This demographic is likely to increase and become significant for the foreseeable future as they have a stable moderate birth rate 1.7-2.0 compared to the ultra low Thai Buddhists
HarryLewisPot on
Definitely apparent during my time in Phuket
iamataco on
How old is this data? This is low actually. Significantly more in recent decade+ in southern Thai, Andaman etc.
BlueWermz on
The 3 southernmost, Muslim-majority provinces (Yala, Pattani, Narathiwat) are majority ethnic Malay as well.
And there has been a long-running issue of Malay separatist violence in those provinces.
whatpplsay on
Now correlate this info to general insurgency/terrorism, suicide bombings, and attacks against police and military. Southern peninsular Thailand is a tough area.
Party_Ability_9984 on
Yeah, this makes sense, Islam never got a foothold in continential Southeast Asia they way they did the Islands.
_Dushman on
I was in Bangkok a few weeks ago, and I thought It would be way higher than this, maybe because most of them were also tourists?
misssedlinehaul on
Chicken sausages map
itsaightthanks on
TANAH MELAYU
BlakeNotBleak on
Big fan of how Islam spread in SEAsia
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It’s a Thai colonial empire, holding onto Malay provinces even when they don’t want to be part of the colonial empire.
Major_Economy_571 on
This knowledge helped me in Geoguessr, see women in hijab in Thailand – click Southern Thailand.
RevolutionaryFact911 on
South Thailand is basically Malaysia
Wondur13 on
Basically the philippines lmao, mindanao island is hella muslim and the more north you go it fades
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This demographic is likely to increase and become significant for the foreseeable future as they have a stable moderate birth rate 1.7-2.0 compared to the ultra low Thai Buddhists
Definitely apparent during my time in Phuket
How old is this data? This is low actually. Significantly more in recent decade+ in southern Thai, Andaman etc.
The 3 southernmost, Muslim-majority provinces (Yala, Pattani, Narathiwat) are majority ethnic Malay as well.
And there has been a long-running issue of Malay separatist violence in those provinces.
Now correlate this info to general insurgency/terrorism, suicide bombings, and attacks against police and military. Southern peninsular Thailand is a tough area.
Yeah, this makes sense, Islam never got a foothold in continential Southeast Asia they way they did the Islands.
I was in Bangkok a few weeks ago, and I thought It would be way higher than this, maybe because most of them were also tourists?
Chicken sausages map
TANAH MELAYU
Big fan of how Islam spread in SEAsia
[ Removed by Reddit ]
It’s a Thai colonial empire, holding onto Malay provinces even when they don’t want to be part of the colonial empire.
This knowledge helped me in Geoguessr, see women in hijab in Thailand – click Southern Thailand.
South Thailand is basically Malaysia
Basically the philippines lmao, mindanao island is hella muslim and the more north you go it fades