Ali Akbar is a Research Assistant at the University of Melbourne, Australia.Abdullah Saeed is the Sultan of Oman Professor of Arab and Islamic Studies at the University of Melbourne, Australia, and Director of the National Centre of Excellence for Islamic Studies.

• Part I: Introduction and Reception of Western Scholars’ Approaches to the Qurʾān in Iran Introduction Chapter 1. Reception of Western Scholars’ Approaches to the Qurʾān in Iran: Orientalism Refuted Part II: Approaches of Contextualist Iranian Scholars towards Interpretation of the Qurʾān Chapter 2. Abdolkarim Soroush Chapter 3. Muhammad Mujtahed Shabestari Chapter 4. Hasan Yousefi-Eshkevari Chapter 5. Mohsen Kadivar Chapter 6. Abolqasem Fanaei Chapter 7. Mostafa Malekian Part III: Contextualist Approaches in Practice Chapter 8. Gender Issues Chapter 9. Pluralism and Freedom of Religion Chapter 10. Human Rights, Democracy and Methods of Governance Part IV: Concluding Remarks

Ali Akbar is a Research Assistant at the University of Melbourne, Australia.Abdullah Saeed is the Sultan of Oman Professor of Arab and Islamic Studies at the University of Melbourne, Australia, and Director of the National Centre of Excellence for Islamic Studies.

• Part I: Introduction and Reception of Western Scholars’ Approaches to the Qurʾān in Iran Introduction Chapter 1. Reception of Western Scholars’ Approaches to the Qurʾān in Iran: Orientalism Refuted Part II: Approaches of Contextualist Iranian Scholars towards Interpretation of the Qurʾān Chapter 2. Abdolkarim Soroush Chapter 3. Muhammad Mujtahed Shabestari Chapter 4. Hasan Yousefi-Eshkevari Chapter 5. Mohsen Kadivar Chapter 6. Abolqasem Fanaei Chapter 7. Mostafa Malekian Part III: Contextualist Approaches in Practice Chapter 8. Gender Issues Chapter 9. Pluralism and Freedom of Religion Chapter 10. Human Rights, Democracy and Methods of Governance Part IV: Concluding Remarks

Ali Akbar is a Research Assistant at the University of Melbourne, Australia.Abdullah Saeed is the Sultan of Oman Professor of Arab and Islamic Studies at the University of Melbourne, Australia, and Director of the National Centre of Excellence for Islamic Studies.

• Part I: Introduction and Reception of Western Scholars’ Approaches to the Qurʾān in Iran Introduction Chapter 1. Reception of Western Scholars’ Approaches to the Qurʾān in Iran: Orientalism Refuted Part II: Approaches of Contextualist Iranian Scholars towards Interpretation of the Qurʾān Chapter 2. Abdolkarim Soroush Chapter 3. Muhammad Mujtahed Shabestari Chapter 4. Hasan Yousefi-Eshkevari Chapter 5. Mohsen Kadivar Chapter 6. Abolqasem Fanaei Chapter 7. Mostafa Malekian Part III: Contextualist Approaches in Practice Chapter 8. Gender Issues Chapter 9. Pluralism and Freedom of Religion Chapter 10. Human Rights, Democracy and Methods of Governance Part IV: Concluding Remarks