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The League of Islamic Council of Southern Thailand issued a statement on Thursday opposing the Cannabis and Hemp Act, the Liquor Bill and the Marriage Equality Bill.

The Muslim World League (MWL)’s secretary-general Muhammad Bin Abdulkarim Al-Issa was welcomed to Thailand by Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha on Monday.

Celebration of the Eid al-Fitr festival was muted in Thailand on Thursday, as the Covid-19 crisis continued to take a toll – especially on Bangkok and its vicinity. Muslims worldwide celebrate Eid al-Fitr as the end of the Ramadan fasting period.

More than 1,000 mosques in the three southern provinces opened on Friday (May 22) for prayers as well as to prepare for Eid al-Fitr celebrations to mark the end of Ramadan.

Security personnel remain in a district of Narathiwat province as well as other areas in the three southern border provinces (Narathiwat, Pattani, and Yala) , in anticipation of revenge attacks by militants after five were gunned down by Special Task Forces on Sunday (February 23).

The plea demands issuance of direction to government authorities and Muslim bodies like Waqf Board to allow women into mosques on grounds that denial amounted to violation of various fundamental rights.

THE LEADERS of Asean yesterday voiced concerns over the Rakhine crisis and called for the safe return of Rohingya refugees to Myanmar while seeking accountability for the violence and human rights violations perpetrated against the ethnic group.

MALAYSIA STEPPED up security measures along its border with Thailand after a group of 65 Rohingya landed in southern Satun province this week on their way to the predominantly Muslim neighbouring country.

A Muslim teen was found buried in a Muslim graveyard on Wednesday after he went missing on May 26, police said.

Over the click-clack of the teak loom, Niphon's family laments the lack of apprentice weavers at his Bangkok silk shop, as modernity lures young Muslims away from a trade their community has dominated for generations.

In the April 5 edition of The Nation there was a photograph of faithful Muslims praying to a relic that was believed to be a hair from the Prophet Muhammad’s beard.