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General Category => General Discussion => Topic started by: americankahanist on May 04, 2007, 10:32:36 AM

Title: Islam In Thailand
Post by: americankahanist on May 04, 2007, 10:32:36 AM
About 15 per cent of government schools in Thailand's Muslim majority south have been torched while 71 teachers have been killed in three years of bloody unrest, officials said Wednesday. Separatist militants frequently attacks schools in the region along the southern border with Malaysia because they are seen as symbols of Thailand's attempt to impose Buddhist Thai culture on this Muslim, ethnic Malay region. A total of 71 teachers have been killed and 68 wounded in shooting and bomb attacks, said Pradit Rasittanont, director of the regional education office. Some 166 of the region's 1,098 schools have been torched by suspected Islamic insurgents, he added. Five of them had been repaired and reopened only to be set ablaze again, Pradit said..."There were 32 schools burnt during the holiday, which was unprecedented, and there is a growing tendency for the militants to carry out arson attacks during daytime," Pradit added. Armed soldiers escort teachers to and from school, and patrol the campuses every day.
Title: Re: Islam In Thailand
Post by: MarZutra on May 04, 2007, 04:31:17 PM
Didn't they hack of some Christians heads a month or so ago or was that in the Phills?
Title: Re: Islam In Thailand
Post by: ftf on May 04, 2007, 04:32:35 PM
Didn't they hack of some Christians heads a month or so ago or was that in the Phills?
Probably both, check thereligionofpeace.com they'll probably have the incidents listed.