Scholars of religion and policy makers may be surprised at the changes occurring on the second largest island of the world that straddles one of the most Christianised and least Christianised areas of the world. This book provides an accurate and deeper understanding of the nature of Islam in Papua New Guinea, and determines the causes and processes of recent growth in the country s Muslim population.

Combining ethnographic, sociological and historical approaches to understanding Islam s growth in Papua New Guinea, the book uses extensive fieldwork, interviews and archival records to...