Preface -- Map of West Africa -- West African Islam : emerging political dynamics / William F.S. Miles -- Niger : Islamist identity and the politics of globalization / Robert B. Charlick -- Nigeria : the quest for a viable religious option / Roman Loimeier -- Mali : accommodation or coexistence? / Victor Le Vine -- Mauritania : clash of authoritarianism and ethnicity / Cédric Jourde -- The Gambia : Islam and politics / Momodou N. Darboe -- Senegal : shades of Islamism on a sufi landscape / Leonardo A. Villalón -- West Africa transformed : the new mosque-state relationship / William F.S. Miles -- Bibliography -- The contributors -- Index -- About the book.