| Description |
xiv, 374 pages ; 23 cm |
| Contents |
13. God's Government: Jamaat-i-Islami of India / M. S. Agwani -- 14. The Islamic Movement in Israel / Alisa Rubin Peled -- 15. Islam and Muslims in America / Gisela Webb -- 16. Islam and Muslims in Australia / Qazi Ashfaq Ahmad -- 17. Islam and Muslims in Britain / M. Manazir Ahsan |
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1. Towards a New World Order: US Hegemony, Client-States and Islamic Alternative / Cyrus Bina -- 2. Minority Crises: Majority Options / Syed Zainal Abedin -- 3. Islam in Pakistan under Bhutto and Zia-ul-Haq / Mir Zohair Hussain -- 4. Jamaat-i-Islami in Bangladesh: Challenges and Prospects / U. A. B. Razia Akter Banu -- 5. Islam in Bangladesh Politics / Taj ul-Islam Hashmi -- 6. Islam in South-east Asia: Varying Impact and Images of the Middle East / Mona Abaza -- 7. Islamisation in Malaysia: Between Ideals and Realities / Hussin Mutalib -- 8. Muslims and the State in Indonesia / C. W. Watson -- 9. Ayatollah Khomeini's Concept of Rightful Government: The Velayat-e-Faqih / Hossein Seifzadeh -- 10. Islam and Development in Egypt: Civil Society and the State / Denis Sullivan -- 11. Russia and the Muslim States of Central Asia and Afghanistan / Mikhail Konarovsky -- 12. Muslim National Communism in Tatarstan: The Dream of Sultangaliev Revisited / Masayuki Yamauchi |
| Summary |
The global phenomenon of Islamic resurgence has assumed many different forms and proceeded in equally different directions. Complementing the literature on this important subject, this new volume documents and analyses, in a scholastic manner, the latest developments and trends in fifteen countries or regions of the 'Muslim world' at a time when Muslims, like others, are confronted with the challenges posed by a rapidly changing new world. The contributors are scholars and experts from such leading universities and institutes as Harvard University, Tokyo University, University of Tehran, Jawaharlal Nehru University, National University of Singapore, Institute of Southeast Asian Studies and Institute of Muslim Minority Affairs |
| Analysis |
Politics Role of Islam |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Islam and state.
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| SUBJECT |
Islamic countries -- Politics and government. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008124180
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| Author |
Hussin Mutalib, 1949-
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Hashmi, Taj ul-Islam, 1948-
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| LC no. |
93024000 |
| ISBN |
031210300X (St. Martin's Press) |
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0333591488 |
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033366969X (paperback) |
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