Preface to the paperback edition -- The revolution that wasn't -- Islam and democracy in contact -- idea of Islamic democracy -- Islamic democracy, not Islamist democracy -- Islam, the West, and the question of opposition -- Islam and democracy as mobile ideas -- The resilience of Islam -- God's rule and the people's rule -- Islamic equality -- Islamic liberty -- The universality of mobile ideas -- Varieties of Islamic democracy -- Democratization and Muslim reality : an overview -- Iran : Islamic democracy in the balance -- Turkey : the outlier -- Islam and democracy in South and Southeast Asia : mobility and possibility -- Pakistan : the Islamic state and the struggle for stability -- The diversity of the Arabs -- Monarchies with oil : the Rentier state in action -- Kings without oil -- The dictators and the Islamists : the puzzle of Egypt -- Regime change and its consequences : dictators with oil -- The big picture : Islam, democracy, and the contact of mobile ideas -- The necessity of Islamic democracy -- Why democracy? The pragmatic argument -- Neutralizing anti-Americanism by refuting it -- Doing the right thing -- How to do it -- Democracy's Muslim allies -- Imagining an Islamic democracy -- After Jihad -- Notes -- Acknowledgments -- Index.