Asian Islam in the 21st Century

Zusatztext John L. Esposito with his co-editors has in this book assembled a group of scholars to reflect on trends in Asian Islam. Sixty percent of the world's Muslims live in Asian nations, and yet, as Esposito so elegantly explains in the introduction to this book, most of the West's images of Muslim culture and politics are drawn from a narrow and often misrepresented segment of the Arab Muslim world. In essays that discuss contemporary Muslim politics from Pakistan and India to Indonesia and Thailand, the contributors to this collection enrich our perception. They reveal an Asian Muslim politics of great challenge but also enormous opportunity. The result is a timely and important book that should be read by scholars and the general reader interested in understanding the true diversity of the Muslim world. Informationen zum Autor University Professor of Religion and International Affairs and Founding Director of the Prince Alwaleed bin Talal Center for Muslim-Christian Understanding Klappentext Although more than half of the world's Muslims live in Asia, most books on contemporary Islam focus on the Middle East, giving short shift to the dynamic and diverse presence of Asian Islam in regional and global politics. The Muslims of Asia constitute the largest Muslim communities in the world - Indonesia, Pakistan, Bangladesh, India and Central Asia. In recent years, terrorist bombings in Bali, separatist conflicts in Thailand and the Philippines, and opposition politics in Central Asia, all point to the strategic importance of Asian Islam. Zusammenfassung Although more than half of the world's Muslims live in Asia, most of the widely read books on contemporary Islam focus on developments in the Middle East, giving short shrift to experiences in some of the largest Muslim countries in the world. In recent years events like the terrorist bombings in Bali, intensifying separatist activities in Thailand, and developments in the Central Asian states of the former Soviet Union all point to the fact that Asian Islam is a subject of growing importance. Specialists as well as general readers interested in international relations need broadly conceived analyses of developments in the major Muslim societies of Asia. The beginning of the twenty-first century is witnessing profound transformations in the way that Islamic ideals and Islamic movements shape state and society. The studies collected in this book look at the changes happening both in Muslim majority countries and in societies where Muslims are a minority. Experiences of democratization - successful and unsuccessful - are examined. The rise of radical militant movements is analyzed, and placed in historical perspective and in the broader context of mainstream Islamic ideals. Among the contributors are such prominent scholars as Fred von der Mehden, Vali Nasr, Hakan Yavuz, and John Voll. This book will serve as the successor to Esposito's influential 1987 collection, Islam in Asia. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Introduction- John L. Esposito Part I. Religion, Politics and Society in Muslim Majority Societies 2. Islam in Indonesia in the 21st Century Fred R. von der Mehden 3. Pakistan After Islamization: Mainstream and Militant Islamism in a Changing State- Vali Nasr 4. Islam, State and Society in Bangladesh Mumtaz Ahmad 5. Malaysian Islam in the 21st Century: The Promise of a Democratic Transformation? Osman Bakar 6. The Trifurcated Islam of Central Asia: A Turkish Perspective M. Hakan Yavuz 7. A Provincial Islamist Victory in NWFP, Pakistan: The Social Reform Agenda of the Mutttahida Majlis-i-Amal Anita M. Weiss Part II. Ethics and Religious Politics Muslim Minority Communities 8. Muslims in Post-Independence India Steven I. Wilkinson 9. Islam in China Jacqueline Armijo 10. The Impact of 9/11 Among Mindanao Muslims and the M...

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• Authors: Osman Bakar, John L Esposito, John L. (EDT)/ Voll Esposito, John Obert Voll
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 14.12.2007
• EAN: 9780195333039
• ISBN: 978-0-19-533303-9
• No. of pages: 320
• Dimensions: 154 mm x 232 mm x 16 mm
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Other religions