05.12.07

Southern Insurgency, Not Jihad

Posted in Human Rights Issues, Muslim Understanding, Uncategorized at 1:04 pm by expatgirl

Here is a good article

“The rise of more puritanical strains of Islam in southern Thailand is often cited as contributing to the violence, particularly given Muslim anger at the deployment of Thai troops in Iraq. But while Islamic consciousness and a sense of persecution and solidarity with fellow Muslims has grown over the last two decades, it would be a mistake to view the conflict as simply another manifestation of Islamic terrorism. The violence is driven by local issues.”

Check out the full text at 

  www.south-thai.com/Insurgency.html

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