Nationalism and Minority Identities in Islamic Societies

Presents the papers that comparatively analyse how ethnic or religious minorities developed their own distinctive identities within the modern Islamic nation-state. This work focuses on identity formation in 5 minority groups - Copts in Egypt, Baha'is and Christians in Pakistan, Berbers in Algeria and Morocco, and Kurds in Turkey and Iraq.Leading scholars examine how the radicalization of Islamic Nationalism has undermined ethnic minority communities in the Middle East, North Africa, and Asia.