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THAILAND’S ISLAMIC council has – for the first time in history – issued a ban on child marriage nationwide. This followed public anger sparked by the marriage earlier this year of an 11-year-old child to a man four times her age.

When there is yet another terrorist attack that Muslims claim they have perpetrated in the name of Islam and against Crusaders and non-believers, my knee-jerk reaction is the very opposite of turning the other cheek.

Pattani Islamic Committee deputy chairman Aduldej Chenae, who was seriously injured from a gun attack in the restive province on Friday, was pronounced dead at 2.45am on Sunday in an intensive care unit of Pattani Hospital.

Dozens of leaders from various faiths – Buddhist, Islamic, Hindu, Christian, and Sikh – will gather at Wat Thatthong on Saturday afternoon for a seminar discussion on “The Eradication of Acts of Religious Discrimination” in the English language.

Narathiwat governor Suraporn Prommoon said on Monday he was confident that the inclusion of Thai history and Thai monarchy content in the curriculum taught in Islamic boarding schools would help restore peace to the restive deep South.

Letter-writer JC Wilcox has the courage to speak out about the numerous problems regarding asylum seekers and Muslim-majority countries.

Indonesia is under the spotlight as Jakarta’s governor goes on trial for blasphemy today

WASHINGTON - The incoming government of Donald Trump needs to create a top-level office for battling Islamic extremist ideology, experts led by ex-CIA chief Leon Panetta and former British premier Tony Blair said Tuesday.