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<p>"There is no book that does what this volume accomplishes. . . . [a] unique contribution . . . to scholarship regarding the political, economic, and especially intellectual influences and linkages.&nbsp; Fred von der Mehden is among the very few social scientists with a long, regular, and intimate knowledge of the area."—John L. Esposito, College of the Holy Cross</p> <p>"One of the most valuable aspects of this analysis is that it covers economic, diplomatic, political, and intellectual dimensions of the relationships with equal skill [and] provides important coverage of evenly high quality in all of these areas."—John Voll, University of New Hampshire</p> <p>In the first extensive effort to assess the changing nature of relations between these two important Islamic regions, the author investigates the degree to which common religion has influenced economic ties, the extent of Southeast Asian political involvement in the Middle East and of Middle East interest in Southeast Asia, and the character and amount of foreign religious thought reaching Muslims in Southeast Asia.</p> <p>&nbsp;"As the great majority of Muslims have become increasingly non-Arab and as modern communication

Author

Von der Mehden, Fred R.

Publisher

Gainesville: University Press of Florida

Published

1993

Language

EN

ISBN

9780813020525

Subjects

History, Sociology, Political Science