Argues against the idea of a specific Islamic demography, and examines the spread of massive secularization throughout the Arab and Muslim world, suggesting that the evolution of Islam is not significantly different from the history of Christianity.
Muslim Arab Sudanese in Cairo have played a fundamental role in Egyptian history and society during many centuries of close relations between Egypt and Sudan. This book presents an ethnographic study which shows that Sudanese ethnic identity is created from deeply held social values, especially those concerning gender and propriety.