Southern Front
http://www.time.com/time/asia/magazine/article/0,13673,501041018-713265,00.html
Muslims have been fighting for decades for a separate state in
Thailand's south. Now, for many, the goal is no longer independence
but jihad
BY SIMON ELEGANT | PATTANI
Monday, Oct. 11, 2004
He is old—around 70—and frail, relying on a walking stick. But the
imam's voice is strong, and the some 50 men, women and boys crammed
into a dingy room sit enraptured as he talks for two hours, waving his
hands for emphasis and making eye contact with his listeners. The
subject matter is familiar: verses of the Koran spliced with
denunciations of the war the U.S. and its allies are waging against
Islam; the suffering of Muslims worldwide; the sacred duty to struggle
against those who would deny Muslims the chance to worship in peace.
The preacher's voice—he requested anonymity—rises as he issues a
final, passionate appeal, a call for jihad against a cruel government
that, he says, is oppressing the faithful. "Will you join hands with
me to fight? Fight the army that tortures and kills our people? The
army that has caused the disappearance of many Muslims?" The crowd
cries out in assent, the younger men standing together, holding hands
and shouting "Allahuakbar!" (God is great!) again and again.
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