1st Edition
Islam in Modern Thailand Faith, Philanthropy and Politics
1. Introduction: Islam, Waqf and Modernity 2. Islamic Pluralism and Transnationalism in Thailand: The View from the Waqf 3. Cash Waqf, Islamic Finance, and Globalisation 4. Mobilizing a Divided Islam: Historical Intellectual Lineages, Diasporas and Ideologies under the Gaze of the Buddhist State 5. Cosmopolitanism and Legal Pluralism in Thai Islam since 1860 6. Pondering the Pondoks in Thailand: Islamic Education and its Long Term Repercussions 7. Leadership and Authority: The Art of Governing the Thai Muslims 8. The Secular Pilgrimage: Economics and Secularism in the Hajj 9. Saudi Arabian Philanthropy Abroad and the Economics of Muslim Resistance in Southern Thailand 10. Conclusion: Understanding Thai Islam And The Prophets Of Renewal
Biography
Rajeswary Ampalavanar Brown is an Emeritus Professor at the Royal Holloway College in London, UK.
'The title of this scholarly and detailed work promises an examination of Islam everywhere in Thailand, not just in the South. This is what we get in a book focused on Islamic charities and institutions affiliated to the mosque, including the operations of the waaf (Muslim religious foundation). [...] Perhaps the main virtue of Brown's book is that it enables us to see the Muslim South in a wider context. And the challenge to McCargo's thesis at least makes us test afresh our own assumptions about the situation.' – Barney Smith, Asian Affairs, July 2014
