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...neutralized by government amnesties by the 1990s, but their cause has been taken up by a new breed of militant, groomed by religious leaders and hardened by the military solution Thaksin pushed in the south. (The most vivid symbol of Thaksin's iron-fisted approach was the October 2004 Tak Bai incident, when, during and after a mass protest, 85 Muslims were either shot or suffocated to death in army trucks-compounding Muslim hatred of Bangkok...
...that has already appeared in the U.S., Italy, Germany and Hong Kong, where it recently drew more than 8,000 people. Photos of victims of the Kashmir earthquake, Rwandan genocide and Ethiopian famines are displayed. But behind the tragedy, the camp is testament to human resourcefulness. Dick van der Tak, MSF's executive director in Hong Kong, points to sandals made from tire scraps and toys from tin cans. "It's important to remember the normalcy of everyday life, and every person's humanity," he says. For information, go to msf.org
...schools, where they are taught that the invading Siamese (as Thais were then known) stifled their religion and enslaved their people, a version of Pattani history still banned by the state. History seemed to repeat itself when Thaksin sent thousands of troops south to quell the rebellion, culminating with Tak Bai, which radicalized Ma-ae's generation more than any other incident. Initiations take place at night. Each recruit swears allegiance to his cell on a Koran, then eats a piece of paper bearing 24 vows written in Arabic script, washed down with holy water blessed by the village imam...
...been brought against Thaksin. But interim Prime Minister Surayud Chulanont has moved more swiftly in the south. He has departed radically from Thaksin's iron-fisted?and ultimately self-defeating?attempts to crush the rebellion. He has personally apologized for the government's past heavy-handedness, including the notorious Tak Bai incident in which 85 Thai Muslim protesters died, and has acknowledged Islam's special place in a corner of this predominantly Buddhist nation. His government has also revived the Southern Border Provinces Administrative Center, a peace and development agency credited with keeping a lid on the violence until Thaksin...
...Photos of victims of the Kashmir earthquake, Rwandan genocide and Ethiopian famines are displayed. But behind the tragedy, the camp is testament to human resourcefulness. Dick van der Tak, MSF's executive director in Hong Kong, points to sandals made from tire scraps and toys from tin cans. "It's important to remember the normalcy of everyday life, and every person's humanity," he says. For information, go to msf.org...