Muslims and Buddhists

Muslims and Buddhists

It is no secret that the fabric of society in the deep South
has been rent by the ongoing insurgency, but the damage is not
yet beyond repair.

Indeed, it should not be too hard for Muslim Thais of Malay
ethnicity, the majority in the deep South, to empathize with the
victimized Buddhist minority living in their midst. The local
Muslims have been on the receiving end of unfair treatment and
discrimination themselves for so long now.

It is only recently that mainstream Thai society has been made
aware of past mistakes in the way southern Muslims have been
treated. However, it is through public pressure and the goodwill
of the fair-minded Buddhist majority that the government is being
compelled to engage southern Muslims in a process of
reconciliation.

"It is only proper that such goodwill be reciprocated."

-- The Nation, Bangkok