Acknowledgments -- Introduction. Artistic Developments in the Muslim Cultural Sphere: Ethics, Aesthetics, and the Performing Arts (Karin van Nieuwkerk) -- Part One: The Power of Performance -- Chapter 1. Hardcore Muslims: Islamic Themes in Turkish Rap between Diaspora and Homeland (Thomas Solomon) -- Chapter 2. Contesting Islamic Concepts of Morality: Heavy Metal in Istanbul (Pierre Hecker) -- Chapter 3. Iranian Popular Music in Los Angeles: A Transnational Public beyond the Islamic State (Farzaneh Hemmasi) -- Part Two: Motivations -- Chapter 4. Ritual as Strategic Action: The Social Logic of Musical Silence in Canadian Islam (Michael Frishkopf) -- Chapter 5. Pious Entertainment: Hizbullah's Islamic Cultural Sphere (Joseph Alagha) -- Chapter 6. Of Morals, Missions, and the Market: New Religiosity and "Art with a Mission" in Egypt (Karin van Nieuwkerk) -- Part Three: Staging the Body and the World Stage -- Chapter 7. Islamic Modernity and the Re-enchanting Power of Symbols in Islamic Fantasy Serials in Turkey (Ahu Yigit) -- Chapter 8. From "Evil-Inciting" Dance to Chaste "Rhythmic Movements": A Genealogy of Modern Islamic Dance-Theatre in Iran (Zeinab Stellar) -- Chapter 9. Suficized Musics of Syria at the Intersection of Heritage and the War on Terror -- Or "A Rumi with a View" (Jonathan H. Shannon) -- Afterword (Martin Stokes) -- Notes on Contributors -- Index.