Asian Islam in the 21st Century

by John Voll, Osman Bakar, John L. Esposito, et al.

Book Overview

Although more than half of the world's Muslims live in Asia, most books on contemporary Islam focus on the Middle East, giving short shift to the dynamic and diverse presence of Asian Islam in regional and global politics. The Muslims of Asia constitute the largest Muslim communities in the world - Indonesia, Pakistan, Bangladesh, India and Central Asia. In recent years, terrorist bombings in Bali, separatist conflicts in Thailand and the Philippines,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0195333039
• ISBN13: 9780195333039
• Release Date: December 2007
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.3" x 9.2"