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标 题: Thai Muslims Hold Anti-war Protest
发信站: 哈工大紫丁香 (2003年04月04日17:02:47 星期五), 站内信件
Thousands of Thai Muslims gathered in southern province of Pattani on Thursd
ay to protest the US-led war in Iraq, the Thai News Agency reported Friday.
Some 50,000 people from seven southern provinces took to the streets in Patt
ani, demonstrating their opposition to the Iraq war,
Some people in the protest, organized by 30 Muslim groups in the southern pr
ovinces, burned straw effigies of US President George W. Bush and British Pr
ime Minister Tony Blair in front of the provincial hall.
Muslim leaders from Thailand and Malaysia made speeches at a rally held in a
school, expressing their opposition against the war and praying for the wor
ld peace.
Only 5 percent of Thailand's population are Muslims, most of whom live in so
uthern part of Thailand bordering Malaysia.
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