Pat tani central mosque in Southern Thailand as sanctuary from violence

This article describes the real quality of Pattani Central Mosque to depict
another picture of mosques in southern Thailand that has been alleged as an
arena for the spreading of Islamic radical ideas and the recruiting of young
people into ‘martyrs’ against the Thai Government. It is not doubted, the
2004 Kru-zeMosque incident ref lects the failure of places of worship as a
‘sanctuar y from violence’. Consequently, there are questions about the kind
of practices taking place in Islamic teaching, mosque management, and the
views held by mosque stakeholders (Imam, the preachers, and congregation)
toward good governance, human rights and the anticipation of radicalism
given the current situation in Pattani. In sum, Pattani Central Mosque instead
seems to be composed of a fairly equal mixture of moderate and more conservative believers rather than those with radical and extreme tendencies.