Thailand: Trouble in the South

Monday, May 22nd, 2006 @ 13:33 UTC

by Preetam Rai

Countries:
Thailand
Topics:
Education, Religion, War & Conflict

Andrew Biggs writes about a north Thai school teacher who became a victim of religious divide in the deep south of Thailand. Most of Thailand is Buddhist while the southern provinces close to Malaysia have sizeable Muslim population. Religion based violence has flared up often in these areas in recent past.

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