DAR AL HARB - THAILAND: DHIMMITUDE ALERT FOR THAILAND

ISLAMIC STUDIES TEXTBOOK READY

A textbook on Islamic studies for elementary school students has been completed and will soon be available in 30 schools across Thailand, the Office of Basic Education Commission (Obec) in the Ministry of Education has announced. The initiative is part of a government programme aimed at boosting relations between the great majority of Buddhists and the Muslim minority, only 4 percent of the 66 million Thais, mainly living in the three southern districts of Yala, Narathiwat and Pattani.

The book will be distributed in schools in the north and centre as well as in the three Muslim-majority provinces at the centre of violence sparked by Islamic separatist militants which has killed over 2,100 people since January 2004.

The government-sponsored initiative follows the launch of the first university course on Islamic studies outside Yala, Narathiwat and Pattani. The course is held at the Rangsit university in the central province of Pathum Thani and the government has announced others will follow at different universities along with the institution of a school for imams.


For an excellent piece on what is happening in Thailand, please visit my American Infidel Must's page and read today's post titled Thailand: Islamist Insurgency with No End? (Parts One & Two) by Adrian Morgan which link to both parts one & two.


Also, if you would like more information concerning the JIHAD IN THAILAND, please review my other stories concerning Thailand, found here...


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