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Located on the east coast of Thailand, just north of the Malaysian border, the Pattani province is home to more than 1 million Pattani Malays, of which nearly all are Sunni Muslims.
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“Twenty dead in the southern Philippines”. “Explosion kills on market in the Philippines”. “Hand-grenade explodes in southern Philippines”. These and other headlines in the press and on TV news have been frequent in recent years. Although not every day, unrest and terror attacks regularly hit this predominantly Catholic country. Attacks are frequent - mainly on [...]

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Mindanao is the historic homeland of the Filipino Muslims, of which there are thirteen distinct people groups. Two of these, the Magindanao and the Maranao, have been highlighted in this Muslim prayer focus in past years. A third large group, the Tausug, also numbers close to a million people. These three comprise almost 3 million [...]

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Abdul’s story
Abdul was exclaiming excitedly to a Christian missionary, “The rebels tell us that there is nothing more glorious than to die as a Mujahidin during Jihad. Not only do we go straight to Paradise, but we secure a place for the rest of our family as well. That is why I need to help [...]

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In the time of the Myanmar monarchy they gained some influence economiclly and politiclly. During the British colonial time the influx of Muslims from neighboring India increased dramaticlly.

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In 1948, Burma gained independence and the tensions between Muslims and the Buddhist majority increased. After the military coup in 1962, Muslims were discriminated against, or even openly persecuted. In practice a citizenship law denied the Rohingyas …

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Shahid, like many rural Malays came to the capital Kuala Lumpur (KL) looking for a job and some big city excitement. He stays with five other young men in a three room apartment near the electronics factory where they work.

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In Laos there are approx. 118 ethnic groups including one of Asia’s smallest Muslim communities of about 500 Muslims who live in the capital, Vientiane.

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