Goat milk and caddies – A Muslim community in Cha Am, Thailand

This paper looks at the history of a Muslim village and its interaction with the surrounding establishments.The Muslim village Baan Yai is located just adjacent to one of the huge golf courses of Hua Hin, an upscale, traditional beach resort accommodating the Summer Palace of the King Rama IX and...

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Main Author:	Marja-Leena Heikkilä-Horn
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities, UKM,Bangi 2008
Online Access:	http://journalarticle.ukm.my/1602/ http://journalarticle.ukm.my/1602/ http://journalarticle.ukm.my/1602/1/Georafia_4%2C1_%281-8%29.pdf

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spelling	ukm-16022016-12-14T06:29:54Z http://journalarticle.ukm.my/1602/ Goat milk and caddies – A Muslim community in Cha Am, Thailand Marja-Leena Heikkilä-Horn, This paper looks at the history of a Muslim village and its interaction with the surrounding establishments.The Muslim village Baan Yai is located just adjacent to one of the huge golf courses of Hua Hin, an upscale, traditional beach resort accommodating the Summer Palace of the King Rama IX and offering world-class golf courses. Even though the village is close to one of the three university campuses and a golf course, the latter are unaware of its existence. The paper also raises the question of the role of this community in the wider ummah both in Thailand and overseas while presenting a brief discussion of relevant aspects of the history of Thai Muslims. The paper concludes that while the villagers might be reasonably knowledgeable about basic Islamic teachings and practices, they appear to be detached from the Islamic origins and history of the community. This relative historical discontinuity is only matched by deliberate spatial fragmentation caused by the administrative structure of the village Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities, UKM,Bangi 2008 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://journalarticle.ukm.my/1602/1/Georafia_4%2C1_%281-8%29.pdf Marja-Leena Heikkilä-Horn, (2008) Goat milk and caddies – A Muslim community in Cha Am, Thailand. Geografia : Malaysian Journal of Society and Space, 4 (1). pp. 1-8. ISSN 2180-2491 http://www.ukm.my/geografia
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description	This paper looks at the history of a Muslim village and its interaction with the surrounding establishments.The Muslim village Baan Yai is located just adjacent to one of the huge golf courses of Hua Hin, an upscale, traditional beach resort accommodating the Summer Palace of the King Rama IX and offering world-class golf courses. Even though the village is close to one of the three university campuses and a golf course, the latter are unaware of its existence. The paper also raises the question of the role of this community in the wider ummah both in Thailand and overseas while presenting a brief discussion of relevant aspects of the history of Thai Muslims. The paper concludes that while the villagers might be reasonably knowledgeable about basic Islamic teachings and practices, they appear to be detached from the Islamic origins and history of the community. This relative historical discontinuity is only matched by deliberate spatial fragmentation caused by the administrative structure of the village
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title	Goat milk and caddies – A Muslim community in Cha Am, Thailand
title_short	Goat milk and caddies – A Muslim community in Cha Am, Thailand
title_full	Goat milk and caddies – A Muslim community in Cha Am, Thailand
title_fullStr	Goat milk and caddies – A Muslim community in Cha Am, Thailand
title_full_unstemmed	Goat milk and caddies – A Muslim community in Cha Am, Thailand
title_sort	goat milk and caddies – a muslim community in cha am, thailand
publisher	Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities, UKM,Bangi
publishDate	2008
url	http://journalarticle.ukm.my/1602/ http://journalarticle.ukm.my/1602/ http://journalarticle.ukm.my/1602/1/Georafia_4%2C1_%281-8%29.pdf
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Goat milk and caddies – A Muslim community in Cha Am, Thailand

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