In Thailand, apparently, just as in Europe and North America, everyone must pretend that Muslim religious schools don’t study the Qur’an or the life of Muhammad, or that if they do, they carefully explain to their students that all the passages exhorting violence have no application whatsoever to the present day. This is obviously false and easily refuted, but anyone who says that in public ends up being called upon to apologize, as Lt. Gen. Narathip Poynok readily did. Humankind cannot bear very much reality.
“Southern army chief apologises after backlash over Muslim school remarks,” Thai PBS World, April 17, 2026 (thanks to The Religion of Peace):
The Fourth Army Region commander has apologised for comments he made after his recent interview in which he accused Muslim religious schools, such as pondoks (boarding schools) and tadikas (kindergartens) of being breeding grounds for violence.
Lt Gen Narathip Poynok said he may have been at fault in what he said, which caused public unease, particularly among religious schools….
The commander was speaking at a press briefing after attending a meeting with Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul, who visited the southern region today.
Representatives of the Southern Private Schools Federation submitted a petition to Anutin during his visit to the Southern Border Provinces Administrative Centre (SBPAC) in Yala, demanding Narathip’s transfer following his remarks.
The group said the remarks distorted facts and undermined the value of the institutions and claimed that the commander’s inaccurate statements reflected a serious lack of understanding of the local context and could undermine peace in the southern border provinces….
Asked about calls from pondok school associations for the commander’s transfer, Adul said dialogue is possible and that the matter did not constitute disciplinary or criminal wrongdoing, but rather a communication issue that had already been addressed with an apology.
Narathip earlier told Thai PBS that his remarks about religious schools were not intended as a generalisation, but referred only to certain cases….
somehistory says
At least they didn’t “discipline” or charge him. with a crime…..just made him apologize for telling the Truth.
And probably warned him against telling the Truth in the future.
Wellington says
The single greatest idiocy of our time? I proffer this one: Being excoriated for speaking the truth about Islam.
James Lincoln says
Sounds about right to me, Wellington.
OLD GUY says
That’s the purpose of Islamophobia, to stop the truth about Islam.
And there should be no doubt that violence against non muslim/islam is taught in mosque and schools across the world.
Tony says
Muslims want propaganda and segregation so that Muslims schools can teach hatred, discrimination, deceit, violence, and terrorism to Muslim children from Islamic Law as found in Islam’s Qur’an against Non-Muslims(Qur’an 3:28, 54; 7:99; 9:5, 29, 111; 49:15, etc.). Allah says to kill the Non-Muslims who oppose, contradict, disbelieve, or deny Allah, his Apostle, and Islam. Allah in Qur’an 5:33 says, “Surely the reward of those who war against Allah and his messenger and go about to vandalize on the earth is only that they will be killed or crucified or have their hands and legs cut off on opposite sides or they will be banished from the earth. This is their disgrace in this world, and in the hereafter they will have a great torment.” Allah in Qur’an 48:29 says, “Muhammad is Allah’s messenger, and those who are with him are severe against the infidels[Non-Muslims] but full of tenderness among themselves[Muslims].”
Allah expects all Muslim believers to war against all non-Muslims with MUSLIM MONEY and with MUSLIM LIVES until the Unbelievers convert to Islam or face Muslim violence to make Islamic Law supreme. Allah in Qur’an 8:39 says, “And engage in war with them[Non-Muslims] until there will not be sedition and the religion will be completely to Allah…” Allah in Qur’an 5:51 says, “O you who have believed[Muslims], DO NOT TAKE the Jews and the Nasara(Christians) as friends. They are friends to one another. And whoever among you takes them as friends, so surely he is of them. Surely Allah does not guide the unjust people.” Allah in Qur’an 9:111 says, “Surely Allah has purchased from the believers[Muslims] their souls and their money so that they may have the garden[Heavenly Paradise]. They engage in war for the sake of Allah[ie. Allah’s Cause to make Islam Supreme], so they kill and are killed…”.
jerry glenn says
Thailand surges in the international Islamopandering derby.
࿗Infidel࿘ says
To leaders in East Asia – Burma on eastwards (Burma, Bhutan, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Thailand, Vietnam, Philippines, South Korea, Japan, Mongolia, Taiwan, Cambodia, Laos…..)
It’s fine to emulate Western leaders in methods of civil governance (although I wouldn’t blame you at all if you chose not to! But please, pretty please, do not emulate them when it comes to the treatment of muslims. Deal w/ them like they are a savage enemy: they are! Burma has shown a good blueprint: just kick them out of your countries and don’t bother where they go