Muslim Networks from Hajj to Hip Hop (Islamic Civilization and Muslim Networks) Paperback – Import, 7 March 2005

This book is an example of literature that exemplifies how a region and a religion have been part of a globalized world for a very longtime. I fell in love with this book after checking it out at my university's library several times. As an International Relations major focused on the Middle East, I've found this book very interesting and an excellent source of background for understanding the Middle East and Islam. The names of the chapters are as follows:Part 1: Defining Muslim Network1. Ibn Battuta's Opportunism: The Networks and Loyalties of a Medieval Muslim Scholar by Vincent J. Cornell2. A Networked Civilization? by David Gilmartin3. The Network Metaphor and the Mosque Network in Iran, 1978-1979 by Charles Kurzman4. The Scope and Limits of Islamic Cosmopolitanism and the Discursive Language of the 'Ulama' Muhammad Qasim ZamanPart 2: Imagining Muslim Networks5. The Problem of Islamic Art by Judith Ernst6. Sacred Narratives Linking Iraqi Shiit Women across Time and Space by Tayba Hassan Al Khalifa Sharif7. The Islamic Salon: Elite Women's Religious Networks in Egypt by Samia Serageldin8. Voices of Faith, Faces of Beauty: Connecting American Muslim Women through Azizah by Jamillah KarimPart 3: Tracing Muslim Networks9. Ideological and Technological Transformations of Contemporary Sufism b Carl W. Ernst10. The Salafi Movement: Violence and the Fragmentation of Community by Quintan Wiktorowicz11. Defining Islamic Interconnectivity by Gary Bunt12. Wiring Up: The Internet Different for Muslim Networks by Jon W. Anderson13. A New Research Agenda: Exploring the Transglobal Hip Hop Umma by H. Samy Alim

'' Excellent collection of scholarly papers, some chapters were a great help for my Masters (MA) Studies''