This volume covers the new Islamic authority centres emerging in the West. It makes a major contribution to refining our understanding of the plurality of Islamic tradition in contemporary times, helping to counter the dominant narrative of an inevitable clash of civilisations.

Table of Contents

• Preface
• Note on Transliteration
• Glossary
• Introduction - Masooda Bano
• Part I Neo-Traditionalists
• Preface
• 1. Zaytuna College and the Construction of an American Muslim Identity - Nathan Spannaus and Christopher Pooya Razavian
• 2. The Neo-Traditionalism of Tim Winter - Christopher Pooya Razavian
• Part II Neo-Legalists
• Preface
• 3. From “Islamization of Knowledge” to “American Islam”: the International Institute of Islamic Thought (IIIT) - Nathan Spannaus
• 4. Transformative Islamic Reform: Tariq Ramadan and the Center for Islamic Legislation and Ethics (CILE) - Nathan Spannaus
• Part III Neo-Conservatives
• Preface
• 5. Yasir Qadhi and the Development of Reasonable Salafism - Christopher Pooya Razavian
• 6. New Deobandi Institutions in the West - Christopher Pooya Razavian and Nathan Spannaus
• Notes on the Contributors