scholarly journals The Organization of the Islamic Cooperation  and the Conflict in Southern Thailand

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
◽  
Paoyee Waesahmae

<p>The current wave of insurgency in the southern provinces of Thailand, where the majority of population are Muslim, sparked up in 2004 but shows no sign of ending in the near future. The insurgency caused by the conflict in the region which, along the time, has risen and fallen depending on surrounding circumstances. Given the scale and intensity of the conflict, it has increasingly attracted the attention of the outside world especially the Islamic world since the conflict is believed to be connected with religious elements. Despite of this, no specific Islamic countries have played a direct role in intervention in the conflict. The only intervention involved in the conflict was carried out by the OIC, a representative of 57 Islamic countries. This essay attempts to examine the intervention of the OIC into the conflict in the southern provinces of Thailand in the name of Islamic countries in order to protect the rights of Muslim minorities as it claims and will explore the consequences of the tension between the OIC’s mission to uphold these rights and sovereign states.</p>

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
◽  
Paoyee Waesahmae

<p>The current wave of insurgency in the southern provinces of Thailand, where the majority of population are Muslim, sparked up in 2004 but shows no sign of ending in the near future. The insurgency caused by the conflict in the region which, along the time, has risen and fallen depending on surrounding circumstances. Given the scale and intensity of the conflict, it has increasingly attracted the attention of the outside world especially the Islamic world since the conflict is believed to be connected with religious elements. Despite of this, no specific Islamic countries have played a direct role in intervention in the conflict. The only intervention involved in the conflict was carried out by the OIC, a representative of 57 Islamic countries. This essay attempts to examine the intervention of the OIC into the conflict in the southern provinces of Thailand in the name of Islamic countries in order to protect the rights of Muslim minorities as it claims and will explore the consequences of the tension between the OIC’s mission to uphold these rights and sovereign states.</p>


2019 ◽  
Vol 27 (4) ◽  
pp. 201-226
Author(s):  
Manal AL- Muraiteb Manal AL- Muraiteb

This study deals with the influence of the Senussi movement in the Hijaz region, which is considered one of the influential Islamic movements. It contributed in accordance with its available possibilities in building a human society with cultural and economic components according to the data of that era. The movement was not of a local tendency, Muhammad Bin Ali Alsenossi, the one who established this movement, worked on making it an Arabic movement of a wide expansion, this study sought to codify an important period of the history of the Senussi movement in the Hijaz, and tried to reveal its role in Hijazi society and its influence on it. By virtue of its religious importance, the Hijaz region has gained prominently in the history of the Senussi movement. The actual beginning of the Sinusian call originated from the Hijaz, where the first corner of Senussi was built, the corner that was built in Jabal Abi Qabis, and then the construction of the Senussi corners in the Hijaz, and in the rest of the other Islamic countries, and the corners of Senussi received a large number of Hijaz people from the rurals and the desert, Sheikh Falih Al.Dahri , considered as a prominent student of senussi corners, And later became one of its most prominent sheikhs, and became famous in the horizons, and received a prestigious scientific status, which enabled him to teach in many Islamic regions even called by Sultan Abdul Hamid to teach in Astana, and has graduated a number of students of science who carried the banner of science in the Islamic world.


