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Originally Posted by blueangel
But also of importance is that the military leader who led the coup and is now in power (General Sonthi Boonyaratglin)is a Muslim in a mostly Buddhist country. (Islam makes up only 4-percent of the population of Thailand).
This is of note as there have been numerous Muslim political uprisings from the three provinces bording Malasia. There has been religious extremism and violence in this Muslim community.
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You bring up Islam and equate extremism with it. That part of the world has alot of religious rebels/militants of many stripes. Your post makes it seem like religion was the ultimate drive for the coup when it's obviously not.
Religion is not the issue here. It's government internal problems.