flipper2222222 Posted February 26, 2017 Share Posted February 26, 2017 (edited) In Australia this week SBS TV is having a focus of racism. This has made me think of this question. What are the attitudes of the average Buddhist person in Thailand towards the Muslim population in Thailand? Edited February 26, 2017 by flipper2222222 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
allane Posted February 26, 2017 Share Posted February 26, 2017 I don't know, but many years ago when teaching at a language school, an adult student told me that he was better than all the others because he was a Muslim. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shadowofacloud Posted February 26, 2017 Share Posted February 26, 2017 Interesting question. I also wonder if there is anything similar to the escalating situation with Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar happening in Thailand. I know about he uprisings in the south, but Islam seems to be just a part of a bigger picture here, where a minority (the Malays) are (were) forcibly assimilated with Thai majority. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lamkyong Posted February 26, 2017 Share Posted February 26, 2017 my advice to you is dont even go there Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kwasaki Posted February 26, 2017 Share Posted February 26, 2017 2 hours ago, flipper2222222 said: What are the attitudes of the average Buddhist person in Thailand towards the Muslim population in Thailand? Before this gets closed, from my observations and taking about them with my Thai friends where l live they don't like or want them but l guess in other parts of Thailand they integrate OK, as for myself l feel very uncomfortable being among them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pgrahmm Posted February 26, 2017 Share Posted February 26, 2017 From conversations I've had, they don't feel that they can trust them + they feel like they (the Thai) are constantly being taken advantage of by them...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grollies Posted February 27, 2017 Share Posted February 27, 2017 Had a conversation with my stepson about this. My broter-in-law is muslim and my wife's sister converted some 25 years ago when they married. I asked my stepson to ask Bang if he was Thai first or muslim first. Stepson rabidly Thai and did not like the answer he got back. Bit of a rift in relations now. Ooops. My uncle's daughter married islam last year. My neighbour is islam, there's a largish village of them nearby. Most of the islam schools and mosques round here have Thai flags and black & white mourning drapes outside. All in all they don't seem as extreme and vocal as muslims in the UK. I still think they pose the biggest threat to humanity worldwide though and everywhere is slowly becoming islamified. IMHO. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sandgroper2 Posted February 27, 2017 Share Posted February 27, 2017 How on gods earth are people on TV supposed to have an answer for that question. The things some people ask. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joecoolfrog Posted February 27, 2017 Share Posted February 27, 2017 18 hours ago, Kwasaki said: Before this gets closed, from my observations and taking about them with my Thai friends where l live they don't like or want them but l guess in other parts of Thailand they integrate OK, as for myself l feel very uncomfortable being among them. Why , do they force feed you Roti ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shadowofacloud Posted February 27, 2017 Share Posted February 27, 2017 4 hours ago, grollies said: I still think they pose the biggest threat to humanity worldwide though and everywhere is slowly becoming islamified. Good to know it is not rampant consumerism, globalization, global warming and chocking pollution, climate wars and mass migration to name just a few. I wish my worldview was so simplified. Life would be so much easier. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flipper2222222 Posted February 27, 2017 Author Share Posted February 27, 2017 18 hours ago, Kwasaki said: Before this gets closed, from my observations and taking about them with my Thai friends where l live they don't like or want them but l guess in other parts of Thailand they integrate OK, as for myself l feel very uncomfortable being among them. why would this get closed? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
louse1953 Posted February 27, 2017 Share Posted February 27, 2017 Muslims are not a race. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
louse1953 Posted February 27, 2017 Share Posted February 27, 2017 19 hours ago, Kwasaki said: Before this gets closed, from my observations and taking about them with my Thai friends where l live they don't like or want them but l guess in other parts of Thailand they integrate OK, as for myself l feel very uncomfortable being among them. Why,do they look at you and think you shouldn't be here in their country. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Srikcir Posted February 27, 2017 Share Posted February 27, 2017 21 hours ago, shadowofacloud said: Interesting question. I also wonder if there is anything similar to the escalating situation with Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar happening in Thailand. I know about he uprisings in the south, but Islam seems to be just a part of a bigger picture here, where a minority (the Malays) are (were) forcibly assimilated with Thai majority. Very little similarity. Rohingya Muslims are stateless, having no citizenship in Myanmar. But they can't leave legally because they are unable to hold a passport and no recognized nationality. To leave Myanmar they invariably depend on human traffickers to escape as refugees - usually to become slaves. Suggest you research for more accurate background. The Malay Muslims in South Thailand are Thai citizens, albeit not necessarily by choice. The insurgency is an effort to withdraw the 95% Muslim majority Southern Thai provinces from control of the Buddhist Kingdom of Thailand and re-establish their Islamic roots. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shadowofacloud Posted February 27, 2017 Share Posted February 27, 2017 9 minutes ago, Srikcir said: Very little similarity. Rohingya Muslims are stateless, having no citizenship in Myanmar. But they can't leave legally because they are unable to hold a passport and no recognized nationality. To leave Myanmar they invariably depend on human traffickers to escape as refugees - usually to become slaves. Suggest you research for more accurate background. The Malay Muslims in South Thailand are Thai citizens, albeit not necessarily by choice. The insurgency is an effort to withdraw the 95% Muslim majority Southern Thai provinces from control of the Buddhist Kingdom of Thailand and re-establish their Islamic roots. Thank you. I am well aware of the statelessness of the Rohingya, most likely my choice of phrasing was not too fortunate. So would you say indicate that the only major issue with minorities that Thailand currently has is the secessionist movement in the south? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whatawonderfulday Posted February 27, 2017 Share Posted February 27, 2017 Had the crusades been better financed then this question would never needed to have been asked. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steiner Posted February 27, 2017 Share Posted February 27, 2017 If they can't eat it, I don't think Thais think much about anything. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shadowofacloud Posted February 27, 2017 Share Posted February 27, 2017 (edited) . Edited February 27, 2017 by shadowofacloud Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
