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This text brings together two sets of articles and book chapters by the late author, an extraordinary scholar of Islam in South Asia. The first part of the volume examines Shia-Sunni relations in Pakistan, while the second concerns violent Islamism in the country, covering both the Talibanisation of the Pashtun belt and the jihadi dimension of South Asian Salafism. The work explores the many reasons why Pakistan has been the crucible of political Islam. It offers a historical view of this development, factoring in the impact of colonialism and conflict, including the Soviet-Afghan War and the post-9/11 Western military operations in Afghanistan.

Intro -- The Rule of Law, Islam, and Constitutional Politics in Egypt and Iran -- Contents -- Foreword -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Chapter 1: Shiʿite Jurists and the Iranian Law and Constitutional Order in the Twentieth Century -- Chapter 2: The Special Court of the Clergy (Dādgāh‑e Vizheh‑ye Ruhāniyat) and the Repression of Dissident Clergy in Iran -- Chapter 3: The Principle of Legality in the Iranian Constitutional and Criminal Law -- Chapter 4: Constitutionalism and Parliamentary Struggle for Relevance and Independence in Post‑Khomeini Iran -- Chapter 5: The Politics of Property in the Islamic Republic of Iran -- Chapter 6: Legal Reforms, the Rule of Law, and Consolidation of State Authoritarianism under Mubarak -- Chaptre 7: Selections from the 2007 Amendments to the 1971 Constitution -- Chapter 8: Rule of Law, Ideology, and Human Rights in Egyptian Courts -- Chapter 9: Islam in Egypt's Cacophonous Constitutional Order -- Chapter 10: Surviving under Rule by Law: Explaining Ideological Change in Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood during the Mubarak Era -- Chapter 11: Egypt's ʿUlama in the State, in Politics, and in the Islamist Vision -- Chapter 12: Egypt's Constitutional Revolution? -- Contributors -- Index.

Gibson reviews TRANSCENDING BORDERS: Arabs, Politics, Trade and Islam in Southeast Asia edited by Huub de Jonge and Nico Kaptein.

Examines criticism of Clinton administration policy, and argues that there is no clear consensus among academics, "policy entrepreneurs", and practitioners on the issue of US response to the global resurgence of Islam

Traces development of political Islam in Turkey, differentiating between liberal, conservative, and militant parties and groups. Summary in English p. 202.