Sharia in Thailand

[wingnutx]

PATTANI, Thailand - Thailands interim prime minister publicly apologized Thursday for the former governments hard-line policies against an Islamic insurgency, promising an investigation into allegations of human rights abuses by the administration deposed in a recent coup.

In an unexpected initiative, Chulanont Surayud also said he would urge the limited use of Islamic law in Thailands Muslim-majority south to settle some disputes, especially over inheritance and family affairs, he said.

Surayud was accompanied by army chief Gen. Sondhi Boonyaratkalin, a practicing Muslim who led the Sept. 19 coup. Previous governments have shown little acceptance of Muslim culture.

The southernmost provinces of Pattani, Yala and Narathiwat are the only ones with Muslim majorities in predominantly Buddhist Thailand. An insurgency in the three provinces has claimed more than 1,800 lives since January 2004.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061102/ap_on_re_as/thailand_southern_violence_2

The camel's nose is under the tent.

[CAnnoneer]

The more we wait, the more we'll have to nuke in the end.

[Chris]

Are we seeing the spread of Islam as the new "red scare"?

[wingnutx]

If you are suggesting that it is a bogeyman and not a legitimate threat, then I disagree.

[Sindawe]

The more we wait, the more we'll have to nuke in the end.

Yeppers.  Wahabisim continues to metastasize around the planet.  Thailand does not look to have turned malignant yet, but it bears watching.  Would that the rational followers of Islam around the world do more to stop this cancer.

[Standing Wolf]

Are we seeing the spread of Islam as the new "red scare"?

Communism actually wasand still isa menace. The fact that some people used anti-communism for personal and/or political gain doesn't alter the fundamental fact.