Author(s):  
Elshahat Anwar Barakat

The study aimed to address the revival of the Abbasid Caliphate in Cairo, after it fell at the hands of the Mughal advance in the fall of Baghdad in 656 AH, so the Abbasid Caliphate fell and the Mongols took control of its capital, Baghdad, and killed the last Abbasid caliphs, the Sultan Al-Mustasim slaughtered in 656 AH, and since then Muslims did not have a state that defends them and fights under its flag except the Mamluk state in Egypt, which responded to the Mongol attacks on the Islamic world, and the Mamluks managed to defeat the Mongols in the famous battle of Ain Jalut 658 AH, which was the beginning of the true breakdown of the Mongol advance to the Islamic world, and the Mamluk victories continued over the Mongols. After that, many of the Islamic countries they had conquered were liberated at the beginning of their encroachment on Muslim countries. The Mamluks were then the campaigners of the jihad brigade and raised their banner against the Mongols, and they also became the actual rulers of Egypt and the Levant since then with the right of the sword and the power they possessed, especially after they rid the Islamic world of the attacks of the Mongols who terrorized people and killed hundreds of thousands and could only stand in the face of them. Mamluks, so people condemned the Maliki and satisfied their rule. However, the Mamluks themselves saw a lack of their rule as if the specter of slavery in which they lived before they became rulers continued to haunt them, and the matter increased during the reign of Zahir Baybars, who tried to legitimize his rule and the rule of the Mamluks after him, so he took many measures to achieve that and the most important of these The measures are "reviving the Abbasid caliphate in Cairo," which had fallen in its capital, Baghdad, after the Mongol attacks and the fall of Baghdad in their hands, so that the city of Cairo became the incubator of the caliphate and its new patron during the Mamluk era, but this time the caliphate did not become an absolute authority as it was before, but rather Imaginary power behind which the Mamluks rule the Islamic countries, so the position of the caliphate was divided into two parts of the religion of the Abbasid caliph and the politician of the apparent Baybars, and the title of the apparent Baybars Qasim, the Commander of the Faithful, a metaphor for the sharing of the position of the caliphate between him and the Abbasid caliph, and struck that on the money that was silenced in his era, which is more accurate Witness the new changes in the conditions of the Abbasid Caliphate, as well as the Mamluk Sultanate in Egypt. And this research that is in our hands will address this topic through a descriptive study of the writings and inscriptions on Mamluk money minted in Egypt during that period. The researcher found that: 1- the Abbasid Caliphate was merely a mere caliphate that had no strength in that period. 2- the researcher recommended the necessity of studying archeology and archaeological writings from a historical point of view as a primary source for documentation and validation of historical information.


2004 ◽  
Vol 21 (3) ◽  
pp. 149-152
Author(s):  
Imad A. Ahmad

Islam and Dhimmitude is an attempt to confute the concept of “protectedminority” (under which Islamic civilization established what was, up to itstime, the most successful model of pluralistic society) with the worst aberrationsfrom that model. The subtitle “Where Civilizations Collide” indicateshow the author expects her polemic to serve the current wave of neoimperialism.The book seeks to recruit Christians in support of the Zionistproject by explaining away Christian expressions of appreciation ofMuslim tolerance as a false consciousness inspired by a self-hatred she calls dhimmitude, meaning a state of mind that acquiesces, even promotes,the victim’s own subjugation.The book’s first half is devoted to proposing a paradigm in whichQur’anic verses in favor of human rights are ignored, official acts to thebenefit of dhimmis are brushed off as machinations to breed resentmentbetween dhimmi groups, and injustices against Muslims are figments of theimagination invented to whitewash the Islamic master plan for subjugatingthe non-Islamic world into a state of dhimmitude. The second half workswithin this paradigm to vilify Christian anti-Zionists (including Europeansas well as Arabs) as dhimmi pawns of Muslim oppressors. (Curiously, shedoes not attempt to dismiss Jewish critics of Israel in the same manner.) ...


Author(s):  
Rusdee Taher ◽  
Muhammad Mansour Madroh

The paper aims to reveal the economic impacts of the Coronavirus on Muslim minorities, using the Muslim minority in Thailand as a model. The Corona pandemic affected Thailand like its effect on other countries, but the effect differed in regions from others and in categories from others as well, and the effect included all fields, but its impact varies in one field for another and the most important of these areas in which the Corona pandemic affected significantly, clearly and clearly in the field Economic. The importance of the paper also lies in the fact that it talks about a part of the Islamic world that may be forgotten or unknown to many people, and that it uses the descriptive analytical method as a way to study the case, The results were reached, including: The spread of Islam in the Thailand was early and included all land and sea routes, The Muslim minority in Thailand enjoys diversity and difference in social, cultural and political characteristics, which enabled it to occupy a unique position in the demographic component of Thailand in particular, and the map of the Islamic world in general, The impact of the Corona pandemic on the Muslim minority in Thailand is clear and clear, and comprehensive in all aspects of life, most notably the economic aspect of the minority. The impact of the Corona pandemic on the economic side of Muslim minorities in Thailand has varied greatly, which confirms the importance of taking into consideration by decision-makers. In these societies this variation and difference when doing the treatment and suggesting solutions. The paper recommended: To conduct field studies to clarify the effects of the Corona pandemic on the economy and other aspects of life.


