Raja Hisyamudin bin Raja Sulong is a senior lecturer at the Department of Shariah, Economics And Governance, Academy of Islamic Studies, Universiti Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. He holds a Bachelor of Shariah (Honours) in Siasah Syar'iyyah (major) and Economics (minor) from the Academy of Islamic Studies, Universiti Malaya; an M.Sc. in Information and Library Management from Northumbria University; an M.Litt. in Islamic Jerusalem Studies from University of Abertay Dundee; and a PhD in Islamic Political Thought from Universiti Malaya. His areas of specialization and research include Islamic Political Thought, Siasah Syar'iyyah, and Islamic Political Science.