The editors would like to thank the Academy for Islam in Research and Society (AIWG) at the Goethe University Frankfurt and the University of Erfurt for their financial support of this volume. Thanks also go to Brill’s editing staff in Leiden, especially Nicolette van der Hoek, Nienke Brienen-Moolenaar, and Pieter te Velde, who have been an invaluable source of encouragement and advice while preparing this volume for publication. Furthermore, Yousra Ibrahim did an excellent job in preparing the manuscript. Finally, we are indebted to the contributors for shedding light on different facets of the dynamics of Islam in the modern world and to the signers of the Tabula Gratulatoria, all of whom accompany us in honoring Prof. Jamal Malik for his lifelong and precious scholarship in the field of Islamic Studies.
Saeed Zarrabi-Zadeh
Armina Omerika
Thomas K. Gugler
Michael E. Asbury