Meisam Motiei, who went to Thailand at the invitation of the native Shiites of Bangkok, on this trip, in addition to giving a eulogy in the mourning rituals of the last decade of Safar, cultural visits and scientific meetings for Shiites have been included in the program of Motiei. He visited Bangkok and was present at the founding ceremony of the 4th Ahl al-Bayt (PBUH) Hosseinia in the capital of Thailand.
Islam is a minority faith in Thailand, with statistics in 2006, suggesting 4.9% of the population are Muslim. Figures as high as 5% of Thailand’s population have also been mentioned. A 2023 Pew Research Center survey gave 7%. Thai Muslims are the largest religious minority in the country.As of 2024, there are approximately 7.5 million Thai Muslims in the Kingdom or about 12% of the total 62.5 million Thai populations. .Most Thai Muslims are Sunni Muslims, although Thailand has a diverse population that includes immigrants from around the world.Popular opinion seems to hold that a vast majority of the country’s Muslims are found in Thailand’s four southernmost provinces of Satun, Yala, Pattani and Narathiwat, where they make up majority of the population.
