Table of Contents

1. Saints and Sultans: Religious Authority and Temporal Power in Precolonial Morocco 2. Saints and Sufis in Post-Communist Albania 3. Bridging the Gap Between Pre-Soviet and Post-Soviet Sufism in the Ferghana Valley (Uzbekistan): The Naqshbandi Order between Tradition and Innovation 4. The Burhami Order and Islamic Resurgence in Modern Egypt 5. The Uprising of the "Fearsome Ruler of Lanao": Banditry and the Internalization of Violence in a Southern Philippine Muslim Society during the 1930s 6. Democratization in Indonesia and Malaysia 7. Penetration of Islamism in Contemporary Indonesia: Militant or Moderate? 8. The Development of Secularism and Non-Sectarianism in the Middle East 9. Democratization and Islamic Movements in Turkey

About the Author

Masatoshi KISAICHI is currently Professor of Islamic Studies at the Institute of Asian Cultures of Sophia University in Tokyo, and his research deals with the socio-political roles of Sufi orders in Egypt and Morocco. At present he is studying the relationship between popular Islam and Islamist movements in Algeria, and his recent publications include A History of the Islamist Movements of the Maghreb, (in Japanese), Hakusuisha Publisher Co., Tokyo, 2004.

Reviews

The Muslim World Book Review. Popular Movements and Democratization in the Islamic World. ISBN: 0415398967 by, Masatoshi Kisaichi Popilar movements and remocratization in the Islamic world contains case studies of people's movements in diverse areas and periods, and seeks to develop a comparative view of Islam and democracy. It is intended to present an alternate picture of the world's Muslim societies, one that goes beyond the simple dichotomy of "Islam and democracy"] [ Although the book is primarily intended for students and scholars, it is also of interest to the general reader, and to all those who have an interest in the subject of Islam.]