Introduction : from clash to encounter
The numbers debate
pt. I: Islam and the West : mutual transformation
Islam as stigma
The secularization of individual Islamic practice
The secularization of Islamic institutions in Europe and the United States : two approaches
pt. II: The imagined community
The absolutized community
The virtual community
pt. III: The reinvented community : new figures of Islamic authority in the West
Bureaucratic and parochial leaders
Transnational leaders and charismatic speakers
The reformation of Islamic thought
Conclusion: toward a reconciliation of Islam and the West?
Appendix I: Estimates of population identified as Muslims
Appendix II: American Muslim organizations
Appendix III: Muslim umbrella organizations in Europe
Glossary.