Ethnic or religious cleavage? Investigating the nature of the conflict in Southern Thailand

Contemporary Southeast Asia

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 48-69

  Harish, S P ^a  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Buddhist Muslim rift; Ethnic conflict; Religious strife; South Thailand; Thai Malay divide

Indexed keywords

EID: 85044800725     PISSN: 0129797X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1355/cs28-1c     Document Type: Article

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