Nationalism and minority identities in Islamic societies / edited by Maya Shatzmiller.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction / Maya Shatzmiller -- From Dhimmis to minorities: shifting constructions of the non-Muslim other from early to modern Islam / Richard C. Martin -- Copts: fully Egyptian, but for a tattoo? / Pieternella Van Doorn-Harder -- The Egyptian copts: nationalism, ethnicity, and definition of identity for a religious minority / Charles D. Smith -- The sheep and the goats? Christian groups in Lebanon and Egypt in comparative perspective / Paul S. Rowe -- The Christians of Pakistan: the interaction of law and caste in maintaining "outsider" status / Linda S. Walbridge -- The Baha'i minority and nationalism in contemporary Iran / Juan R.I. Cole -- Royal interest in local culture: amazigh identity and the Moroccan state / David L. Crawford -- The Berbers in Algeria: politicized ethnicity and ethnicized politics / Azzedine Layachi -- Kurdish nationalism in Turkey / M. Hakan Yavuz -- The Kurdish minority identity in Iraq / Michael M. Gunter -- Conclusion / Maya Shatzmiller.