Book
Cheikh Husain, S. (2025). The politics of anti-Islamophobia in Australia: The case of the Muslim community organisations. Palgrave Macmillan. (Politics of Identity and Citizenship series). (Forthcoming)
JOURNAL ARTICLES
Cheikh Husain, S., & Mansouri, F. (2023). Australian Muslims’ Visibility: The Politics of Oppression and Recognition. Religions, 14(1), 93.
Ali, L., Chan, K. K.-L., Bolatagici, T., Cheikh-Husain, S., & Aslam, K. (2023). Women of color in academia: Theorizing in the flesh toward decolonial feminist futures. Peace and Conflict: Journal of Peace Psychology, 29(1), 10–20.
Cheikh Husain, S. (2021). Frames of Meaning: The Assertive and Apologetic Logic of Action Informing Anti-Islamophobia Responses by Australian Muslim Community Organisations. Journal of Intercultural Studies, 42(5), 660–679.
Cheikh Husain, S. (2020). Muslim Community Organizations’ Perceptions of Islamophobia: Towards an Informed Countering Response. Religions, 11(10), 485.
REPORTS
Carland, S., & Cheikh Husain, S. (2023). A war of words: Preliminary media analysis of the 2023 Israel-Gaza war. Islamophobia Register Australia.
POLICY PAPERS/ SUBMISSIONS
Cheikh Husain, S. (2020). Supplementary Evidence and Recommendations on Good Practices. Australian Muslim Advocacy Network AMAN. Input to Report on Anti-Muslim Hatred and Discrimination by the UN Special
Rapporteur on Freedom of Religion or Belief.
MEDIA ARTICLES
Cheikh Husain, S. (2025, September 17). Where the envoy’s Islamophobia Report fails Muslims. Overland literary journal.
Cheikh Husain (2025, August 29). Albanese Is Expelling the Wrong Embassy. LinkedIn article.
Cheikh Husain, S. (2024, February 26). Australia’s Palestinian citizens are second class citizens. Overland literary journal.
Cheikh Husain, S. (2023, October 26). The failure to value Palestinian lives in Gaza subjects us to violence everywhere. Overland literary journal. Retrieved from
CONFERENCES
Cheikh Husain, S. (2024, March 8- 9). ‘France and Australia: Comparative Analysis of Islamophobia’ presented as part of a Plenary Panel on ‘Anti-Muslim Polities in France: Normalizing Islamophobia’ at the ‘Embracing Diversity: Tackling Islamophobia in 2024’ conference. Baku International Multiculturalism Center, the Center of Analysis of International Relations (AIR Center) and G20 Interfaith Dialogue Forum and Baku Initiative Group Baku, Baku, Azerbaijan.
Cheikh Husain, S. (2021, Sep 14- 16). Muslims’ Visibility as an anti-Islamophobia Strategy by Victorian Muslim Community Organisations [Conference presentation abstract]. AAIMS Conference the Future of Islam and Humanity: Local and Global Challenges and Opportunities, Australian National University, Canberra, Australia.
Cheikh Husain, S. (2021, Apr 21). How Australian Muslims, individuals and organisations counter Islamophobia using creative means [Conference presentation abstract]. Creative Approach to Social Justice conference, Diversity and Human Rights Research Centre, Western Sydney University, Sydney, Australia.
Cheikh Husain, S. (2020, Dec 11-12). Muslim community organizations’ understanding of Islamophobia: towards an informed countering response [Conference presentation abstract]. The 45th Annual Conference of the Australian Association for the Study of Religion AAS, online.
Cheikh Husain, S. (2020, Feb 10 -20). Women of colour in academia: Embodied creativity and theorising from the flesh [Conference panel discussion]. Activism @ the Margins: Stories of Resistance, Survival and Social Change conference, RMIT University, Melbourne.
Cheikh Husain, S. (2020, Feb 10 -20). Towards combating Islamophobia: The conduct of Muslim community organisations in Victoria [Conference presentation abstract]. Activism @ the Margins: Stories of Resistance, Survival and Social Change conference, RMIT University, Melbourne
Cheikh Husain, S. (2019, Nov 25 -28). Conceptualisation of anti-Islamophobia activism of Muslim community organisations using Strong Structuration Theory [Conference presentation abstract]. TASA 2019: Diversity & Urban Growth, Western Sydney University conference, Sydney.
Cheikh Husain, S. (2019, Sep 30- Oct 2). Towards combating Islamophobia: The context of the Muslim community organisations in Victoria [Conference presentation abstract]. Islam and Society: Challenges & Prospects – AAIMS Second Conference on the Study of Islam and Muslim Societies, Western Sydney University, Parramatta, Sydney.
Cheikh Husain, S. (2017, Dec 18-19). Countering Islamophobia: Islamic organisations in Australia as agents of resistance [Conference presentation abstract]. Islam and Justice, AAIMS Inaugural Conference on the Study of Islam and Muslim Societies, Melbourne University, Melbourne.
