Sharkey, Heather J2023-05-232023-05-232003-06-012015-11-06https://repository.upenn.edu/handle/20.500.14332/41362Scholars frequently acknowledge the force of political Islam in shaping the Muslim societies of Africa and Asia, but seldom consider the role that Christian activism has played in these societies, particularly in the context o f Western imperialism and globalization. Of central importance here is the history of Christian missionary attempts to convert Muslims in the late nineteenth and twentieth centuries - a period when the British, French, and Dutch colonial powers lent their protection to European and American evangelical groups that operated within their overseas empires.This is an Open Access publication from Leiden University. (http://hdl.handle.net/1887/11968)African HistoryHistory of ChristianityHistory of ReligionIslamic StudiesIslamic World and Near East HistoryMissions and World ChristianityNear and Middle Eastern StudiesNear Eastern Languages and SocietiesRace, Ethnicity and Post-Colonial StudiesArticle