Shanti Nair studies the Mahathir administraton's search for authenticity in the kind of Islam that is to be propagated in Malaysia, which has accompanied its attempt to delineate an exemplary role for Muslim countries in the new democratic order. The author draws specific connections between the direction and intent of the country's foreign policy towards other Muslim Countries, and the politics of Islam within the domestic scene. She examines the relationship between Islam, development and economic growth, the problem of extermism and relations with other countries such as Libya and Iran,...