Asian Islam in the 21st century / edited by John L. Esposito, John O. Voll, and Osman Bakar.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction / John leaves Esposito -- Part I. Religion, politics and society in Muslim majority societies -- Islam in Indonesia in the 21st century / Fred R. von der Mehden -- Pakistan after Islamization : mainstream and militant Islamism in a changing state / Vali Nasr -- Islam, state and society in Bangladesh / Mumtaz Ahmad -- Malaysian Islam in the 21st century : the promise of a democratic transformation? / Osman Bakar -- The trifurcated Islam of Central Asia : a Turkish perspective / Hakan Yavuz -- A provincial Islamist victory in NWFP, Pakistan : the social reform agenda of the Mutttahida Majlis-i-Amal / Anita M. Weiss -- Part II. Ethics and religious politics Muslim minority communities -- Muslims in post-independence India / Steven I. Wilkinson -- Islam in China / Jacqueline Armijo -- The impact of 9/11 among Mindanao Muslims and the Mindanao peace process / Eliseo R. Mercado -- The ethno-religious dimension of the Muslim crisis in Thailand / Imtiyaz Yusuf -- Conclusion: Asian Islam at a crossroads : Islam in Asia at the beginning of the 21st century / John voll.

Asian Islam in the 21st century is divided into two sections: religion, politics and society in major Muslim majority countries and ethnic and religious politics in Muslim minority communities. Muslims in Asia are affacted by what is happening in the Arab Middle East and the Western part of the Islamic world.