Muslims

Part 1. Introduction. Existing stereotypes and fears

Brief historical summary

Part 2. Egypt. Sheikh Muawith Mabrook Abbas

Shariah law

Fatwa

Modernity and Islamic tradition

Part 3. Iran. Ayatollah Mahdi Hadavi Tehrani

Islam, politics, and democracy

Islam and women

Defining practices of Islam

Part 4. Malaysia. Iman Mustafa bin A. Rahman

Islam as a tolerant ideology

Interaction with non-Muslims

Part 5. Malaysia. Dr. Harlina Halizah Hj Siraj

Working mother

Islam and women

Modernity and Islamic traditions. Part 6. Turkey. Unversity students, Nazli Ilicak, Murat Mercan

Secularization

Disenfranchisement

Westernization

Headscarf ban

Islam, politics and democracy

Part 7. Malaysia. Iman Haji Abdul Hadi Bin Hj Awang, Aida Melly Tan Mutalib, Zainah Anwar

Islam, politics and democracy

Governmental incorporation of Islamic practices

Sharia law, marriage and divorce

Women's rights

Sisters in Islam, women reinterpreting the Qur'an

8. Nigeria. Dr. I Datti Ahmad, Muzzammil Sani Hanga

Sharia law

Legacy of colonialism

Self-determination and self-identification

Reaction to the West

Part 9. Egypt. Mohammad Kamal, Montasser El Zayat

Anwar Sadat

Militants

Interpretations of jihad

Part 10. USA. Safaa Zarzour, Aminah Beverly McCloud, Dia Richardson, Yasemin Saib

Reactions to the attacks of September 11, 2001

Controversy over possible mosque in Bridgeview, Illinois

Interfaith dialoge

Kinship between Christianity , Judaism, and Islam

Tensions within American Muslim communities

Conversion to Islam

Interation of Muslim traditions and American culture

Politics and Islam.

Part 11. Iran. Hadi Semati, Nazanin Shahrokni

Islamic state, Islam, politics and and democracy

Reform with Iran

Islam and women

Role of intellectuals

Part 12. Malaysia. Zainah Anwar, Farish Noor

Reaction to the attacks of September 11, 2001

Women's rights

Modernity

Universal approach to Islam

Politcal Islam

Part 13. Conclusion.