Islam in Southeast Asia: Political, Social and Strategic Challenges for the 21st Century

ABOUT THE EDITORS

362 362 About the Editors 362 ABOUT THE EDITORS K.S. Nathan is currently a Senior Fellow at the Institute of Southeast Asian Studies, Singapore. He holds a B.A. Hons. (Second Class Upper) in History, from the University of Malaya in Kuala Lumpur (1971); Ph.D. in International Relations from Claremont Graduate University in California, USA (1975); LL.B. Hons. (Second Class Upper) from the University of London (1992), Certificate in Legal Practice (C.L.P.) from the legal Profession Qualifying Board, Malaysia (April 1996), and LL.M. from the University of London (November 1996). He served as Deputy Dean of the Faculty of Arts & Social Sciences, University of Malaya from 1982–84. Prior to joining ISEAS in April 2001, he was Professor of International Relations at the University of Malaya until 2001. His numerous publications are in the field of international relations, ASEAN regional security, and Malaysian politics and foreign policy. More recently, his research interests include political Islam and international terrorism with special reference to Southeast Asia. Mohammad Hashim Kamali is currently Professor of Islamic law and jurisprudence at the International Islamic University Malaysia in Kuala Lumpur. He holds a B.A. (Law and Political Science) from Kabul University (1965), LL.M. in Comparative Law (1972), and a Ph.D. in Islamic and Middle Eastern Law (1976) from the University of London. He is a Fellow of the International Institute of Islamic Thought, Herndon, Virginia. He is a member of the International Advisory Board of Islamic Studies (Islamabad), al-Taidid (IIUM, Kuala Lumpur), the American Journal of Islamic Social Sciences (USA), and Religion and Law Review (New Delhi). He is the author of numerous books, including Principles Islamic Jurisprudence (Cambridge 1991), Freedom of Expression in Islam (Cambridge 1997), and Islamic Commercial Law: An Analysis of Futures and Options (Cambridge 2000). He received the Isma’il al-Faruqi Award for Academic Excellence twice, the first time in 1995 and subsequently in 1997. 19 Islam Editors 4/2/05, 10:53 AM 362 ...