"This book addresses the complexity of Islam in Thailand, by focusing on Islamic charities and institutions affiliated to the mosque. By extrapolating through Islam and the waqf (Islamic charity) in different regions of Thailand the diversity in races and institutions, it demonstrates the regional contrast within Thai Islam. The book also underlines the importance of internal histories of these separate spaces, and the processes by which institutions and ideologies become entrenched. It goes on to look at the socio economic transformation that is taking place within the context of trading networks through Islamic institutions and civil networks linked to mosques, madrasas and regional power brokers"-- Provided by publisher.

Introduction : Islam, waqf and modernity -- Islamic pluralism and transnationalism in Thailand : the view from the waqf -- Cash waqf, Islamic finance, and globalisation -- Mobilizing a divided Islam : historical intellectual lineages, diasporas and ideologies under the gaze of the Buddhist state -- Cosmopolitanism and legal pluralism in Thai Islam since 1860 -- Pondering the pondoks in Thailand : Islamic education and its long term repercussions -- Leadership and authority : the art of governing the Thai Muslims -- The secular pilgrimage : economics and secularism in the hajj -- Saudi Arabian philanthropy abroad and the economics of Muslim resistance in southern Thailand -- Conclusion : understanding Thai Islam and the prophets of renewal.