Includes bibliographical references and index.; Introduction / John l. Esposito -- Part I. Religion, politics and society in Muslim majority societies -- Islam in Indonesia in the 21st century / Fred R. von der Mehden -- Pakistan after Islamization : mainstream and militant Islamism in a changing state / Vali Nasr -- Islam, state and society in Bangladesh / Mumtaz Ahmad -- Malaysian Islam in the 21st century : the promise of a democratic transformation? / Osman Bakar -- The trifurcated Islam of Central Asia : a Turkish perspective / Hakan Yavuz -- A provincial Islamist victory in NWFP, Pakistan : the social reform agenda of the Mutttahida Majlis-i-Amal / Anita M. Weiss -- Part II. Ethics and religious politics Muslim minority communities -- Muslims in post-independence India / Steven I. Wilkinson -- Islam in China / Jacqueline Armijo -- The impact of 9/11 among Mindanao Muslims and the Mindanao peace process / Eliseo R. Mercado -- The ethno-religious dimension of the Muslim crisis in Thailand / Imtiyaz Yusuf -- Conclusion: Asian Islam at a crossroads : Islam in Asia at the beginning of the 21st century / John voll.;