Tensions and Transitions in the Muslim World

Tensions and Transitions in the Muslim World provides an alternative reading of Middle Eastern politics and political culture by focusing on the dynamics of change, and examining the role of Islam in the emerging modern Middle East. Louay Safi contends that by focusing on radical and traditionalist Islam, Middle East specialists often overlook the liberal manifestations of Islam, which, though marginalized, constitute the driving force in the sociopolitical development of the Middle East.

Louay Safi is visiting professor at George Washington University, president of the Association of Muslim Social Scientists (AMSS), and founding board member of the Center for the Study of Islam and Democracy (CSID). He has served as dean of research and associate professor of political science at the International Islamic University of Malaysia.