by the Buddhist monks before. This new violent trend could jeopardize the good relations between the Muslim and Buddhist people, whose cultural prejudice against each other might be usually expected, but could live peacefully In the region(most of the people in these three provinces are Muslim Malays while the majority people of Thai society are Buddhist.)
For the economic impact, as instability has increased, thousands of Muslin families have left the afflicted provinces creating a potential for social problems and ethnic tensions in other regions with predominantly Buddhist populations. The influx of large number of internal refugees, generally in provinces closer to Bangkok. has inflated house prices and led to more competition