Muslims of Thailand social justice Accompanying them were expeditionary troops

Accompanying them were expeditionary troops to be installed in Bangkok and Mergui once a Franco-Siamese treaty could be negoti­ated

and shifting trends in international development policy

former BBC correspondent in Asia

Using personal and interpretive ethnography

Muslims of Thailand social justice Accompanying them were expeditionary troopsTranslated by Michael Smithies Thailand is usually closely associated with Buddhism, but since 1998 the country has been one of the observer members of the Islamic Conference Organization, and senior figures in the present and previous governments have been Muslim. Some 8 percent of the population is Muslim, and in the three southernmost provinces of the country they constitute a majority. Islam is ever more visible in Bangkok, where the demographic