The last paragraph of this story manifests the typical mainstream media slant. Reuters does not mention that the Malay Muslim sultanate was making war against the Siamese during the war between Siam and Burma, and that Thailand conquered it in that context. That makes it Thai by a right of conquest that has been universally recognized throughout human history — except, of course, when it comes to Israel and to any Muslim land that is conquered by non-Muslims. The “tens of thousands of soldiers and armed Buddhist guards,” moreover, aren’t there out of some gratuitous hatred of Muslims, but because of the jihad that the Muslims there are relentlessly waging against the Thai government, killing 5,700 people since January 2004.
“Suspected Muslim rebels blamed for bomb attack in Thai south,” from Reuters, February 2 (thanks to Lookmann):
PATTANI, Thailand (Reuters) – Suspected Muslim rebels in southern Thailand killed three soldiers and a district election official in a bomb attack on Sunday as a general election was being held around the country.
Police said the violence was not related to the election that has divided Thailand, with anti-government protesters and the main opposition Democrat Party opposing the vote.
Jatra Promkaew, an election official in Pattani province, was killed along with three soldiers after gunmen fired shots at a security checkpoint and set off three bombs, police said.
“Four people died in an attack carried out by a group of around 20 insurgents,” Pattani chief of police Phot Suaysuwan told Reuters. “The attack was related to ongoing violence in the southern provinces and unrelated to the election.”
Thailand went to vote under heavy security on Sunday in an election that could push the country deeper into political turmoil….
Thailand is a mainly Buddhist country and resistance to central government rule in the Muslim-majority provinces has existed for decades, resurfacing violently in 2004.
The opening of peace talks with rebel groups last year has done nothing to end violence in the south, where more than 5,700 people have died since January 2004.
The three provinces were once part of a Malay Muslim sultanate before being annexed by Thailand in 1909. Muslims in the area largely oppose the presence of tens of thousands of soldiers and armed Buddhist guards in the region.

Richard James says
In regard to the Malay muslim sultanate that attacked Thailand, the Malays themselves had been muslim only since the imposition of the Malacca Sultanate around 1400ad. There had been other petty muslim sultanates around that time but the culture of the various malayan islands had been hindu and buddhist for about 1500 years previously. Let us hope that islam in Malaya proves in the long term to be a passing thing.
As usual with islam, in Malaya the culture of the conquered people was ignored, derogated, declared a time of jahilaya, and the muslims declared the land is muslim for ever- what is yours is theirs, what is theirs is theirs.
The bizarre thing is that we submit to their twisted worldview as in the last paragraph of the Reuters article that Robert highlights above.
As in south Thailand, so in Israel, so in Constantinople/Byzantium, so in “Pakistan” – muslims have invaded and occupied our lands and so many of us buy into their psychopathology, come to think as they do, that history has now stopped and these stolen lands are theirs forever. This is not just a problem with “Leftists” and “Liberals” it is a problem with the thinking of people of pretty much all political persuasions.
We need to realise that muslims are the enemy of humanity, the enemies of all other people, of people of all other religions and of people of no religion. Recognizing and stating this is not bigotry, they proclaim it openly in their scripture. It is time to unify against this abhuman mohammedan pseudo-religion and fight back.
We need to change our psychology to a war psychology, accept that these muslims are carrying out a war against us – “us” being the rest, the better, the best part of humanity, that they are warring against us openly but also by stealth, and it is time to remember that they are our enemy and to fight back.
Charli Main says
Very good and knowledgeable post. I have also posted on a number of occasions that the ONLY Muslim land, is the land around Mecca and Medina.
All the other so called “Muslim lands” are in fact Christian, Hindu and Buddhist countries under occupation by the Muslim invaders from Mecca.
The people of every one of these Muslim occupied lands have the right to liberate their countries, just as the Spanish, French, Greeks and Israelis have done before them
Jay Boo says
In ref. to:
Very good and knowledgeable post. I have also posted on a number of occasions that the ONLY Muslim land, is the land around Mecca and Medina.
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I would agree with Mecca
I would have to say that Medina belongs to the Jews
The reason that Muhammad is buried in Medina rather than Mecca is much the same as when a pack of jackals mark their captured territory.
Muslims are attempting to do the same thing in Jerusalem with their MYTH about Muhammad ascending to heaven from a same city he turned his back to in order to pray instead facing toward Mecca. The Dome on the Rock is nothing but a Muslim jackal soiled shrub posing as a holy site.
Israeli Jews have much more claim over Medina than godless Palestinian Muslims have to even step foot in in the holy land of Judea.
fair_dinkum says
hopefully the Thais will muster a lot of pride, as they are unconquered in the region and have the longest running monarchy in the world today.
their army is probably the most professional in the region. they have no reason to feel they need to appease these people. none. they need to enforce what can be very brutal (despite the buddhism) punishments and laws.
weed out the mullahs and the imams and lock them up for a stint in ‘big tiger’
southeuropean says
Beautiful comments above,including Robert’s
Christian Beltram says
Afghanistan was also a center of Buddhism sm for centuries before Islam Like Southern Thailand, Afghanistan was a center of Buddhism for centuries before Islam was imposed on it. Contrary to what Islam teaches, the real age of ignorance began when Islam was imposed on Afghanistan and other lands that had their own religions and cultures before they were taken over by Islam.
jewdog says
Most journalists don’t have in-depth knowledge of their subjects. They often will get jobs in publications with wildly different content, purely based on their writing or reportorial skill.
If one wants to understand a topic in depth, it’s necessary to seek out specialists in those areas. Once one acquires specialized knowledge, one can then go crazy when reading standard journalism.
John Haller says
I agree with the other comments. However I would like to add that these southern provinces of Thailand were Buddhist and Hindu long before the advent of Islam. Case closed.
Jay Boo says
The greatest offence to Islam comes not from those who mock Islam.
It comes from Muslims themselves when they truly follow its teachings.
Mohammad says
The human world needs to come together and rid themselves of the cancer known as islam forever. We should muster our armies into one force and completely obliterate this scourge once and for all. It will never happen though so islam will colonize on country after another. I expect some day islam will conquer the world thought it will take centuries to do so. Thankfully I’ll be dead before the conquer the world. The human race lacks the stomach for this war, and islam doesn’t so they will win. It’s a sad fact of reality. Next up to be conquered Europe and Africa, as well as Russia through demographics and jihad.
Kepha says
I’m sure that the problems brewing in Thailand over the crisis of former PM Thaksin Chinawat, with his daughter Yinglak Chinawat becoming PM in his wake have only emboldened the Pattani Separatists. I’m deeply saddened by Thailand’s troubles, for I thought they had a pretty decent country when I was US vice consul there in the ’90’s.
Be brave, Thailand! Chaiyo, chaiyo, chaiyo!
gravenimage says
Thailand: Muslims murder three soldiers and election official in jihad bomb attack
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Muslims are waging violent Jihad against Infidels all over the world—in the southern Philippines, in western China, in sub-Saharan Africa. The idea that the Jihad against infidels is all based on the existence of Israel or the actions of the West is obviously absurd to anyone paying attention—but so few are.
More:
The opening of peace talks with rebel groups last year has done nothing to end violence in the south, where more than 5,700 people have died since January 2004.
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Nor will it, of course. “Peace talks” are only used by Muslims to by time so that they can regroups—and to wring concessions from hopeful Infidels.