Can the Malay Muslims be Thai enough in Thailand’s far South?

Q2 Social Sciences

Asian anthropology Pub Date : 2023-01-02 DOI:10.1080/1683478X.2022.2158650

K. H. Yong

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Abstract

Abstract This essay examines the construction of minorities in Thailand, questioning its naturalness, both theoretically and practically. Investigating the plight of Malay Muslim minorities in Thailand’s far south can show how minorities are central to the construction of state power in Thailand. This article argues that Siam’s annexation of the Sultanate of Patani requires a revision that brings its Malay Muslim subjects centrally and integrally into the history of modern Thailand. Indeed, given the Kingdom’s propensity to use the trope of fragility to manufacture unity and patriotism, the Malay Muslims are in fact not at the margins but one of the key problematics for Thai nationalism, one that provides a pretext for the continuing exercise of state power and violence in Thailand’s far south. The Malay Muslims in Thailand’s far south are led to ask themselves whether they can be Thai enough.

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在泰国遥远的南部，马来穆斯林够泰式吗?

摘要本文考察了泰国少数民族的建构，从理论和实践两个方面对其自然性提出质疑。调查泰国南部马来穆斯林少数民族的困境，可以显示少数民族在泰国国家权力建设中的核心地位。本文认为，暹罗对巴塔尼苏丹国的吞并需要进行修订，将其马来穆斯林臣民纳入现代泰国历史的中心和整体。事实上，考虑到王国倾向于用脆弱的比喻来制造团结和爱国主义，马来穆斯林实际上不是处于边缘，而是泰国民族主义的关键问题之一，它为泰国最南部地区继续行使国家权力和暴力提供了借口。泰国最南部的马来穆斯林开始扪心自问，他们是否足够泰国人。

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