“The Thai government cannot and must not remain indifferent to this conflict, which is also fueled by Islamic terrorist organizations abroad, from Pakistan and Bangladesh.” Yet the Thai government is unlikely to do anything effective; maybe they’re thinking that more origami would help. “ASIA/THAILAND-Buddhists massacred by Islamic rebels in the South: the first challenge for […]

Cross-pollination of jihadist tactics: the Iraq- and Afghanistan-style tactic of roadside bombs turns up in Thailand, along with spacing attacks to murder emergency personnel who respond, which is most often associated with al-Qaeda. “2 killed by roadside bomb in southern Thailand,” from the Associated Press, June 24 (thanks to all who sent this in): PATTANI, […]

Random acts of jihad continue as they have for years in “restive” southern Thailand, frequently targeting law enforcement and those seen as collaborators with the non-Islamic government. And after all, nothing says “religion of peace and tolerance” like a bomb planted on a soccer field. “Eight Killed at Football Game in Thailand by Muslim Militants,” […]

Clearly Buddhist monks constitute a serious threat to the umma. “Bomb kills 2 Buddhist monks in Thai south,” from Reuters, May 16 (thanks to Twostellas): YALA (Thailand) – A POWERFUL roadside bomb killed two Buddhist monks and wounded two soldiers in Thailand’s Muslim deep south on Monday, police said, the latest attack in a region […]

Takfir is the declaration that a fellow Muslim, by acting against Islam in some way, has become an unbeliever. Here it is in action. “Insurgents kill 3 Muslims in south of Thailand,” from Reuters, March 23 (thanks to Twostellas): YALA, Thailand – Suspected insurgents shot dead three villagers, including a paramilitary guard, in Thailand’s restive […]

Must have been a militant Buddhist monk who provoked the Religion of Peacers by oppressing them, or perhaps by insulting Muhammad. “Suspected Thai insurgents kill Buddhist monk,” from The Associated Press, March 5: PATTANI, Thailand — Police say suspected Muslim militants have fatally shot a Buddhist monk in a drive-by motorcycle attack in insurgency-plagued southern […]

“War is deceit,” Muhammad said, and “the gunmen passed themselves as Muslim worshipers who came to pray at the mosque.” No word on any expression of outrage from their co-religionists at this “misunderstanding” of Islam, or if outrage will be reserved, as ever, for cartoons, Pakistani women accused of blasphemy, orphanages, health care centers, and […]

The intrepid mujahedin, keeping the world safe from Buddhists riding along in a pickup truck. “Rebels kill three, burn bodies in Thai south,” from Reuters, February 10 (thanks to Sr. Soph): PATTANI – Suspected Muslim separatists shot dead three Buddhists and burned their bodies in Thailand’s restive south, police said on Thursday, the latest violence […]

More Islamophobia in Thailand: “Suspected Muslim rebels kill five in Thai south,” from Euronews, February 3 (thanks to Twostellas): […] Five people, identified as Buddhists, have been killed in a drive-by shooting as they were sitting at an open-air tea shop. Suspected Muslim separatists seeking autonomy from predominantly Buddhist Thailand are being blamed for the […]

Jihad against Buddhist wild pig hunters. “Bomb kills 9 civilians in restive Thai south,” from Reuters, January 25 (thanks to Weasel Zippers): YALA, Thailand (Reuters) – A powerful roadside bomb killed nine civilians and wounded two others in Thailand’s restive deep south on Tuesday, an attack blamed on separatist insurgents, police said. The victims were […]