[Tlc] Potential Talk on Muslims in Thailand

[Alexander Horstmann]

Hi,

Imtiyaz, Ray and Chaiwat are among my close friends. By the way, I have done a lot of research on the Thai-speaking Muslim communities in Songkhla Lake and you may have seen some of it in Journals. I have concentrated on ethnic and religious diversity in the Thaleesap area and I prepare a monograph. 

Lately, I have become more interested on Islam and especially in religious networks and missionary movements (also in comparison to Buddhist and Christian movements). My current project deals with conversions to fundamentalism by local Muslims. 

I would be very interested to spend some time in the US or to collaborate on this topic. Edwin, would you be interested to collaborate on this topic? Justin?

I visited Madison, Wisconsin, and gave a lecture on the involvement of Muslims in Nakhon with the Tablighi Jemaat. It was nice. 

In this context, I asked about Shia communities. 

Edwin, I am happy to send you my papers and would be very interested to read yours. 

Alexander 

> -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----
> Von: <zehner1234 at aol.com>
> Gesendet: 26.02.09 22:45:47
> An:         justinm at ucr.edu
> Betreff: Re: Potential Talk on Muslims in Thailand

Hi. First of all, Trais, thanks for alerting me to the existence of 
> the TLC listserv. Second, in response to Alexander's question, I 
> would suggest contacting Imtiyaz Yusuf, Raymond Scupin, or Chaiwat 
> Satha-anand. I may have email addresses for the first two individuals,
> and I would welcome information on how to contact the third. Scupin 
> briefly mentions Shias in his 1978 dissertation on Muslims in Bangkok,
> but I don't yet know if he has direct contacts. 
> 
> Incidentally, I am personally interested in getting in touch with 
> Alexander and others who may be interested in research on Muslim 
> communities in Thailand, especially those outside the Malay-speaking 
> communities of the southern-most provinces. Though my previous work (
> in anthropology) was primarily on Buddhists and Christians in 
> Thailand, in recent years I've become generally interested in Islam 
> and Muslims (not just in Thailand), and I have very recently drafted 
> a paper attempting to outline the state of the field in the study of 
> Muslims in Thailand. So I would very much welcome the opportunity for 
> interaction with others, regardless of current level of study. (And 
> thanks again to Trais for alerting me to this). (And Justin, could 
> you please add me to the email list? Sorry to have been unaware of it 
> before...) -- Edwin Zehner, Visiting Fellow, Southeast Asia Program, 
> Cornell University
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Quentin Iii A Pearson <qap2 at cornell.edu>
> To: zehner1234 at aol.com
> Sent: Thu, 26 Feb 2009 4:29 pm
> Subject: Re: Potential Talk on Muslims in Thailand
> 
> Hey Ed, Just in case you missed this on the TLC listserve, and in 
> case you have any input on this subject... See below. Trais Message: 
> 4 Date: Wed, 25 Feb 2009 08:55:16 +0100 From: Alexander Horstmann <
> Alexander.Horstmann at web.de> Subject: [Tlc] Shi'a in Thailand To: tlc@
> lists.ucr.eduMessage-ID: <1178320647 at web.de> Content-Type: text/plain;
> charset=iso-8859-15 Hello, Has anyone done research on Schi'ite 
> communities in Thailand or on the Shi'a? With thanks, Alexander 
> Horstmann
> 
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