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Understanding Islamic Militancy; Part I: Where is the Most Trouble?
By John Carey (about the author) Page 1 of 3 page(s)
For OpEdNews: John E. Carey - Writer
In this first article, we are attempting to document the places in the world most impacted by Islamic militancy and unrest. We need your help. Please you can post comments here, post comments on this article at "Peace and Freedom" click here or you can email your information, facts and references to jecarey2603@cox.net to contribute to our understanding.
Southern Thailand
The death toll in the sectarian violence in southern Thailand is now approaching 2,000 over the course of the last three years. Muslims in Yala and two other southern Thai provinces want their own Muslim state.
Beheadings and other atrocities are common.
The government of the previous Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra was unable to control the violence and was deposed by a bloodless military coup last September. But the new Thai government as been equally unable to stem the violence.We frequently hear from Wantanee in Thailand who gives us insights and reports.
Philippines
Islam may be the oldest organized religion to be established in the Philippines. Muslim traders brought Islam to the Philippines as early as the 14th century.
Today Filipino Muslims only form about 5% of the country's population, while the rest of the general population are mostly Roman Catholic (84%) and Protestant (8%).
Friction between the Muslim south and Christian north has been a continual problem for centuries. Occasionally, it flares up into open conflict. The largest guerilla force is currently the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF). They claim to control 26 southern "territories;" but the government only credits them with controlling only ten.
The MILF wants to form its own government and break away from the Philippines.
Western China
The government of China says its western most province of Xinjiang is alive with Islamic separatists. Xinjiang borders the Tibet Autonomous Region to the south, Mongolia to the east, Russia to the north, and Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Afghanistan, and the Pakistan-India controlled parts of Kashmir to the west. Xinjiang is somewhat like the autonomous tribal regions of the Pakistan-Afghanistan border where national police and armed forces fear for their lives.
Pakistan-Afghanistan Border
The border area between Pakistan and Afghanistan is a largely uncontrolled area. Not only is human traffic between Afghanistan and Pakistan largely unregulated but there are also camps of Muslim rebels and terrorists in this mountainous region. The government of Pakistan claims to have made inroads in regulating the area but many of these steps have been tentative.
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