http://south-thai.com/blog1 A South-Thai.com Blog Mon, 25 Aug 2008 17:05:08 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Ramadan is the 9th month of the Islamic calandar. This year it falls approx. on Sept. 1 to Sept. 29 (depending on the sighting of the crecent moon.) It is a deeply felt spiritual time for Muslims where they fast (abstain from both food and water) and refrain from sexual contact ... http://south-thai.com/blog1/2008/08/25/ramadan-in-thailand-2008/ When we give up the notion of our own concrete categories we can learn to better deal with viewpoints of others. Imagine if I told you a chicken is not a bird, a tiger is not a cat and a lemon is a vegetable not a fruit. These statements are ... http://south-thai.com/blog1/2007/11/02/two-blue/ Ramadan is the 9th month of the Islamic calandar. This year it falls approx. on Sept. 13 to Oct. 11 (depending on the sighting of the crecent moon.) It is a deeply felt spiritual time for Muslims where they fast (abstain from both food and water) and refrain from sexual ... http://south-thai.com/blog1/2007/08/18/ramadan-in-thailand-2007/ A man is taking a walk in Hatyai, Thailand. Suddenly he sees a little girl being attacked by a soi dog. He runs over and starts fighting with the dog. He succeeds in killing the dog and saving the girl's life. A neighbor who was watching the scene walks over and says: ... http://south-thai.com/blog1/2007/08/04/unfortunate-humor/ APRIL 30, 2007 Report on Terrorism  WOW! Take a look at these statistics US Dept. of State Country Reports on Terrorism   -Report Home Page Released by the Office of the Coordinator for Counterterrorism April 30, 2007 www.state.gov/s/ct/rls/crt/2006/82739.htm   Victims and Targets of Attacks As was the case in 2005, Muslims again bore a substantial share of being the victims of ... http://south-thai.com/blog1/2007/05/14/more-americans-die-from-ball-point-pens-than-from-terrorism/ 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 ... http://south-thai.com/blog1/2007/05/12/southern-insurgency-not-jihad/ The Molken People of the Andaman Sea area or the sea gypsies are traditionally nomadic people. They have been trapped inside countries such as Thailand. With modern passport control they now have limited travel freedom. They are stateless people with NO RIGHTS in any country. This means no passports, no schooling, ... http://south-thai.com/blog1/2007/04/21/stateless-in-thailand-the-sea-gypsies/ I just watched a wonderful movie on Israel and Palestine. I loved how balanced the movie is. It is called "Promises."   It was produced and brought about by American Jews yet shows a balanced picture of the problems between Israel and Palestine.  Today I was surfing the net.... only 2 sites ... http://south-thai.com/blog1/2007/04/06/palestineisrael-conflict-americas-skewed-media/ Here is a link to my 2004 Blog Entries that I recently recovered.  I was talking about the violence that I saw even then. http://www.south-thai.com/2004blog.html   http://south-thai.com/blog1/2007/03/31/2004-blog-entries-recovered/ A young man wrestles with himself and society on his choice to become a Muslim.  http://www.south-thai.com/jihad.html True Story of how the US Military sponsors sex tourism in Hatyai.  http://www.south-thai.com/soldier.html Story of the sad fate of the Sea Gypsies and the uncounted number of people that drown in southern Thailand each year. http://www.south-thai.com/gypsy.html   http://south-thai.com/blog1/2007/03/28/prince-of-siam-stories/