Tycoon Al-Fayed: Who would have thought a school “considered a model of religious moderation” could be involved in such a bloodbath? More on the situation in Thailand. Some are no doubt truly shocked while others are “shocked, shocked” ala Casablanca. (Thanks to Nicolei) Harrods tycoon Mohammed al Fayed donated hundreds of thousands of pounds to […]
Thailand: Warrant issued for imam, key terror suspect
Thailand’s Thaksin How did Ismaae Yusof Rayalong miss the Qur’an’s teachings of peace? From Thailand’s The Nation, with thanks to Nicolei: Police yesterday issued an arrest warrant for Ismaae Yusof Rayalong, a religious teacher in Yala’s Lamyai tambon, in connection with last week’s attacks against more than 10 police installations, which ended in the deaths […]
Thailand: Al Qaeda’s ‘second front’
Thailand’s Thaksin From the Washington Times, : Thai security forces engaged in fierce gun battles Wednesday with Islamic militants, killing about 100 suspected youths in a series of fire fights in southern Thailand. Worried that news of the clashes could negatively affect the country’s tourism industry, Thailand’s Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra was careful to blame […]
Muslims flock to damaged mosque
A group of Muslim men look through the padlocked gates of the Krue Se mosque, which is closed. (REUTERS) PATTANI – Thousands of Muslims from across southern Thailand yesterday converged on the historic but now scorched and bullet-scarred Krue Se mosque outside Pattani town. Some Thai Muslims think this was not the right time or […]
Huge Death Toll In Thai Jihad Battles
Heavily armed Thai soldiers guard the Krue Se mosque in Pattani province, southern Thailand (AP) The jihad in Thailand has reached a new level of ferocity. The major media, of course, have no interest in telling you that the Muslim insurgents in Thailand are working from the same motivations as the jihadis in Iraq, and […]
Thai leader in threat to join exodus
Thaksin Shinawatra: “We do not go there to fight. If we get killed, why should we stay?” Thailand, which has suffered increasingly from jihad attacks, is toying with the idea of joining the appeasers. From the Telegraph, . A threat by Thailand’s prime minister to withdraw his country’s troops from Iraq if they are attacked […]
Thailand: Rail service halted after worker shot dead
From Reuters, with thanks to Nicolei: BANGKOK: An unidentified gunman shot dead a railway worker in troubled southern Thailand yesterday, forcing a halt in rail service and stranding hundreds of passengers near the Malaysian border, a railway official said. The 50-year-old track controller was killed by a gunman riding on the back of a motorcycle […]
Gunmen Seize Explosives in Thailand’s Muslim South
Bhokin Bhalakula The Thai jihad continues apace. From Reuters: Heavily armed raiders stole a large quantity of explosives from a quarry in Thailand’s largely Muslim south, just days after a bomb attack in the region and prompting fears of another, officials said on Wednesday. “With this amount of fertilizer, you could blow up a whole […]
New bomb find in southern Thailand
More Thai jihad. From The Straits Times, with thanks to Nicolei: Tension in the border town of Sungai Golok in southern Thailand escalated dramatically following the discovery of another bomb here yesterday morning. The bomb was found in a package at the Sungai Golok Customs Office, just metres from the Malaysian border, at 10am local […]
Thailand: Ruling party member implicated in jihad activity
Thaksin: did the jihad reach into his government? A prominent Thai governing official has been arrested in connection with jihad attacks in southern Thailand. From The Straits Times, with thanks to Nicolei: A prominent member of Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra’s ruling party faced treason charges yesterday over a deadly January attack on an army base […]