Table of Contents

Chapter 1 Muslim Diversity: Local Islam in Global Contexts, Leif Manger; Chapter 2 Global Migrants and Local Shrines: The Shifting Geography of Islam in Sylhet, Bangladesh, Katy Gardner; Chapter 3 The Theological Construction of Conflict: Gilgit, Northern Pakistan, Tor H. Aase; Chapter 4 Jih?d in West Africa: A Global Theme in a Regional Setting, Knut S. Vikør; Chapter 5 The Salafiyya Movement in Northwest China: Islamic Fundamentalism among Muslim Chinese?, Dru C. Gladney; Chapter 6 To Colour, Not Oppose: Spreading Islam in Rural Java, Eldar Bråten; Chapter 7 Faith and Identity in Northeast Syria, Annika Rabo; Chapter 8 The Mosque and the Sacred Mountain: Duality of Religious Beliefs among the Zaghawa of Northwestern Sudan, Sharif Harir; Chapter 9 On Becoming Muslim: The Construction of Identities among the Lafofa of the Sudan, Leif Manger; Chapter 10 Afterword: The Comparative Study of Muslim Societies, William R. Roff;

About the Author

Authored by Manger, Leif

Reviews

'...provides a useful antidote to conventional studies that insist upon analayzing Muslim societies solely through the lens of Islam...' - Bulletin of the Royal Institute for Inter-Faith Studies, Professor Ali S. Asani