The many faces of Islam_Review.pdf

The many faces of political Islam: religion and politics in the Muslim world is a famous book written by Professor Ayoob and published by the university of Michigan press in 2008. The book is divided into 8 chapters, each focusing on a
separate topic. Chapter one is the defining concepts while chapter two and three discuss the Islam’s multiple voices and self-proclaimed states. Chapter four is the debate of ideology and pragmatism and chapter five explains the Muslims democracies. Chapter six and seven respectively discuss the topics of Islamic national resistance and the transnational Islam, while the final chapter talks about the many faces of political Islam in details.