Ali Asani is Murray A. Albertson Professor of Middle Eastern Studies and Professor of Indo-Muslim and Islamic Religion and Cultures at Harvard University, US. At Harvard he has served as the Chair of the Department of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations and Director of the Prince Alwaleed Islamic Studies Program. He is the author of Celebrating Muhammad (1995), The Harvard Collection of Ismaili Literatures in Indic Languages (1992) and Ecstasy and Enlightenment (2002).

• Acknowledgements Note on the Text IntroductionChapter 1: Who is a Muslim?Chapter 2: Following God’s Beloved: Muhammad as the Ideal MuslimChapter 3: Multisensory Religion: Rethinking IslamConclusion Glossary NotesFurther Reading List of Illustrations Index

In presenting Islam as it has been experienced by Muslims, and presenting it in an accessible and sympathetic way, Ali Asani has produced a book that will not only be useful to students embarking on the study of Islam, but will also help foster interreligious understanding.