captpkapoor Posted February 27, 2017 Share Posted February 27, 2017 The Thais I've met in the last 3-4 years of stay here are not overly fond of the Muslims in the South, especially as there are almost daily reports of some bombing or the other down there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hdkane Posted February 27, 2017 Share Posted February 27, 2017 I think the OP is interested how Buddhists and Muslims think about each other... People tend to wrongly conflate religion and race...so if you dislike Muslims you are not racist, because Islam is a set of ideas and not a skin color... that said, most of the Buddhist Thais that have indicated their thoughts on the matter to me don't like Muslims...beyond the stone age thinking, the attacks only anger most Thais...my best friends in Thailand are Muslim, largely because they speak English and are expats as well...and the feelings are mutual... i'm sure there is a different sentiment in BKK... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SiSePuede419 Posted February 27, 2017 Share Posted February 27, 2017 2 hours ago, shadowofacloud said: Good to know it is not rampant consumerism, globalization, global warming and chocking pollution, climate wars and mass migration to name just a few. I wish my worldview was so simplified. Life would be so much easier. Ignorance is bliss or so it seems. But sometimes the blissful idiot has, uh "consequences" ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goanna Posted February 27, 2017 Share Posted February 27, 2017 The thai buddhists in the south can't be happy. How can you be, when your friends and family are randomly murdered by the followers of this evil cult. It appears that mainly the people who try to help them are killed. Nurses, teachers, police etc. Myanmar buddhist know how to deal with them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RBOP Posted February 27, 2017 Share Posted February 27, 2017 Years ago a co-worker who was Muslim told me violent crimes in the UK are because people there eat pork. Yes, I kid you not. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Khon Kaen Dave Posted February 27, 2017 Share Posted February 27, 2017 I did read about a group of Muslims, from a school for the dyslexic, in Pakistan,who,were so disillusioned with Islam,that they sold their souls to Santa. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GOLDBUGGY Posted February 27, 2017 Share Posted February 27, 2017 Over they years I have had many Moslem Friends and recently many from Syria, which I feel so sorry for now. I am a Christian, so in a way we are different. But not that much different, as I discovered. They do believe in Christ. To answer your question, not all Moslems are good, as not all Christians are good. To put things in context when I go to and Arab Country I expect to see them in Arab Clothes and when they come to mine they expect to see me in my Western Clothes. What makes a difference is I can wear my clothes anywhere, and be accepted, when they can't (always). But when you go to Rome you do what the Romans do. Right? Being accepted by Thai Buddhism is more of a matter of how you dress and act, I think. If you dress respectively, act accordingly, you will be accepted. If not, you won't. Most of the Moslem Guys I know are really not much different then ourselves. Hard to tell us apart. But being different doesn't mean being bad. It just means being different. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nontabury Posted February 27, 2017 Share Posted February 27, 2017 Have lived in a Muslim village for 27yrs,that is/ has turned to mostly Buddhist. They seem to get along OK as most Thai Muslims are not fanatics,many like a drink of beer, sometimes with a pork sandwich. Though what I have noticed is that when I first came here,some of the females would abandon their headscarf when they went into town in the evening.This doe'st seem to happen now, in fact I see an increasing number starting to wear the full face cover Nikab or Burka. I believe due to some Muslims accusing those that don't wear them,of not being true Muslims. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
little mary sunshine Posted February 27, 2017 Share Posted February 27, 2017 First, Please tell me Who is an Average Thai Buddhist. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fordguy61mi Posted February 27, 2017 Share Posted February 27, 2017 My girl lives in a Muslim neighborhood in Bangkok. I asked her why she moved there because she's Buddhist and she said she didn't know it until she moved in. But it doesn't seem to bother her, other than having to walk 2 soi over to get any pork street food. Also, we went to visit her high school friend who owns a resort in Railay Beach and she's married to a Muslim and she converted. She wouldn't allow me to bring a pizza I had bought out in Krabi into the house because she said the sausage on it would disrespect her husband so I left it outside in the car. Her friend said she missed pork. I will say I got bad vibes from her husband. He wasn't too friendly towards me. That's the extent of what I know of Muslim interaction with Buddhists. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sandgroper2 Posted February 27, 2017 Share Posted February 27, 2017 1 hour ago, captpkapoor said: The Thais I've met in the last 3-4 years of stay here are not overly fond of the Muslims in the South, especially as there are almost daily reports of some bombing or the other down there. History lesson 1. The south was muslim till the brits changed things. End of discussion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ondral Posted February 27, 2017 Share Posted February 27, 2017 Why don't you ask a Thai Buddhist this question, rather than ignorant expats? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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