May 28, 2004

Thailand to Open a University in a Muslim Region, to Defuse Tension

By MARTHA ANN OVERLAND

Thailand says it will open a university in the country's violence-wracked south in order to cater to the needs of the region's Muslim majority.

The government hopes that expanded educational opportunities closer to home will discourage young Muslims from going abroad to study at hard-line religious institutions in the Middle East.

The initiative is part of the government's response to complaints by Thailand's Muslims that they are discriminated against by the country's Buddhist

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