In its attempt to squash the influence of animism and pantheism or polytheism and to promote the idea of the One and Only Absolute God, Islam has come up against a tendency within itself to incorporate certain local religious traditions and practices. This book shares that combination of universality and local particularity, exploring this paradox and the contradictory tendencies contained in it.

Stephen Headley, David Parkin

Acknowledgements, Contributors, Preface, 1 Inside and Outside the Mosque: a Master Trope, 2 Imputations of Faith and Allegiance: Islamic Prayer and Indonesian Politics Outside the Mosque, 3 Islamic and Non-islamic Prayer in Java, 4 Localising Islamic Performances in Mayotte, 5 Swahili and Ism?'?l? Perceptions of Sal?t, 6 Portrait of Seyyid Silima from Zanzibar: Piety and Subversion in Islamic Prayer, 7 Invocation: Salaa, Dua, Sadaka and the Question of Self-determination, 8 Sembah/Salat: The Javanisation of Islamic Prayer; The Islamisation of Javanese Prayer, 9 Afterword: The Mirror in the Mosque, Bibliography, Index