He has been a post-doctoral fellow at Royal Holloway College (1999–2001), and the International Institute for the Study of Islam in the Modern World at the University of Leiden in the Netherlands (2002–2004).
Career
Sikand was a reader in the department of Islamic studies at Hamdard University in New Delhi and was then appointed professor at the Centre for Jawaharlal Nehru Studies at Jamia Millia Islamia in New Delhi.[4][5]
He currently lives in Bangalore and Shimla. Sikand writes two blogs, one about his own writing and another titled, 'Madrasa Reforms in India'.[6][7]
Works
The Origins and Development of the Tablighi jam'aat: (1920–2000). A cross-country comparative study.(2002) New Delhi: Orient Longman. ISBN81-250-2298-8.[8]
Sacred Spaces: Exploring Traditions of Shared Faith in India (2003). New Delhi: Penguin Books.
Muslims in India since 1947: Islamic perspectives on interfaith relations (2004). London: Routledge Curzon. ISBN0-415-40604-8.[9]
Islam, caste, and Dalit-Muslim relations in India (2004). New Delhi: Global Media Publications.
Struggling to be heard South Asian Muslim voices South Asian Muslim voices. Global Media Publications, 2004.
Bastions of the Believers: Madrasas and Islamic Education in India. Penguin Books, 2006. ISBN0-14-400020-2.[10]
Islamist Militancy in Kashmir: The Case of Lashkar-e Taiba published in The practice of war: production, reproduction and communication of armed violence. ISBN9781845452803
^Reviews of The Origins and Development of the Tablighi jam'aat:
Riexinger, Martin (2009). "Bücherbesprechungen". Zeitschrift der Deutschen Morgenländischen Gesellschaft. 159 (2): 454–455. JSTOR10.13173/zeitdeutmorggese.159.2.0454.