1. Islamic perspectives on the new millennium / Virginia Hooker -- 2. Islam and the West: challenges and opportunities / Amin Saikal -- 3. Indonesian responses / Samsu Rizal Panggabean -- 4. Islam and globalization: Arab world perspectives / Ahmaad Shboul -- 5. Indonesian muslims enter a new age / Nurcholish Madjid -- 6. Financial activism among Indonesian muslims / Nur Ahman Fadhil Lubis -- 7. Islamic banking and finance: in search of a pragmatic model / Abdullah Saeed -- 8. Political Islam in post-Soeharto Indonesia / Azyumardi Azra -- 9. The experience of the Islamic Republic of Iran / Gholamali Khoshroo -- 10. Muslim women and human rights in the Middle East and South Asia: occupying different spaces / Samina Yasmeen -- 11. Islam, gender and politics in Indonesia / Kathryn Robinson -- 12. Perspectives on the Shari'a and the State: the Indonesian debates / M.B. Hooker -- 13. The role of muslims in the new millennium / Mohamed Aris Othman -- 14. Developing Islamic arguments for change through "liberal Islam" / Virginia Hooker