Thai Customs Decree

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The Thai Customs Decree was a decree that was implemented during World War II under the Phibun regime. It prohibited the "wearing of sarongs, the use of Malay (Muslim) names and the Malay language."[1] The decree was repealed in 1961.[2]

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  1. ^ Syed Serajul Islam, "The Islamic Independence Movements in Patani of Thailand and Mindanao of the Philippines," Asian Survey, Vol. 38, No. 5, (May 1998), 444.
  2. ^ Ibid., 447.


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