Muslims in Thailand under Royal Benevolence
Suvat Chirapant
Deputy Secretary General
and Advisor on Foreign Affairs of the Office of Chaipattana Foundation
It was in 1964 that Their Majesties King Bhumibol Adulyadej The Great and Queen Sirikit The ... ... constitute for 5.45 and 1.15 percent of the Thai population respectively. However, tradition ... ... court during the Ayutthaya Kingdom and Muslim communities were granted land for settlement.... ... Holy Quran from a Muslim dignitary in 1962, His Majesty had the magnificent thought that ...
Thailand is situated in the heart of the Southeast Asian mainland,... ... the Northeast, Myanmar to the North and West, Cambodia to the East, and Malaysia to the South.
King of Thailand
Bhumibol Adulyadej the Great
(Rama IX) 1946-present.... ... known internationally as Bangkok but to Thai as Krung Thep (City of Angels) ... ... defined as an ethnic group are the Muslims, who are mainly concentrated ... ... the far North; there are also sizable communities of Hindus and Sikhs in large ... ... governed by a constitutional monarchy with His Majesty King Bhumibol Adulyadej ...