The intrepid mujahedin, gunning down teachers and forcing school closures in the entire province. Later on, they, along with analysts in the West, will complain about the region being poor and underdeveloped, and say it causes jihad. But this is a classic example of jihad causing poverty, and obliterating the means of improving one's lot in life.
"Call for Thai school closures after teachers killed," by Rapee Mama for Agence France-Presse, September 7 (thanks to Dumbledoresarmy):
NARATHIWAT, Thailand -- Two teachers were among five people killed in a string of attacks by suspected militants in Thailand's restive south, sparking calls for schools to be closed, officials said Tuesday.
The spike in violence came as the military raided a forest camp they said had been used for militant training -- the biggest such find since the insurgency flared up in the region more than six years ago.
A 54-year-old teacher was shot dead and his wife, 52, fatally wounded on their way to work in Narathiwat province on Tuesday. Their deaths bring to 135 the number of teachers killed in the violence-ridden south since 2004.
The Narathiwat Association of Teachers called for all schools in the province to close for three days to allow the authorities to tighten security.
"We don't want any more teachers to die because they do not have protection," said association head Boonsom Thongsriplai.
Some of Narathiwat's 400 or so state-run schools are believed to have closed already and more are expected to shut from Wednesday.
Teachers working in state schools are frequently targeted because they are seen as a symbol of government authority in the south, where Islamic insurgents view the education system as an effort by Bangkok to impose Buddhist culture....
The natural order of the world is determined by Allah. Seeking to understand it is hubristic and an affront to Allah...So says Islam.
"islamic insurgents view the education system as an effort by Bangkok to impose Buddhist culture".
The Islamic insurgents need only look south of the border to Malaysia where Islam is given preferential treatment.
I am rapidly getting the impression that mools don't care much for education. Unless of course its bomb making classes and brainwashing people with thier filthy book.
The perpetrators have simply forgotten the vast contributions of Islam to the world of learning. Perhaps the planned NASA outreach will be contacting these folks to remind them of their heritage.
"Teachers working in state schools are frequently targeted because they are seen as a symbol of government authority in the south, where Islamic insurgents view the education system as an effort by Bangkok to impose Buddhist culture...."
and they are easy targets that don't shoot back...
This is only a way to drive out all non-Muslims from those areas they have already overtaken by a wider demographic ratio.
Despite the same rationale said by Muslims such as"poverty,discrimination by majority Buddhists",they will keep doing this until all of Thailand has become Islamized !
The non-Muslim world needs to know urgency of this Islamic threat and take it seriously.
The NEA might do well to start passing out Mossbergs...........
Kill the Jews. If there are no Jews in the area, kill the Christians. If there are only "pagans" (Hindus, Buddhists) in the area, kill them. You'll find some rationalization to blame Zionists and Western :imperialists, and some leftist "intellectuals" in the West to justify your acts by filling their newspapers, magazines, airwaves, and internet bandwidth with their rationalizing bilge.
Islamists in Thailand seems to take the shortcut to their intended destination by skipping Muslim sensitivity training, "interfaith" dialogue, etc. Maybe they have already passed that stage.