کتاب Civil Society in the Muslim World Even before the events of September 11th 2001 the global discourse on civil societyin its varied interpretations and manifestationshas caught the attention of citizens and communities across the Muslim world from Iran Tajikistan and Indonesia to the Mahgreb Issues of human rights pluralism and gender equity were already at the forefront of the wider quest for participatory politics This survey of social and intellectual trends in diverse Muslim contexts includes contributions by Shirin Akiner Mohammed Arkoun Aziz Esmial Tair Faradov Abdou FilaliAnsary Ersin Kalaycioglu Iftikhar Malik Ziba MirHosseini and Oliver Roy