What have the concepts of modernity and secularisation meant for Islamic tradition, culture and society? How have the discourses which surround all of these issues influenced Muslim self-perception and individual identity? There have been many attempts to describe and analyse the problem that the encounter between Islam and modernity creates in the Middle East. But few have been able so effectively to explore the impact this has on the idea and reality of religious identity and individual religiosity. Maha Habib examines modernity from this angle, offering a philosophical and literary...