Abdullah Saeed

Abdullah Saeed is an Australian academic and scholar of Islamic studies who is currently the Sultan of Oman Professor of Arab and Islamic Studies at the University of Melbourne. He is particularly known for his progressive views on religious freedom in Islam and has been translated into several languages. Biography Abdullah Saeed was born in the Maldives. He graduated from the Islamic University of Medina in 1986 with a Bachelor of Arts in Arabic and Islamic Studies. He holds an MA in Applied Linguistics as well as a PhD in Islamic Studies from the University of Melbourne, earned in 1992 and 1994, respectively. Publications Books authored Reading the Qur'an in the Twenty-First Century: A Contextualist Approach, Routledge, 2013 | 208 pages | The Qur'an: An Introduction: Routledge, 2008 | 288 pages | Islamic Thought: An Introduction: Routledge, 2006 | 224 pages | Interpreting the Qur'an: Towards a Contemporary Approach: Routledge, 2005 | 208 pages | Freedom of Religion, Apostasy and Islam [with Hassan Saeed]: Ashgate Pub Ltd, 2004 | 227 pages | Islam in Australia: Allen & Unwin, 2003 | 240 pages | Essential Dictionary of Islamic Thought [with Muhammad Kamal and Christina Mayer]: Seaview Press, 2001 | 222 pages | Islamic Banking and Interest: A Study of the Prohibition of Riba in Islam and Its Contemporary Interpretation: Brill Academic Publishers, 1996 | 169 pages | Monographs Islam and Belief: At Home with Religious Freedom: The Zephyr Institute, 2014 | 24 pages | Muslim Australians: Their Beliefs, Practices and Institutions: Commonwealth of Australia, 2004 | 81 pages |