Muslims as Thailand’s largest religious minority

Yusuf, Imtiaz Ahmed Shaukat (2022) Muslims as Thailand’s largest religious minority. In: Routledge Handbook of Islam in Southeast Asia. Routledge, New York, NY:, pp. 234-249. ISBN 9780367225377

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Abstract

Thailand is a Theravada Buddhist majority country with a constitutional monarchy political system and a total population of 70 million people. Whichever statistics one chooses to believe, Islam retains its status as the largest minority religion in the country, constituting a “national minority rather than as a border minority.

Item Type:	Book Chapter
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Islam, Thailand, Islam and Buddhism, Muslim minority in Southeast Asia.
Subjects:	B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BL Religion B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BP Islam. Bahaism. Theosophy, etc B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BP Islam. Bahaism. Theosophy, etc > BP1 Islam > BP173.5 Islam and world politics B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BQ Buddhism
Kulliyyahs/Centres/Divisions/Institutes (Can select more than one option. Press CONTROL button):	International Institute of Islamic Thought and Civilization (ISTAC)
Depositing User:	Assoc. Pro Imtiyaz Yusuf
Date Deposited:	30 Mar 2022 07:59
Last Modified:	30 Mar 2022 07:59
URI:	http://irep.iium.edu.my/id/eprint/97395

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