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International law does not exist in a vacuum; its development is closely connected with contemporary conditions. The most complex and difficult political-legal problem today is tile drafting of a generally agreed-upon law of the sea convention. The sophistication and Western orientation of the Saudi position on the law of the sea, as well as Saudi Arabia's oil reserves and the wealth and power they confer, make it a worthy subject for examination.

The prospect of a united Muslim world has long inspired both dreams and fears. Many Muslims regard the pan-Islamic community, the umma, as the embodiment of the spiritual kinship of the faith, but it has also often been assumed to be inherently antagonistic to adherents of other faiths. Questions over relations with the Other are mirrored by debates over what constitutes the acceptable contours of Islamic doctrine itself. Indeed, the umma has had variant and contested meanings over time, and divergent perspectives on its inclusiveness or exclusiveness and whether it must have concrete or institutional form have become acute. The rise of jihadist movements has especially brought these related issues to the fore, with the targeting of external and internal 'enemies' presented as part of a purifying and defensive mission to rescue the umma from its current degradation. The anthem of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS), 'My Umma, Dawn Has Appeared', extols Muslims to give up this life in order to revive the umma and assure victory for Islam. The idea of the umma, so central and yet so elusive, has taken on a talismanic quality

Introduction : societies, identities and global issues / Paul Dresch -- Channels of interaction : the role of Gulf-owned media firms in globalisation / Naomi Sakr -- Dialect and national identity : the cultural politics of self-representation in Bahraini Musalsalāt / Clive Holes -- Cultural construction, the Gulf and Arab London / Christa Salamandra -- Transnational connections and national identity : Zanzibari Omanis in Muscat / Madawi Al-Rasheed -- Neither autocracy nor democracy but ethnocracy : citizens, expatriates and the socio-political system in Kuwait / Anh Nga Longva -- Debates on marriage and nationality in the United Arab Emirates / Paul Dresch -- Public order and authority : policing Kuwait / Jill Crystal -- Gender, religious knowledge and education in Oman / Mandana E. Limbert -- Political actors without the franchise : women and politics in Kuwait / Haya al-Mughni, Mary Ann Tétreault -- Managing God's guests : the pilgrimage, Saudi Arabia and the politics of legitimacy / James Piscatori

Cover -- Half Title -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Preface -- Introduction: Religion, States, and Transnational Civil Society, Susanne Hoeber Rudolph -- Part One Self-Organization: From Society and from Below -- 1 Trans-state Islam and Security, Dale F. Eickelman -- 2 Muslim Missionaries and African States, Ousmane Kane -- 3 Bridging the Gap Between Empowerment and Power in Latin America, Daniel H. Levine and David Stoll -- 4 Faces of Catholic Transnationalism: In and Beyond France, Danièle Hervieu-Léger -- translated by Roger Gleason -- Part Two Hierarchy: From a Center and from Above -- 5 Globalizing Catholicism and the Return to a "Universal" Church, José Casanova -- 6 World Religions and National States: Competing Claims in East Asia, Don Baker -- 7 Religious Resource Networks: Roman Catholic Philanthropy in Central and East Europe, Ralph Della Cava -- 8 In Defense of Allah's Realm: Religion and Statecraft in Saudi Foreign Policy Strategy, Cary Fraser -- Part Three Reflections -- 9 Dehomogenizing Religious Formations, Susanne Hoeber Rudolph -- About the Book and Editors -- About the Contributors -- Index