Global Islam

“The book is impeccably written and edited.” – Philipp Reisner, Reading Religion”Nile Green’s Global Islam: A Very Short Introduction is an accessible and engaging study of the globalization of Islam. Green tracks the fascinating redefinition and proliferation of multiple and competing versions of Islam. His outstanding book traces how new religious actors, transnational movements, organizations and governments have harnessed modern forms of travel, technology, print and electronic media to spread and implement their faith andmessage globally.” – John L. Esposito, University Professor and Professor of Religion & International Affairs, Georgetown Universityâs School of Foreign Service and author of The Future of Islam

Nile Green is Professor of History and Ibn Khaldun Endowed Chair in World History at UCLA. A historian of the multiple globalizations of Islam and Muslims, his work has traced Muslim networks that connect South Asia and the Middle East with the Indian Ocean, Africa, Japan, Europe and the United States. His research builds on extensive travels in India, Pakistan, Iran, Afghanistan, Chinese Central Asia, Turkey, Syria, Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Yemen, Oman, Jordan, Morocco, Sri Lanka, South Africa, Myanmar, Malaysia, Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, the Caucasus, and Zanzibar. A former Guggenheim fellow, Green is the author of Terrains of Exchange: Religious Economies of Global Islam and Sufism: A Global History, among many other titles.