The idea for this book emerged during the course of my research for Mobilizing Islam:
Religion, Activism and Political Change in Egypt (2002), which was an updated and …

Peter Beyer, a distinguished sociologist of religion, presents a way of understanding religion
in a contemporary global society-by analyzing it as a dimension of the historical process of …

Salafism is a strict and powerful Sunni Islamic doctrine that during the past decades has
acquired a strong appeal in the Muslim world and has become an international movement …

In the popular imagination, Islam is often associated with words like oppression,
totalitarianism, intolerance, cruelty, misogyny, and homophobia, while its presumed …

Often in his non-fiction writings, Pankaj Mishra has underlined the influence of colonialism
and western modernity in structuring the world from which he gained his intellectual …

In its last decade, the Ottoman Empire underwent a period of dynamic reform, and the 1908
revolution transformed the empire's 20 million subjects into citizens overnight. Questions …

A pathbreaking history of Sufism, from the earliest centuries of Islam to the present After
centuries as the most important ascetic-mystical strand of Islam, Sufism saw a sharp decline …

Islam's relationship to liberal-democratic politics has emerged as one of the most pressing
and contentious issues in international affairs. Nader Hashemi challenges the widely held …

This book is an accessible and comprehensive account of political Islam in the
contemporary world. Providing a broad introduction to all major aspects of the interface of …

Islamic schools, especially madrasahs, have been viewed as sites of indoctrination for
Muslim students and militants. Some educators and parents in the United States have also …