The world of Islam and the challenge of Islamism / Islam as a political force in international politics / Re-formatting the economy: Islamic banking and finance in world politics / Identity, power, and the Islamist discourse on women: an exploration of Islamism and gender issues in Egypt / The war on terror and the 'rescue' of Muslim women / Islam and identity in South Asia: at the crossroads of confusion and confrontation? / Islam and ideology in Central Asia / Islamisation and politics in Southeast Asia: the contrasting cases of Malaysia and Indonesia / Between rhetoric and reality: Islam and politics in the Arab world