Muslims in Global Politics: Identities, Interests, and Human Rights

Muslims' quest for identities, interest, and human rights -- International human rights norms and Muslim experiences -- Gender, identity, and negotiating rights -- Searching for a modern Islamic identity in Egypt -- Occupation, sectarianism, and identity politics in Iraq -- The melding of the old and new in the United Arab Emirates -- Secularism, Turkish Islam, and identity -- The reemergence of populism in Iranian politics : constructing new identities -- Negotiating modernity and tradition in Indonesia -- Construction of Muslims in Europe: the politics of immigration

In Muslims in Global Politics, Mahmood Monshipouri examines the role identity plays in the political dynamics of six different Muslim nations--Egypt, Iraq, the United Arab Emirates, Turkey, Iran, and Indonesia--as well as in Muslim diaspora communities in Europe and North America.

Muslims' struggles for identities, interests, and human rights -- Muslims' quest for identities, interests, and human rights -- International human rights norms and Muslim experiences -- Gender, identity, and negotiating rights -- Searching for a modern Islamic identity in Egypt -- Occupation, sectarianism, and identity politics in Iraq -- The melding of the old and new in the United Arab Emirates -- Secularism, Turkish Islam, and identity -- The reemergence of populism in Iranian politics : constructing new identities -- Negotiating modernity and tradition in Indonesia -- Construction of Muslims in Europe : the politics of immigration -- Conclusion : identities, interests, and human rights