Abdullah Saeed (professor)

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.

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

Articles and book chapters

• "Pre-modern Islamic Legal Restrictions on Freedom of Religion, with Particular Reference to Apostasy and its Punishment" in Islamic Law and International Human Rights Law: Searching for Common Ground?: Oxford University Press, 2012 | pages 226-246 | ISBN 978-0199641444
• "The Self-Perception and the Originality of the Qur'an: Qur'an 2:23-24, 10:15; 69:38-47" in Communicating the Word: Revelation, Translation, and Interpretation in Christianity and Islam: Georgetown University Press, 2011 | pages 98–104 | ASIN B006LLCPCS
• "Rethinking Classical Muslim Law of Apostasy and the Death Penalty" in Silenced: How Apostasy and Blasphemy Codes are Choking Freedom Worldwide: Oxford University Press, 2011 |pages 223-238 | ISBN 978-0199812288
• "Muslim Debates on Human Rights and Freedom of Religion" in Human Rights in Asia: Edward Elgar Publishing, 2011 | pages 25–37 | ISBN 978-1848446809
• "Muslims in the West and Their Attitudes to Full Participation in Western Societies" in Secularism, Religion and Multicultural Citizenship: Cambridge University Press, 2008 | pages 200-215 | ISBN 978-0521695411
• "Reading the Quran" in A Companion to the Muslim World: I.B. Tauris, 2009 | pages 55–86 | ISBN 978-1848851931
• "Muslims under Non-Muslim Rule: Evolution of a Discourse" in Islamic Legitimacy in a Plural Asia: Routledge, 2008 | pages 14–27 | ISBN 978-0415544870
• "Islamic Religious Education and the Debate on its Reform Post-September 11" in Islam and the West: Reflections from Australia: UNSW Press, 2005 | pages 63–76 | ISBN 978-0868406794
• "The Official Ulema and the Religious Legitimacy of the Modern State" in Islam and Political Legitimacy: Routledge, 2003 | pages 14–28 | ISBN 978-0415314282
• "Jihad and Violence: Changing the Understanding of Jihad among Muslims" in Terrorism and Justice: Moral Argument in a Threatened World: Melbourne University Press, 2002 | pages 72–86 | ISBN 978-0522850499
• "Rethinking Citizenship Rights of Non-Muslims in an Islamic State: Rashid al-Ghannushi's Contribution to the Evolving Debate" in Journal of Islam and Christian-Muslim Relations: vol. 10 no. 3, 1999 | pages 307-323 |
• " A Fresh Look at Freedom of Belief in Islam" in Difference and Tolerance: Human Rights Issues in Southeast Asia: Deakin University Press, 1994 ISBN 978-0949823410

• Official website
• Islam and Belief: At Home with Religious Freedom. Islam and Religious Freedom. Accessed June 4, 2015.
• PROF ABDULLAH SAEED - The University of Melbourne. Accessed November 4, 2014
• 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
• Islamic professor keen to boost interfaith dialogue. Sydney Morning-Herald. Accessed November 4, 2014.