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This chapter introduces readers to the circumstances behind my arrival in the Malay community of Cabetigo. I relate how curiosity at what Thai-speaking Muslims mean by tham bun (Th. merit-making) led to my metamorphosis into an accidental anthropologist. Readers are also introduced to how other anthropologists have sought to explain references by Thai-speaking Muslims to merit-generation, and how past approaches to studying Muslim societies affected the conclusions reached. Details are also supplied about elements of the anthropology of Islam which has informed the conceptualisation of Muslim diversity, assessments of local adat (tradition), and the ethnographic significance of ‘ibadat, (Islam’s globally normative ritual repertoire). Particulars about data collection and the issues encountered during the course of fieldwork are given before addressing the limits, structure and style of this study.

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Notes

  1. 1.

    Throughout this study, I specify the language of all vernacular terms with the following abbreviations: Arabic (Ar.); PM. (Pattani Malay); Th. (Thai); Persian (Pr.); Indonesian (Id.); Standard Malay (SM.); Tamil (Tm.); Urdu (Ur.).

  2. 2.

    Scupin’s most important studies of Islam in Thailand include the following (1980a, 1980b, 1980c, 1982, 1986, 1987, 1988a, 1988b, 1998).

  3. 3.

    Varisco refers to Geertz’s “symbol-driven reading of Islam-as-a-cultural-system” being “reflexively disenfranchised with the arrest of meta-theorizing” (2005, p. 22).

  4. 4.

    For discussions of the anthropology of Islam see: Bowen (2010), Eickelman (1982), Houston (2009), Kreinath (2011), Lindholm (2002), Lukens-Bull (1999), Marranci (2008), Rutherford (2002), Soares and Osella (2010), Starrett (1997), Tapper (1995), and Varisco (2005).

  5. 5.

    Studies exemplifying the methodological and theoretical concerns of the anthropology of Islam include: Abashin (2007), Buitelaar (1993), Headley (2004), Headley and Parkin (2000), Mahmood (2001, 2005), Parkin (1994, 2000), Woodward (1988, 1989, 2011).

  6. 6.

    These include Mawlid celebrations, Sufi dhikr rites, Shia Muharram celebrations, saint veneration, local pilgrimages, and ritual meals associated with merit and blessing.

  7. 7.

    That salat is capable of functioning in this manner has been confirmed by the contributors to Stephen Headley and David Parkin’s Islamic Prayer Across the Indian Ocean: Inside and Outside the Mosque (2000).

  8. 8.

    For instance, on one occasion in the middle of my fieldwork I chose not to interview friends about how they made merit for their son who had tragically died. On another occasion, I accepted the wishes of families in the community who let it be known through an intermediary that they would prefer me not to attend a funeral feast that they were holding.

  9. 9.

    Ar. people of the book, namely Christians and Jews.

  10. 10.

    The following are some of the most important studies of Malay separatism: Dulyakasem (1991), Haemindra (1976, 1977), Pitsuwan (1985), Satha-Anand (1987), Suhrke (1975, 1977), Thomas (1975, 1989), and Wan Kadir Che Man (1990). Those interested in the current insurgency should consult the following: Askew (2007, 2008), Camroux and Pathan (2008), Horstmann (2008), International Crisis Group (2005), Joll (2010), Liow (2006, 2007, 2008, 2009a), Liow and Pathan (2010), McCargo (2005, 2007, 2008), Satha-Anand (2006, 2008, 2009), and Tan-Mullins (2009), Yusuf (2009a, 2009b).

  11. 11.

    The most important studies in the ethnographic canon of Malay in South Thailand are: Cornish (1997), Dorarirajoo (2002), Fraser (1960) Horstmann (2002), Le Roux (1998), Liow (2009b), Marddent (2005, 2008), Muhammad Arafat Bin Mohamad (2009), Pas-Ong (1990), Prachuabmoh (1980, 1993), Tan-Mullins (2006) and Tsuneda (2006, 2009).

  12. 12.

    The following are recommended to those interested in recent studies of urban Malayness: Baxstrom (2008), Fischer (2008), Frisk (2009), and Thompson (2007).

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Joll, C.M. (2012). Introduction. In: Muslim Merit-making in Thailand's Far-South. Muslims in Global Societies Series, vol 4. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-2485-3_1

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