ABSTRACT

Globalization, modernity and identity are fundamental issues in contemporary Islam and Islamic Studies. This collection of essays reflects the wide diversity that characterises contemporary Islamic Studies. The case studies cover regions stretching from China and Southeast Asia to diaspora communities in the Caribbean and Tajikistan. There is significant participation of intellectual voices from all areas concerned, providing a real contribution to the academic exchange between the Muslim and the Euro-American worlds.

chapter |10 pages

Introduction

part One|97 pages

Globalization

chapter 2|20 pages

Globalization of Indonesian Muslim Discourse

Contemporary Religio-Intellectual Connections Between Indonesia and the Middle East

chapter 3|19 pages

The Indonesian Archipelago from 1913 to 2013

Celebrations and Dress Codes Between International, Local, and Islamic Culture

chapter 4|28 pages

Islam in Brunei Darussalam and Global Islam

An Analysis of Their Interaction1

part Two|114 pages

Modernization

chapter 6|32 pages

Modernity and the Disenchantment of Life

A Muslim-Christian Contrast

chapter 7|27 pages

Pakistan

A Critique of the Concept of Modernity

chapter 8|17 pages

Muslim Feminists in Western Academia

Questions of Power, Matters of Necessity

chapter 10|12 pages

Muslim Views on Population

The Case of Tajikistan1

part Three|137 pages

Identity

chapter 11|8 pages

The Mullā and the State

Dynamics of Islamic Religious Scholars and Their Institutions in Contemporary Pakistan1

chapter 13|34 pages

Seeking Knowledge unto China

Traditionalization, Modernity, and the State

chapter 14|17 pages

The Institut Agama Islam Negeri at the Crossroads

Some Notes on the Indonesian State Institutes for Islamic Studies1

chapter 15|16 pages

The Interaction of Religion and State in Indonesia

The Case of the Islamic Courts

chapter 16|12 pages

The ‘Ulamā’, the Government, and Society in Modern Indonesia

The Indonesian Council of ‘Ulamā’ Revisited

chapter 17|24 pages

Contemporary South-East Asian Muslim Intellectuals

An Examination of the Sources for Their Concepts and Intellectual Constructs

chapter 18|9 pages

Between Ummah and Home Country

The Indian Transnational Muslim Diaspora in the Caribbean Countries