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More Thais in radical muslim schools
Thais outnumber other Southeast Asians in radical Islamic schools in Pakistan, a trend that could have an impact on the insurgency in southern Thailand, a leading terrorism expert said yesterday.
Sidney Jones, a Jakarta-based senior adviser with the International Crisis Group think tank, said that in one school in the Karachi area, a list showed that nine Thais, four Malaysians and one Indonesian were among the students.
“Every time we can get a list of Southeast Asians in schools in Pakistan it’s the Thais that outnumber the Malaysians or Indonesians,” she told the Foreign Correspondents Association in Singapore.
Jones, an authority on the Jemaah Islamiyah and other Southeast Asia-based extremist groups, noted however that Pakistan schools where the Thai students study belong to the Salafi group associated with ultra-conservative Wahabi scholars in Saudi Arabia.
The more radical leaders of the rebellion in southern Thailand are known to be anti-Wahabi, she said.
“If we have more and more people coming back from the Salafi schools in Pakistan, Saudi Arabia or elsewhere, I don’t know how that will change [the Thai insurgency] but that’s something we need to watch,” Jones said.
She said there was evidence in Indonesia suggesting that some Salafi Muslims were making a “crossover” into radical Islam.
“We need to know much more about what kind of recruiting networks are taking place abroad where Indonesian students and Southeast Asians – Singaporeans, Malaysians, Indonesians, Filipinos and Thais – are studying,” she said.
The Muslim-majority southern Thai provinces of Narathiwat, Pattani, Yala and parts of Songkhla have been gripped since January 2004 by a bloody insurgency, led by shadowy Islamic rebels who have never publicly stated their goals.
More than 3,900 people have been killed over the past five years in the region, which was an autonomous Malay Muslim sultanate until 1902, when it was annexed by predominantly Buddhist Thailand, provoking decades of tension.
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stigmatised for being Muslims and they can feel confident about their faith.
Muslim schools are working to try to create * bridge between communities.
There is * belief among ethnic minority parens that the British schooling does not adequatly address their cultural needs. Failing to meet this need could result in feeling resentment among * group who already feel excluded. Setting up Muslim school is * defensive response.
State schools with monolingual teachers are not capable to teach English to bilingual Muslim children. Bilingual teachers are needed to teach English to such children along with their mother tongue. According to * number ** studies, * child will not learn * second language if his first language is ignored.
Bilingual Muslim children need state funded Muslim schools with bilingual
Muslim teachers as role models during their developmental periods. Muslims have the right to educate their children in an environment that suits their
culture. This notion ** "integration", actually means "assimilation", by which people generally really mean "be more like me". That is not multiculturalism. In Sydney, Muslims were refused to build * Muslim school,
because ** * protest by the residents. Yet * year later, permission was given for the building ** * Catholic school and no protests from the residents. This clrearly shows the blatant hypocrisy, double standards and
racism. Christians oppose Muslim schools in western countries yet build their own religious schools.
British schooling and the British society is the home ** institutional racism. The result is that Muslim children are unable to develop self-confidence and self-esteem, therefore, majority ** them leave schools with low grades. Racism is deeply rooted in British society. Every native child is born with * gene or virus ** racism, therefore, no law could change the attitudes ** racism towards those who are different. It is not only the common man, even member ** the royal family is involved in racism. The father ** * Pakistani office cadet who was called * "Paki" by Prince Harry
has profoundly condemned his actions. He had felt proud when he met the Queen and the Prince ** Wales at his ***'s passing out parade at Sandhurst
in 2006 but now felt upset after learning about the Prince's comments. Queen Victoria invited an Imam from India to teach her Urdu language. He was highly respected by the Queen but other members ** the royal family had no respect for him. He was forced to go back to India. His protrait is still in one ** the royal places.
There are hundreds ** state schools where Muslim pupils are in majority. In my opinion, all such schools may be designated as Muslim community schools with bilingual Muslim teachers. There is no place for * non-Muslim child or * teacher in * Muslim school.
Iftikhar Ahmad
www.londonschoolofislamics.org.uk
She works for tackling Islam, thus she does only view Islam from the perspective of Western, not from the Muslims' perspectives.
I am an Indonesian Muslim so I do really-really understand how the real Indonesian Muslims views on their religion.
Any misunderstanding about Islam does actually emerge - or is created - by those who get funding from the Jewish Anti-Islam under the patronage of Bilderberg and of course, Zionism.
So let me give you a suggestion in writing a report on Islam.
"Do cover both sides...."
If ISLAM were such a compassionate religion, Explain why the vast majority of hot spots in the world are tied to Islamic fanaticism ?
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