Comparative Studies Of The Philippines's Moro And Thailand's Malay Muslim Separatist Movements

Influenced by the international terrorist force,the Muslim separatist movement in southern Philippines has emerged new characters at the entrance of the new century. And the Muslim separatist movement in southern Thailand which has been stilled for several years came back.Both the southern Philippines's and the southern Thailand's Muslim separatist movements are connected with the history and political,economic and cultural policies that carried out by the central government.After the Second World War,the Muslim separatist movement in southern Thailand became still by the effort of the Thai's administration.Contrary to the Thailand,the Philippines's Muslim separatist movement continued,which endangered social stability and safety of Philippines.What's the reason that makes Muslim separatist movements in Philippines and Thailand is on their different way? And why the Muslim separatist movement in Thailand came back? Why? This paper will answer these questions by introducing, comparing and analyzing origins and developments of both countries's Muslim separatist movements.The structure and contents of the paper are as follows:The introduction explains the significance of the paper,theoretical framework and related works both at home and abroad.The first chapter mainly introduces the root of Muslim separatist movement in Philippines and Thailand.The second chapter compares the policies concerning political,economic and cultural etc measures.The third chapter introduces separatist groups in the two countries with the size,strategic concept and ideology of groups to analyze the effect which separatist groups have played.The fourth chapter introduces impacts caused by the international Islamic world.The last,ending the paper with the conclusion.