Thai Muslims
• The 10% Muslim minority all live in 4 southern provinces.
• Thailand annexed the area in 1902 as a buffer against British Malaya.
• The Thai government grants the area some autonomy.
• In the 1950s-60s, Thai forced assimilation policies forbade speaking Malay language and Islamic customs.
• A political movement formed, and in the 1970s the military government clashed with Muslim ethnic groups.
Hill Peoples