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Islam is a minority faith in Thailand, with statistics in 2006, suggesting 4.9% of the population are Muslim. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Figures as high as 5% of Thailand's population have also been mentioned. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] [ 5 ] A 2023 Pew Research Center survey gave 7%. [ 6 ]
In Islam, the Quran is considered to be the most sacred source of law. [6] Classical jurists held its textual integrity to be beyond doubt on account of it having been handed down by many people in each generation, which is known as "recurrence" or "concurrent transmission" ( tawātur ).
The Rattanakosin Kingdom and the four traditionally counted preceding kingdoms, collectively called Siam, had a largely uncodified constitution until 1932. In the King of Siam's preamble to the penal code promulgated on 1 April 1908, and came into effect on 21 September, the king said: "In the ancient times the monarchs of the Siamese nation governed their people with laws which were ...
The country has an area of 198,000 square miles (510,000 km 2) and population of 70 million.According to the government's National Statistics Office, approximately 94.8 percent of the population is Buddhist and 4.5 percent is Muslim; [5] however, non-governmental organizations, academics, and religious groups estimated that approximately 85 to 90 percent of the population is Theravada Buddhist ...
Islam is the most widely practised religion in Southeast Asia with approximately 240 million adherents in the region (about 42% of its population), with majorities in Brunei, Indonesia and Malaysia as well as parts of southern Thailand and parts of Mindanao in the Philippines respectively. [3]
There are 4,037 mosques in Thailand as of March 2022. The Southern region has the most number of mosques in the kingdom with 3,403 mosques or roughly 85% of all mosques. In terms of provinces ; Pattani Province has the biggest share at 720 mosques, followed by Narathiwat Province with 679 mosques, and Yala Province with 519 mosques, whilst the ...
Mosques in Thailand (1 C, 8 P) Pages in category "Islam in Thailand" The following 4 pages are in this category, out of 4 total.
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