“To my knowledge, this is the best attempt at decolonising the Muslim mind and politics. But it is much more than that. It is a complex and powerful rendering of a Muslim contribution to a new non-liberal cosmopolitanism., and should be read by all."- Boaventura de Sousa Santos, Professor of Sociology at the University of Coimbra and University of Wisconsin-Madison
“S. Sayyid has written a highly insightful exploration of Muslim identity (“the ummah") in the modern world. Unlike many who have pontificated on Islam and Muslims, Sayyid is very well informed on Islamicate and European history, and has an impressive command of contemporary critical theory. The result is an excellent book." – Talal Asad, Graduate Center of the City University of New York
A spiritual Ishmaelite 