About the Author

Abdullah Saeed is Associate Professor and Head of Islamic Studies in the Melbourne Institute for Asian Languages and Societies at the University of Melbourne. His recent publications include Islamic Banking and Interest: A Study of Prohibition of Riba in Islam and its Contemporary Interpretation (1996, Ej Brill). Dr Shahram Akbarzadeh is Lecturer in Politics (Post Soviet & Central Asia) at La Trobe University, Melbourne, and is editor of the international refereed journal, Pacifica Review.