The 1970s witnessed a mushrooming of Islamic movements and ideas which was described variously as Islamic revival, Islamic resurgence and Islam on the march. Wh

There has been a significant upsurge of western interest in the political manifestations and significance of Islam in the last decade, fuelled by the notion of

The Iranian Revolution has catalysed the preconceptions holding sway in the Western World about the character of Islam and its politics, based as they are on a

Islam, Ethnicity, and Power Politics explores how the central state apparatus, social forces, ethnic groups, political elites, and religious factions have attem

Traces the history of Islam and examines its manifestations in modern Turkey, Saudi Arabia, Pakistan, Iran, and Russia.