Table of Contents

Part I.- Chapter 1 Religion and Nationalism.- Chapter 2 The Politics of the Khilafa, Old and New.- Part II.- Chapter 3 Ottoman/ Turkish “Official Nationalism”.- Chapter 4 Abdülhamid II’s pan-Islamism/ Nationalism.- Part III.- Chapter 5 Exclusionary Islam and Kurdish Nationalism.- Chapter 6 Kurdish Nationalism and Khilafa in Nursi’s Pre-exile Writing.- Chapter 7 “Fully-fledged Nationalism in Religious Garb”.

About the Author

Kamal Soleimani is a historian of the Modern Middle East and Islamic world. His research interests include Islamic political history and Arab , Kurdish, Persian and Turkish nationalism. He received his PhD from Columbia University in New York, USA. He has taught at Turkish and US universities.