Authors Explore Asian Muslim Societies - Georgetown College

A new book edited by three current and former Georgetown faculty members examines Asian Muslims and highlights the rich diversity of politics and discourse that continue to affect this population. The Muslims of Asia constitute the largest Muslim communities in the world - Indonesia, Pakistan, Bangladesh, India and Central Asia. In recent years, terrorist bombings in Bali, separatist conflicts in Thailand and the Philippines, and opposition politics in Central Asia, all point to the strategic importance of Asian Islam.

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