Bishop Michael Nazir-Ali is Pakistani by birth and is now Bishop of Rochester. Educated at the Universities of Lahore and Cambridge, he is the author of many learned articles and books including Understanding My Muslim Neighbour (2002).

Anglican Bishop Nazir-Ali, born of Christian and Islamic parentage, speaks with integrity to the issue of social justice, politics, and the interplay of religious conviction born of a certain multiculturalism in the modern experience. This book is erudite and thoughtful, intellectually and politically/socially well-informed and assumes the same of its audience. Recommended for modern religion and international relations collections.

• Introduction; 1. The role of religion in society; 2. Christian Muslim encounter from the time of the Prophet.; 3. Challenges to nationalistic ideologies: colonialism and neo colonialism; 4. Is Theocracy possible?; 5. Religion and Law; 6. The Just War; 7. The concepts of universality and reciprocity; 8. Poverty and extremism; 9. The way forward.

Bishop Michael Nazir-Ali is Pakistani by birth and is now Bishop of Rochester. Educated at the Universities of Lahore and Cambridge, he is the author of many learned articles and books including Understanding My Muslim Neighbour (2002).

Anglican Bishop Nazir-Ali, born of Christian and Islamic parentage, speaks with integrity to the issue of social justice, politics, and the interplay of religious conviction born of a certain multiculturalism in the modern experience. This book is erudite and thoughtful, intellectually and politically/socially well-informed and assumes the same of its audience. Recommended for modern religion and international relations collections.

• Introduction; 1. The role of religion in society; 2. Christian Muslim encounter from the time of the Prophet.; 3. Challenges to nationalistic ideologies: colonialism and neo colonialism; 4. Is Theocracy possible?; 5. Religion and Law; 6. The Just War; 7. The concepts of universality and reciprocity; 8. Poverty and extremism; 9. The way forward.