concerned<\/a> as well (the area was annexed by Thailand in 1902). The high profile incident risks turning a low-level insurrection into a Chechnya-like campaign. \u201cWhat we worry most about is the future,\u201d said Dr Charan Maluleem, advisor to the Prime Minister on Muslim affairs. \u201cIf you ask what the future holds, most Muslims will say it is very uncertain\u201d. Added Abdulraman Abdulsamad, chairman of a local Islamic council, \u201cI cannot say what [is] going to happen, but I believe that hell will break out.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/i><\/p>\n
Zahed Amanullah is associate editor of altmuslim.com.\u00a0 He is based in London, England.\n<\/p>\n
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