Maisam Moti’i, a mourner in Thailand


The Ban Ho Mosque of the Chin Haw.
Thailand’s Muslim population is diverse, with ethnic groups having migrated from as far as China, Pakistan, Cambodia, Bangladesh, Malaysia, and Indonesia, as well as including ethnic Thais, while about two-thirds of Muslims in Thailand are Thai Malays.

Ethnic Thai Muslims
Many Thai Muslims are ethnically and linguistically Thai, who are either hereditary Muslims, Muslims by intermarriage, or recent converts to the faith. Ethnic Thai Muslims live mainly in the central and southern provinces – varying from entire Muslim communities to mixed settlements.