Muslims of Thailand social justice but not before Phaulkon’s widow

but not before Phaulkon’s widow attempted to seek refuge in Bangkok and was disgracefully returned to her captors by General Desfarges

recently retired from teaching

Peter Harris is Senior Fellow at the Centre for Strategic Studies: New Zealand in Victoria University of Wellington

Explores subjects and themes that frequently appear in Buddhist art

ANDREW ALAN JOHNSON is assistant professor of social sciences (anthropology) at Yale-NUS College in Singapore

Muslims of Thailand social justice but not before Phaulkon’s widowTranslated by Michael Smithies Thailand is usually closely associated with Buddhism, but since 1998 the country has been one of the observer members of the Islamic Conference Organization, and senior figures in the present and previous governments have been Muslim. Some 8 percent of the population is Muslim, and in the three southernmost provinces of the country they constitute a majority. Islam is ever more visible in Bangkok, where the demographic