James Piscatori
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James Piscatori
Amin Saikal
Islam beyond Borders
Assuming a central place in Muslim life, the Qur'an speaks of one community of the faith, the umma. This unity of the faithful is recognised as the default aspiration of the believer, and in the modern era, intellectuals and political leaders have often vied both to define, and to lead it.
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Dale F. Eickelman
James Piscatori
Muslim Travellers
Pilgrimage, travel for learning, visits to shrines, exile, and labour migration shape the religious imagination and in turn are shaped by it. Some travel, such as pilgrimage, explicitly intended for religious purposes, has equally important economic and political consequences.
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Susanne H Rudolph
Susanne Hoeber Rudolph
James Piscatori
Transnational Religion And Fading States
Focusing on the dilution of state sovereignty, this book examines how the crossing of state boundaries by religious movements leads to the formation of transnational civil society.
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Shahram Akbarzadeh
James Piscatori
Benjamin MacQueen
Amin Saikal
American Democracy Promotion in the Changing Middle East
The recent "Arab spring", with its popular uprisings in many Arab countries, has exposed the ambiguity at the heart of American promotion of democracy in the Middle East.
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