Abdullah Saeed (Professor)

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.

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 | ISBN 978-0415677509
• The Qur'an: An Introduction: Routledge, 2008 | 288 pages | ISBN 978-0415421256
• Islamic Thought: An Introduction: Routledge, 2006 | 224 pages | ISBN 978-0415364096
• Interpreting the Qur'an: Towards a Contemporary Approach: Routledge, 2005 | 208 pages | ISBN 978-0415365383
• Freedom of Religion, Apostasy and Islam [with Hassan Saeed]: Ashgate Pub Ltd, 2004 | 227 pages | ISBN 978-0754630838
• Islam in Australia: Allen & Unwin, 2003 | 240 pages | ISBN 978-1865088648
• Essential Dictionary of Islamic Thought [with Muhammad Kamal and Christina Mayer]: Seaview Press, 2001 | 222 pages | ISBN 978-1740081573
• Islamic Banking and Interest: A Study of the Prohibition of Riba in Islam and Its Contemporary Interpretation: Brill Academic Publishers,
  1996 | 169 pages | ISBN 978-9004105652

Monographs

• Islam and Belief: At Home with Religious Freedom: The Zephyr Institute, 2014 | 24 pages | ISBN 978-0-9851087-3-1
• Muslim Australians: Their Beliefs, Practices and Institutions: Commonwealth of Australia, 2004 | 81 pages | ISBN 0-9756064-1-7

References

• “About Me | Abdullahsaeed.org.” Accessed November 4, 2014. http://www.abdullahsaeed.org/about-me.
• “PROF ABDULLAH SAEED - The University of Melbourne.” Accessed November 4, 2014. http://www.findanexpert.unimelb.edu.au/display/person13483.
• “Microsoft Word - Abdullah Saeed-CV-Revised May 2012-Sent to Oman 3-4-2013.docx - Abdullah Saeed-CV-Revised 3-4-2013.pdf.” Accessed November 4, 2014. http://www.abdullahsaeed.org/sites/abdullahsaeed.org/files/Abdullah%20Saeed-CV-Revised%20%203-4-2013.pdf.
• "Islamic professor keen to boost interfaith dialogue." Sydney Morning-Herald. Accessed November 4, 2014.
• "Islam and Belief: At Home with Religious Freedom." Islam and Religious Freedom. Accessed June 4, 2015.