The jihadist bloodshed continues in Thailand, where Islamic militants have recently accelerated their attacks on local civilians, per Reuters: Five villagers and two militants were killed overnight in southern Thailand when Muslim separatist insurgents launched about 50 raids on remote villages in the restive region, the army said on Thursday. The newly appointed army chief […]
Man beheaded on eve of Ramadan in south Thailand
Ramadan mubarak! From Reuters, with thanks to Twostellas: BANGKOK (Reuters) – Suspected Muslim militants beheaded a villager in southern Thailand on the eve of the Islamic holy month of Ramadan, police said on Wednesday. Militants also raided an outpost, wounding five soldiers and escaping with five guns, according to an army radio message monitored by […]
Four soldiers, teacher killed in Thai Muslim south
Thai jihad update from Reuters, with thanks to the Constantinopolitan Irredentist: BANGKOK, Sept 27 (Reuters) – Four Thai soldiers and a teacher were killed by suspected militants in Thailand’s restive Muslim south where nearly 900 people have been killed in 21 months of violence, police said on Tuesday. The soldiers, riding on two motorcycles, were […]
A Rose is Still a Rose by Any Other Name
The omission of that name holds true as well. This report, however, is not about roses, but more about thorns. The Bangkok Post reports this prickly issue concerning jihad semantics. The military has given the green light for the reopening of the Jihad Wittaya ponoh, a school in Pattani closed down four months ago due […]
Jihad wrecks southern Thailand’s economy
The constant barrage of bombings, murders and intimidation carried out by jihadists in southern Thailand has virtually destroyed the regional economy. Hardly an economic powerhouse to begin with, the region’s inhabitants, most of whom are Muslims, now struggle to eke out simple sustenance while exposed to death threats made by local Islamic insurgents. Read about […]
100 Thai Muslim teachers held
Islamic teachers? But, but — didn’t they learn that Islam is a religion of peace and tolerance? How could they have missed the Qur’an’s calls to universal brotherhood and harmony? What’s that? You say they were incited to violence by the Qur’an itself? What are you, some kind of Islamophobe? Anyway, this article takes the […]
Three people killed in southern Thailand by suspected Muslim militants
Thai jihad update: paralyzed 60-year-old man strafed with machine-gun fire. But hey, Abu Ghraib! From Channelnewsasia, : YALA, Thailand : Two Buddhist Thais and a Muslim village headman have been shot dead by masked suspected Islamic militants in the restive south, police said. Sukit Yingsong, a 28-year-old defence volunteer, and his paralysed father Kan Yingsong, […]
Jihad in Thailand aided by website hosted in Dallas, Texas
From the fearless, peerless Aaron at Internet Haganah: “Jihad in Thailand and the websites that promote it”: Thailand has been the victim of a rising tide of Islamist violence over the last few years, and like any jihad, those promoting this violence have websites. The violence has been centered in the southern-most Thai provinces that […]
Thailand: Buddhist decapitated
Jihad in Thailand update, featuring more action upon Qur’an 47:4 (“Therefore, when ye meet the Unbelievers (in fight), smite at their necks…”). From the Herald Sun, with thanks to Fanabba: THE Buddhist son of a police officer has been beheaded in restive Muslim-majority southern Thailand, while a former school director was shot dead, police said. […]
Blasts greet tough Thai law in south
From AP via The Standard: Small bombs injured five people Sunday in continuing violence in Thailand’s Muslim-dominated south, as a much-criticized new decree came into effect giving Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra authoritarian powers to fight the ongoing insurgency. About 900 people have died in drive-by shootings and bombings in the southernmost provinces of Yala, Narathiwat […]