ABSTRACT
The changing nature of culture in our postmodernist age and what it tells us about society and politics are examined in this chapter. The interconnectedness of our lives will be apparent in the examples I provide. First clothes, then the sermon in the mosque, then humour and finally art and architecture will be consulted for signs of change. The diversity of images will convey to us the socio-political condition of contemporary Muslims, while pointing to the contradictions and dilemmas in society. The role of the media-and media figures-in helping to change society will also be examined. At the end I will discuss the dangers of crossing cultural boundaries through the examples of Madonna and Rushdie.
