in Canada. In MisirHiralall, S.D., & Soules, K.E. (Eds.), Religious literacies in educational contexts (1st ed.). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003536574
  • Chan. Y. A; Amarasingam, A; Couture, A; Wijesekera, D; Tiflati, H;. Matemba, Y. (2023). When Discussion of Religion is Not Encouraged -- Don't Ask, Don't Tel. in Jo Fraser-Pearce (Anthology Editor), James W. Fraser (Anthology Editor), The Bloomsbury Handbook of Schools and Religion. Bloomsbury Publishing
  • Tiflati, H., & Djaout, A. (2022). Researching Montreal's Muslim community: Reflections from two native researchers. in Barras Amélie Selby J. A. & Adrian M. (2022). Producing islam(s) in canada : on knowledge positionality and politics. University of Toronto Press. Retrieved December 14 2022 from https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=3115125
  • Shaik, M., Tiflati, H., Gurski, P., & Amarasingam, A. (2020). Turning the page on extremism: Deradicalization in the North American context. In Hansen, S. J., & Lid, S. (eds). Routledge handbook of deradicalization and disengagement. Abingdon, Oxon New York, NY Routledge