Explores one of the most challenging issues facing the Muslim world: the Islamisation of political power. It presents a comparative analysis of Muslim societies in West, South, Central and South east Asia.

Originally published in 2003 by RoutledgeCurzon.

Islam and politics /Shahram Akbarzadeh, Abdullah Saeed -- Official ulema and religious legitimacy of the modern nation state / Abdullah Saeed -- Saudi Arabia: re-reading politics and religion in the wake of September 11 / Larbi Sadiki -- Politics of reform in the Islamic Republic of Iran / Farideh Farhi -- Pakistan and the sturggle for 'real' Islam / Samina Yasmeen -- Islamic dilemma in Uzbekistan / Shahram Akbarzadeh -- Failure of the 'welfare state': Islamic resurgence and political legitimacy in Bangladesh / Taj I. Hashmi -- Islam and political legitimacy in Malaysia / Osman Bakar -- Divided majority: limits of Indonesian political Islam / Greg Fealy -- State legitimacy / Shahram Akbarzadeh.

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