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Time is up for hijab ban

News, Editorial, Published on 21/05/2018

» The director of a school in Pattani province in the deep South has re-ignited an issue that many thought was settled 30 years ago. He has banned the wearing of the Muslim head scarf, the hijab, at the large and respected Anuban Pattani School. The order is clearly illegal and a violation of Ministry of Education regulations, as well as the constitutional rights of the students.

WORLD

Preach! Indonesia's got Ramadan talent

AFP, Published on 13/06/2018

» JAKARTA - It's a make or break moment for Indonesian high schooler Puteri Ara and her hijab-clad friends as they rap about religious tolerance to a cheering TV studio audience.

THAILAND

South pupils 'lack literacy' in Thai language

News, Onnucha Hutasingh, Published on 25/06/2018

» Pattani: Many students of private religious schools in the far South cannot read, speak or write Thai, a problem compounded by alleged misuse of state education subsidies, the Pattani special task force says.

WORLD

Comoros votes in referendum on increasing president's power

AFP, Published on 30/07/2018

» MORONI (COMOROS) - Voters in the Comoros went to the polls Monday in a politically explosive referendum that could change the constitution and allow President Azali Assoumani to rule beyond 2021, his current term limit.

OPINION

Religious abuse perils

News, Editorial, Published on 15/08/2018

» Friday is the third anniversary of the worst single terrorist attack in modern Thailand. The poorly investigated, badly prosecuted bombing of the Erawan shrine killed 20 people and injured more than 100. The hurried police work concluded it was the act of foreigners angry at the government's success against human trafficking. The "foreigners" turned out to be Chinese Uighurs, two of whom were arrested and are still undergoing trial. The only known Thai suspect is on bail and her trial is officially pending, unofficially unlikely.

OPINION