Author(s):  
Grote Rainer

This chapter discusses constitutional review in Islamic countries. It covers the basic models of constitutional review; composition of constitutional courts; powers of constitutional courts; and effects of constitutional court decisions. It shows that introduction of constitutional review in the Islamic world has largely been pattered after foreign models, particularly of France (namely in the Maghreb countries and Lebanon), the United States (in Egypt and the Arab peninsula), the United Kingdom (Pakistan, Nigeria, Malaysia), and Germany (Turkey, Indonesia), with modifications to the particular political and cultural contexts of the respective countries. While almost all constitutional review bodies practice some form of constitutional review of legislation or another, most constitutions in the Islamic world still do not provide for access of individuals to constitutional adjudication.


Author(s):  
Dilip Hiro

For four decades Saudi Arabia and the Islamic Republic of Iran have vied for influence in the Muslim world. At the heart of this ongoing Cold War between Riyadh and Tehran lie the Sunni-Shia divide, and the two countries’ diverse histories, socio-economic compositions, and claims to exceptionalism. Saudis present their rivalry with Iran stemming from conflict between Sunnis and Shias. But, according to Iran's ruling clerics, their republic is founded on Islamic precepts whereas Saudis’ dynastic rule lacks legitimacy in Islam. This foundational schism has played out in a geopolitical competition for dominance in the region and beyond: Iran has acquired influence in Syria, Iraq and Lebanon, while Saudi Arabia's hyperactive crown prince, Muhammad bin Salman, has intervened in the Yemeni civil war against the Tehran-backed Houthis, and tried to destabilize Lebanon and isolate neighboring Qatar.. In his lucid narrative, peppered with penetrating analysis, Dilip Hiro examines the toxic rivalry between the two nations, tracing its roots to the eighteen-century Arabia, and examines whether the current Cold War in the Islamic world is likely to end in the near future.


2019 ◽  
Vol 286 (1916) ◽  
pp. 20192153 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michelle Achlatis ◽  
Mathieu Pernice ◽  
Kathryn Green ◽  
Jasper M. de Goeij ◽  
Paul Guagliardo ◽  
...  

Marine sponges are set to become more abundant in many near-future oligotrophic environments, where they play crucial roles in nutrient cycling. Of high importance is their mass turnover of dissolved organic matter (DOM), a heterogeneous mixture that constitutes the largest fraction of organic matter in the ocean and is recycled primarily by bacterial mediation. Little is known, however, about the mechanism that enables sponges to incorporate large quantities of DOM in their nutrition, unlike most other invertebrates. Here, we examine the cellular capacity for direct processing of DOM, and the fate of the processed matter, inside a dinoflagellate-hosting bioeroding sponge that is prominent on Indo-Pacific coral reefs. Integrating transmission electron microscopy with nanoscale secondary ion mass spectrometry, we track 15 N- and 13 C-enriched DOM over time at the individual cell level of an intact sponge holobiont. We show initial high enrichment in the filter-feeding cells of the sponge, providing visual evidence of their capacity to process DOM through pinocytosis without mediation of resident bacteria. Subsequent enrichment of the endosymbiotic dinoflagellates also suggests sharing of host nitrogenous wastes. Our results shed light on the physiological mechanism behind the ecologically important ability of sponges to cycle DOM via the recently described sponge loop.


2008 ◽  
Vol 33 (4) ◽  
pp. 383-412 ◽  
Author(s):  
Carlo Bonura

Geographies always contain more than they claim to represent, and there is always a politics involved in this excessive representation. This article examines how such indeterminate geographies structure popular, academic, political, and nationalist understandings of the current wave of political violence in southern Thailand.


2012 ◽  
Vol 106 (2) ◽  
pp. iii-ix

We have readily assumed that, within Muslim countries, fundamentalists will most oppose American influence and policies, but Lisa Blaydes and Drew A. Linzer find a striking and perhaps surprising regularity: Anti-Americanism is most pronounced in the least observant Islamic countries. Moreover, opposition to the United States does not seem to be related to any particular American policies or to American culture generally. Anti-Americanism arises instead, they argue in “Elite Competition, Religiosity, and Anti-Americanism in the Islamic World,” from elite strategy, in which fundamentalist political factions fan anti-American sentiments to compete with more secular groups. That competition is most intense, and hence the anti-American strategy most frequently employed, in Islamic countries in which divisions between secular and religious forces are most pronounced. Employing a mix of statistical and case study methods, Blaydes and Linzer find that, within countries, observant Muslims are likelier to express anti-American sentiments; between countries, competition between secular and religious forces, and not fundamentalism, inspires anti-U.S. sentiment.


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