The September 11 attacks on the US stunned Australians, as well as people all over the world, and the consequences have been far-reaching for both the West and the Muslim world. The subsequent War on Terror and its extension to Iraq, assaults on Muslims in many Western countries, and the recent bombing in Jakarta have brought to the fore many issues deserving attention and analysis. These include the prospects of conflict and co-operation between the Muslim world and the West--including Australia--and the future of Muslim communities inAustralia. "Islam and the West" addresses these and other...

In South Asia, the beginning of 20th century was marked by intense nationalists activities, but its momentum was comparatively slow in Punjab due to its socio-economic backwardness. Consequently anti-imperialist activities were merely sporadic and confined to limited circles of the society. So in the absence of strong national consciousness, nationalist organisations and political parties remained inactive and it became very easy for communal groups to divert the attention of masses from socio-economic and political realities to the communal issues such as distribution of jobs on the basis of...

This book provides a detailed account of the emergence and metamorphoses of Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) and its political arm, Jamat ud Dawah, since the early 1990s. Linking the group's narratives to the process of Islamization in Pakistan and divergent views on the country's Islamic identity, it is the first systematic analysis of how the organization, globally reviled as the perpetrator of the 2008 Mumbai Bombings, has developed its conception of da'wah (proselytizing) and jihad in response to regional and global developments.

Samina Yasmeen makes extensive use of Urdu materials (pamphlets,...