Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Preface ix
4. Acknowledgments xiii
5. Note on Style xvii
6. Introduction: “Whoever imitates a people becomes one of them,” 1
7. 1 Turning Away from Christians and Jews? 26
8. 2 From Narrative to Normative 50
9. 3 Empire of Small Differences 66
10. 4 The Symbolic Power of Muslim Difference 92
11. 5 Ibn Taymiyya and the Innovation of Imitation 117
12. 6 “A person belongs with the one he loves,” 144
13. 7 Escaping the Devil’s Lair: Ghazzī between Spirit and Law 151
14. 8 Can Muslims Wear European Hats? 183
15. Epilogue: Seeing the Other in the Light of God 208
16. Notes 231
17. Bibliography 283
18. Index 317