ABSTRACT

One of the greatest dilemmas facing Muslims today is the fact that Muslim culture is often seemingly incompatible with the culture of the modern Western world, and the features associated with it - technological progress, consumerism, and new electronic communication, all of which have the potential for a homogenizing effect on any culture. This book explores many key aspects of the globalisation process, discussing how Muslim countries are coping with globalisation, as well as considering how the West is responding to Islam.

chapter |13 pages

Islam encountering globalization

An introduction

chapter |22 pages

West encountering Islam

Islamophobia reconsidered 1

chapter |25 pages

Muslim encounters with new media

Towards an inter-civilizational discourse on globality?

chapter |30 pages

Reimagining the ummah?

Information technology and the changing boundaries of political Islam

chapter |25 pages

The globalization of rights in Islamic discourse 1

Information technology and the changing boundaries of political Islam

chapter |22 pages

The World Cup and Iranians' ‘home-coming'

A global game in a local Islamicized context 1

chapter |29 pages

Globalization and the underdeveloped Muslim world

A case study of Pakistan