Preface, 1. Postmodernism and Islam, i. Questions For Our Age, ii. Grappling with Postmodernism, iii. Muslim Entry into the Postmodernist Phase of History, iv. Muslim Dilemma, 2. Greek Gods and Semitic Prohets, i. The Greeks and the Semites, ii. Star, iii. Cross, iv. Crescent, 3. Confrontation and Clash, i. Islam and the West: A Third Encounter of the Close Kind, ii. The Continuing Impact of the European Legacy, iii. The Tyranny of the Nation-State, iv. Kashmir: A Paradigmatic Post-Modernist Muslim Movement? 4. Studying Islam, i. Muslim Scholarship, ii. The Satanic Verses Affair, iii. The Growth of Occidentalism, iv. Non-Muslim Observers of Islam, 5. Culture and Change, i. Your Jeans for You, My Robes for Me, ii. Islamic Art and Architecture, iii. Changing Western Society, iv. Dangerous Crossings, 6. The Evil Demon: The Media as Master, i. vnderstanding the Demon, ii. The Demon and the Disintegration of the Family, iii. Muslims and the Demon, iv. Conclusion: Taming the Demon, References, Index