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June 16, 2005

Religion of Peace Beheads Retired Buddhist Teacher

I have a friend who spent some time living as a missionary in Thailand. Whenever the subject of Southern Thailand came up, he would just say, "Oh, no, couldn't go there. They're Muslim." He couldn't even travel to that area for fear of life and limb. This was before there was any sort of organized Islamist rebellion from Southern Thailand. Among the Buddhist majority, though, he was perfectly safe. All religions are basically the same, huh?

BBC:

A Buddhist man has been found beheaded in the majority Muslim province of Pattani in southern Thailand.
A note found next to the man's head claimed the murder was carried out in response to last week's arrest of a prominent Muslim student leader.
It was the fifth decapitation in a conflict that has claimed more than 700 lives in the past 18 months.
The note next to the severed head of retired teacher Kamol Chuneth carried a message obviously intended for police.
The note said that the authorities had arrested the wrong man.

Posted by: Rusty at 10:29 AM | Comments (6) | Add Comment
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1 "All religions are basically the same, huh?"

Exactly. Only a fool believes this.

Posted by: Young Bourbon Professional at June 16, 2005 10:33 AM (x+5JB)

2 I don't see any muslims rioting over this.

Posted by: Carlos at June 16, 2005 11:33 AM (8e/V4)

3 I was a missionary in Thailand about 15 years ago, and Southern Thailand was too dangerous for Christians back then, too.

Posted by: JB at June 16, 2005 12:40 PM (ZIRtj)

4 Start sarcasm
Makes sense to me. The perfect response to arresting someone and giving them 3 squares a day along with expert medical care is a beheading. End sarcasm

Posted by: Oyster at June 16, 2005 01:20 PM (fl6E1)

5 He must have done something to offend the local muslims. Like being alive.

Posted by: Improbulus Maximus at June 16, 2005 01:33 PM (0yYS2)

6 Correction...south thailand is too dangerous for Western missionaries but that's another story altogether.

The boob.....ooops beeb, says there's 5 beheadees. This was Kamol Chuneth (65). I also managed to google up Boonjan Saiphet(59), Kaew (60) and
Jaran Torae (5

. Can anyone who knows who the fifth is kindly click on the link and leave a comment so I can update this post.

By the way, they were ALL senior citizens. Maybe the brave jihadis of the religion of peace are waging a jihad on old people now.

Posted by: Maobi at June 18, 2005 11:37 AM (jgG2T)

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