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The Islamization of Thailand : Comments
By Murray Hunter, published 22/10/2015However Royal patronage of Islam due to the insurgency has given Islam much more exposure.
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The treatment of Muslims by the authorities is not always gentle "80 Thai Muslims suffocate after arrest at protest" http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/thailand/1475199/80-Thai-Muslims-suffocate-after-arrest-at-protest.html
The Muslims are a religious minority and there are also separatist tensions that have gone on for many years. Radicalisation via some Muslim schools and the Internet persuasion by Islamic State also happens.