Volume Editors
Professor M. Kamal Hassan began his academic career as a lecturer at the Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM) upon his return from Columbia University, New York, where he had completed his doctorate. At UKM he was made Head of the Department of Theology and Philosophy in 1978. In 1982, he was invited by the government to assist in the planning of the establishment of an International Islamic University of Malaysia (IIUM), which was founded in 1983. He has served in several key posts at IIUM, and from 1999 has served as Rector of the university. His main area of academic interest is contemporary Muslim thought with special reference to Southeast Asia.
Dr Ghazali Basri was an academic staff member of Universiti Pertanian Malaysia (now Universiti Putra Malaysia) from 1979 to ????. He has been Director of the Institute for the Study of Islamic Sciences Malaysia and is at present Senior Lecturer at Kolej Dar al-Hikmah, and a Vice Chairman of the World Council of Muslim Interfaith Relations.
