Includes bibliographical references (pages [175]-182) and index.
Islam and politics / Shahram Akbarzadeh, Abdullah Saeed -- Official ulema and religious legitimacy of the modern nation state / 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