The ummah as nation: A reappraisal in the wake of the 'Cartoons Affair'

Nations and Nationalism

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 303-321

  Saunders, Robert A ^a  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Cyberspace; Global Islam; National identity; Transnationalism; Ummah

Indexed keywords

GLOBALIZATION; INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY; LITERATURE REVIEW; NATIONAL IDENTITY; NATIONALISM; POPULAR PROTEST; RELIGION;

EID: 42149118343     PISSN: 13545078     EISSN: 14698129     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8129.2008.00322.x     Document Type: Article

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