Malay Muslims in Southern Thailand

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This article looks at the presence of Muslim terrorism in Thailand. The writer discusses the Malay Muslims in Southern Thailand. The paper looks at wars against Muslims throughout the history of Thailand. The writer studies conflicts in the nation-state apparatus and Muslim activism. The writer also discusses the encounter between the Thai government and Muslim separatist insurgency in the post-9/11 world.

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"Samuel Huntington's thesis that future geopolitical instability and insecurity would be more cultural than ideological or economic was met with derision when it first appeared. From the right, Fukuyama made the case that the West's Cold War victory was permanent. From the left, it was said that the West had only itself to blame for future conflict. Islamic fundamentalism was not the fault line of the future, but a fragmentary non threat that cannot be reassembled. Another critic accused Huntington of just calling traditional power ... "

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