The Edinburgh Studies in the Globalised Muslim World is a series that focuses on the contemporary transformations of Muslim societies. ‘Globalisation’ is meant here to denote that although the Muslim world has always interacted with other societal, religious, imperial, or national forces over the centuries, the evolution of these interconnections constantly reshapes Muslim societies. The second half of the twentieth century has been characterised by the increasing number and diversity of exchanges on a global scale bringing people and societies ‘closer’, for better and for worse. The beginning of the twenty-first century confirmed the increasingly glocalised nature of these interactions and the challenges and opportunities that they bring to existing institutional, social and cultural orders.