Muslim Endowments in Asia: Waqf, Charity and Circulations

We would like to thank the Asia Research Institute of the National University of Singapore for the generous financial and institutional support of the workshop that led to this special issue. We would also like to express our gratitude to Professor Kenneth Dean who provided steadfast advice on the planning of the workshop, and we are indebted to workshop participants and audience who enabled inspiring discussions. We are furthermore grateful for the feedback that Amy Singer provided on a previous version of this introduction. Finally, Till Mostowlansky would like to thank the Hong Kong Institute for the Humanities and Social Sciences of The University of Hong Kong for a Visiting Fellowship between April and July 2018 which allowed him to focus on editorial work for this issue.