Thai history subject ‘will help bring peace to South’

[snoop1130]

Thai history subject ‘will help bring peace to South’

By Narong Nuansakul 
The Nation

 

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Narathiwat governor Suraporn Prommoon said on Monday he was confident that the inclusion of Thai history and Thai monarchy content in the curriculum taught in Islamic boarding schools would help restore peace to the restive deep South.

 

The use of lessons about great merits by Thai kings – from the Sukhothai era until recent monarchs particularly HM the late King Bhumibol Adulyadej and HM King Maha Vajiralongkorn – and other events in Thai history would help boost the students’ understanding of, and pride in, the Thai nation, he said.

 

These students could then help pass on accurate information to other people in the multicultural deep South, where some misunderstandings and different views to those of the state existed, he added.

 

Suraporn’s comments came at a press conference at a Sungai Kolok hotel to announce the teaching of this special subject at 62 Islamic boarding schools (pondok) in 13 districts of Narathiwat under the King’s royal initiation. This will start in the second semester of the academic year.

 

It will be a compulsory subject in the Office of Non-Formal and Informal Education (NFE)’s study programmes for its students nationwide. The first 50 NFE teachers who underwent training in the new subject were also at the press conference.

 

The founder of Saeng Arunsat Pondok Institute in Waeng district, Monchai Sari, said he was impressed with the new subject’s content. Monchai said it taught children how our ancestors had sacrificed themselves for the wellbeing of younger generations, and it would help students realise the importance of civic duty and unity with others in the nation.

 

Source: http://www.nationmultimedia.com/detail/national/30335732

 

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[lemonjelly]

when we see Thai muslims being included in mainstream media, maybe they’ll start feeling Thai..... think Thai lakorn etc, always white skinned Buddhist Thai/Chinese actors.


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[newatthis]

I bet Sulak Sivaraksa won't be asked to teach.

[hansnl]

13 hours ago, lemonjelly said:

when we see Thai muslims being included in mainstream media, maybe they’ll start feeling Thai..... think Thai lakorn etc, always white skinned Buddhist Thai/Chinese actors.


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Muslims will never accept Buddhists

[Srikcir]

16 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

It will be a compulsory subject in the Office of Non-Formal and Informal Education (NFE)’s study programmes for its students nationwide.

This continues decades of overt forced, military-led integration of the Muslim south into the Thailand Buddhist state. It will not help resolve the conflict and might exacerbate it further.

The Barisan Revolusi Nasional no doubt will use this forced "education" as a recruitment tool for its insurgency.

[Stargeezr]

SinceThailand is a Buddhist Majority country with more than 90 percent being

Buddhist, it is time for the Muslim minority to recognize this fact as well as the

Christian and other religions that exist in Thailand.

 As someone else mentioned though, Muslims seem to think differently.

Geezer

[Srikcir]

10 hours ago, Stargrazer9889 said:

Muslims seem to think differently.

Not really.

It's a matter that if you want Muslims to respect Buddhist Thai sovereignty, then Buddhist Thais should respect Muslim sovereignty. It's called quid pro quo. You get back what you give.

But some Buddhist Thais (I wouldn't say a majority as that's not been proved) seem to think differently.

[Stocky]

On 09/01/2018 at 9:44 AM, hansnl said:

Muslims will never accept Buddhists

Muslims and Buddhists get along very well together in Hat Yai. The issue within the southern states is less about Islam and more about the acceptance that the southern states have their own culture, language and history, and a wish to see this recognised. I doubt a 'revised' history is going to be of much use, most people will see it for what it is.

 

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