John L. Esposito is University Professor and Founding Director for the Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Center for Muslim-Christian Understanding at Georgetown University. His publications include
The Oxford History of Islam (OUP, 2000),
The Islamic Threat: Myth or Reality (OUP, 1999),
Islam: The Straight Path (OUP, 1998),
The Oxford Encyclopedia of the Modern Islamic World (OUP, 1995), and
Islam and Democracy (OUP, 1996).
John O. Voll is Professor of Islamic History at Georgtown University. He is the author of Islam: Continuity and CHange in the Muslim World and coauthor of Islam and Democracy (OUP, 1996).