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A joyful Eid al-Fitr festival in Phuket after the 2 years of pandemic

May 6, 2022
by Kitipat Chuensukjit
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Muslims make up around 30% of the population in Phuket, where the migrant Malays originally settled. Islamic festivals are really famous on this resort island, especially the Eid al-Fitr festival,…

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Indonesia greets Ramadan with mass prayer as COVID curbs ease

April 3, 2022
by Kitipat Chuensukjit
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JAKARTA, April 3 (Reuters) – The world’s largest Muslim-majority nation of Indonesia welcomed the start of the holy fasting month of Ramadan with a mass prayer at Jakarta’s grand mosque on Saturday,…

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Saudi King gifts 50,060 copies of Quran to Thai Muslims ahead of Ramadan

March 1, 2022
by jeerapas@thaipbs.or.th
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King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud of Saudi Arabia recently sent 50,060 copies of the Holy Quran, in various sizes and languages, to Muslims in Thailand, as a gesture of…

Muslim leaders in Pattani set example by getting COVID-19 vaccinations

November 11, 2021
by Nad Bunnag
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Religious leaders in the southern border province of Pattani have visited the vaccination centre, in the conference room of the provincial Islamic committee, to receive COVID-19 vaccine shots in an…

Police officers investigate after several people were killed and others were injured by a man using a bow and arrows to carry out attacks, in Kongsberg, Norway, October 13, 2021. Hakon Mosvold/NTB/via REUTERS

Norway bow-and-arrow attack suspect transferred to health services

October 15, 2021
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KONGSBERG, Norway (Reuters) – A man suspected of killing five people with a bow and arrow and other weapons in Norway was in the care of health professionals on Friday, police said. Investigators have named the suspect as Espen Andersen Braathen, a 37-year-old Danish citizen…

Students attend class under new classroom conditions at Avicenna University in Kabul, Afghanistan September 6, 2021, in this picture obtained by REUTERS from social media. Social media handout/via REUTERS

A curtain divides male, female students as Afghan universities reopen

September 7, 2021
by Mintra Adair
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Students across Afghanistan have started returning to university classrooms after the Taliban stormed to power, and in some cases, females have been separated from their male peers by curtains or…

Halal food for COVID-19 sufferers in Bangkok – Thai PBS World Tonight [15th June 2021]

June 16, 2021
by Nad Bunnag
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During the COVID-19 pandemic, many groups and organizations volunteered to provide food and beverages to people suffering from economic problems and those in quarantine at home. The Office of the…

A Protester holds Palestinian flags during a protest against Israel in front of the Israeli Consulate in Istanbul on May 9, 2021. (Photo by Ozan KOSE / AFP)

‘Silence is not an option’ in east Jerusalem for Palestinians

May 10, 2021
by Kitipat Chuensukjit
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Adnan, a Palestinian from east Jerusalem, vowed rubber bullets fired by Israeli police would not deter him: “Silence is not an option” in defence of Arabs in the Holy City,…

“Time to sacrifice” – Another lonely Ramadan in Thailand

April 15, 2021
by Kitipat Chuensukjit
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From cancelled Iftar feasts to suspended mosque prayers in the provinces with 50 COVID-19 infections or more, almost all Muslims across Thailand are bracing for a bleak fasting month of…

Walk-A-Tif: Multicultural Society in Bangkok Part 2

March 20, 2021
by Nad Bunnag
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Thai society is diverse, people of different faiths live together peacefully. For example, this Charoenkrung neighborhood where the faithful of 3 religions have co-existed for more than a century. Have…

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