Roles of OIC and the idle dream of Patani

"Patani" is just a word that group of insurgents often used to represent the division of land as an independent state. Though, they are only a small fraction of the Muslim community in southern Thailand, but causing more suffering and losses to the Thai Muslims in the area. The Tak Bai and Kresik incidents in 2004 till the bombing in Songkhla and Yala on 31 March 2012 are the reason why the government requires “State of Emergency Acts” in southern Thailand, although it will phase out in some areas today.

If you look at the separatist movement is still some small minority groups. There are different methods of movement such as creating violence in Thailand to obtain financial support from foreign as the BRN does while PULO, an another group who claim as leader of the separatists, has an aptitude in the use of media propaganda distort the news attacking on the government to oppress his Muslim to seek donations from Muslims and Muslim organizations and claim a violation of human rights looking for the intervention of many countries in order to create legitimacy for the secessionist but such a behavior is self-abuse. In particular, causing dead to innocent Muslims and the leaders can not control the incidents so the majority of Muslim in the area is realize that State of Emergency can help reduce the severity from its root and only thief who want to cancel it.

After the bombings in Yala and Songkhla on 31 Mar 12, It appeared that local and international Muslim organizations jointly condemned the disturbance of insurgency movements such as the United Nations, Amnesty International. Islamic Cooperation (OIC) and Mr. Samae Haree, President of an Islamic community of Yala, revealed that the disturbance is often claimed as doing for their ethnic Malay. But they did not meet the rule of religion that making innocent people suffer and die.

The visit to Thailand of high representative of the Islamic Organization on 7-13 May 12 at the invitation of Thai Foreign Minister demonstrate openness and the freedom to know the fact of situation in southern Thailand as open up the opportunity for representatives of OIC to meet community groups and graduate school students from southern Thailand. An issue covered by the policy of the King "Understanding, Reach and improving". The Ambassador Sayed Kassim el Masri an Advisor and Special Envoy of the OIC Secretary-General was pleased with the development in a better direction since the visit 5 years later. The OIC has acknowledged a cancellation of the State of Emergency in some areas of Southern Thailand and requests Thailand to cancel it in other areas. The Thai side expressed its readiness to terminate depend on the situation in those area. Both sides have cooperated well with each other.

Some analysts have stated that the OIC is trying to influence the severity of the attempt of the separatists by encouraging separatist groups gathered in the name "The United Patani People Concil (UPPC)" to find the righteousness of people in the Southern area. The question is to determine which of the people in the area wanting that right? Whereas the people is concerning of how to make their life and to live peacefully. They do not even think of any way to divide the land and the OIC, which is an international organization, does not exist as a state that is neutral in any negotiations. Besides, OIC has been repeatedly stressed again and again that "Do not support the separatists from Thailand, not interfere Thai authorities and blame anyone who cause the unrest" while the security agency of Thailand confirmed that there would be no negotiations with bandits, because it is illegal. And may allow the chance for separatists to negotiation which is impossible" so that hopes of the minority is just an idle dream in the country where has freedom for all Thai people.