Table of Contents

Acknowledgements. Introduction: Of Trenches and Multiculturalism 1. The Rise of Multicultural Citizenship and the Demise of Social Citizenship 2. Forward to the Enlightenment? Islam at home in the West? 3. The Colonial Dialectic of Difference and Similarity 4. Edmund Burke, Islam and the English Enlightenment 5. Rushdie Revisited: Reflections on The Satanic Verses Controversy and Its Long Shadow. Conclusion. Index

About the Author

Amir Ali is Assistant Professor at the Centre for Political Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India. He teaches courses in political theory and has interests in multiculturalism, group rights and political Islam. Previously, he has taught at the Jamia Millia Islamia University, New Delhi, and was a Visiting Fellow at St Antony’s College, University of Oxford, UK.