Table of Contents

Part 1: Al-Manar in the Changing Islamic World 1. Al-Manar Revisited: The "Lighthouse" of the Islamic Revival 2. Al-Manar and Popular Religion in Syria, 1898-1920 3. The Manarists and Modernism: An Attempt to Fuse Society and Religion 4. The Influence of Al-Manar on Islamism in Turkey: The Case of Mehmed Akif 5. Echoes to Al-Manar among the Muslims of the Russian Empire: A Preliminary Research Note on Riza ad-Din b. Fakhr ad-Din and the Šura (1908-1918) 6. Rationalizing Patriotism among Muslim Chinese: The Impact of the Middle East on the Yuehua Journal 7. The Transmission of Al-Manar’s Reformism to the Malay-Indonesian World: The Case of Al-Imam and Al-Muni Part 2: Intellectuals in Challenge: Situations, Discourses, Strategies 8. The Arabo-Islamic Constitutional Thought at 1907: ‘Abd Al-Karim Murad (d. 1926) and His Draft Constitution for Morocco 9. Constructing Transnational Islam: The East-West Network of Shakib Arslan 10. Muslim Intellectuals in Bosnia-Herzegovina in the Twentieth Century: Continuities and Changes 11. From Social Development to Religious Knowledge: Transformation of the Isma’ilis in Northern Pakistan 12. Islam on the Wings of Nationalism: The Case of Muslim Intellectuals in Republican China 13. Muslim Intellectuals and Japan: A Pan-Islamist Mediator: Abdurreshid Ibrahim 14. Clash of Cultures? Intellectuals, their Publics, and Islam

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National Center for Scientific Research, France The University of Tokyo Kyoto University

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'This is definitely a volume which one recommends to academics and students of the Muslim world. It is also an important starting point for anyone seeking to understand Islamic reformism.' -The Muslim World Book Review