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1.
At Islamic School, a Separation of the Sexes
[By :
Pich Samnang, VOA News]
Classes
are underway at the Cambodian Islamic Center in Kandal province, and at
the nearby Al Rahmani mosque, a group of female students waited for
their instructor on a recent day. It is not by chance that the
classroom was empty of men. Here, young women and girls are separated
from their male classmates, in a bid to help them study, officials say. |
2.
A Look at Cambodia's Muslim Minority
[By
Antonio Graceffo]Followers
of the religion of Islam make up less than one percent of the
predominantly Buddhist population of Cambodia. Roughly 80% of
Cambodia's Muslims belong to the Cham ethnic group. "There are two
types of Muslims in Cambodia." Said Sary Abdulah, president of the
Islamic National Movement for Democracy of Cambodia. |
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3.
Cambodia
Muslim
[Phnom
Penh Post, Issue 10/22, October 26 -
November 8, 2001]
Followers
of the religion of Islam make up less than one percent of the
predominantly Buddhist population of Cambodia. Roughly 80% of
Cambodia's Muslims belong to the Cham ethnic group. "There are two
types of Muslims in Cambodia." Said Sary Abdulah, president of the
Islamic National Movement for Democracy of Cambodia. |
4.
Cambodia's Muslims as geopolitical pawns
[:
Geoffrey Cain (ASIA TIMES)]
PHNOM PENH - Competition for influence in Cambodia, recently seen as a
two-country race between the United States and China, has now seen
another deep-pocketed suitor emerge: petrodollar-rich Gulf states.
While Washington has required counter-terrorism cooperation for its
assistance, and Beijing has sought greater access to markets, Middle
Eastern countries seem keen to build religious ties with Cambodia's
Muslim Cham minority. |
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5.
Cham Muslims in Cambodia
[Dewi Mohd Sofri & BANDAR (THE BRUNEI TIMES)] WITH a
population estimated to be between half a million and one million,
Cambodia has the largest concentration of Chams and roughly 90 per cent
of them are Muslims.Also known as Khmer Islam, the Chams are considered
to be a minority ethnic group which makes up 5 per cent of the
country's total demographic of roughly 14 million people. Most live in
the Kampong Cham Province, a 125km drive away from Phnom Penh City |
6.
Chamrebillion until 1979
[Survivors
Stories from the Villages (Ysa Osman)]
The ChamRebellionSurvivors´ Stories from the Villages |
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7.
Genocide against Cham Muslim
[By
Ysa Osman]
The
1975-1979 regime of Democratic Kampuchea (DK), led by Pol Pot and the
Central Committee of the Communist Party of Kampuchea, left more than
one million Cambodians dead,1 their bones scattered like those of
animals. All of the more than 6,000,000 people who survived the regime2
lived with constant horror and fearthroughout those 3 years, 8 months,
and 20 days. But the extent of suffering differed according to
ethnicity and religious practice... |
8.
Islam in
Cambodia
[By
WIKIPEDIA]
Islam
is the religion of a majority of the Cham (also called Khmer Islam) and
Malay minorities in Cambodia. According to Po Dharma, there were
150,000 to 200,000 Muslims in Cambodia as late as 1975. Persecution
under the Khmer Rouge eroded their numbers, however, and by the late
1980s they probably had not regained their former strength. Today,
there are an estimated 500,000 Cham Muslims in Cambodia, or roughly 3%
of the total population of Cambodia. All of the Cham Muslims are Sunnis
of the Shafi'i school. Po Dharma divides the Muslim Cham in Cambodia
into a traditionalist branch and an orthodox branch. |
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Islamic fundamentalism taking root among Cham
Muslims[By
Asia News]
Islamic
fundamentalism is moving into Cambodia. The predominantly Buddhist
country is seeing the rise of a more radical wing among local Cham
Muslims (also known as Khmer Islam) under the influence of Malaysia's
conservative movement Dawa Tablight and extremist Saudi wahabism. |
10.
Jewish family builds mosque in Cambodia
[By
Associated Press]Lightman
family funds construction of mosque in village located 44 miles
northwest of capital Phnom Penh for members of small Islamic sect who
'like the Jews, have faced persecution over the centuries'
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11.Legacy of Cham Muslims
[BY
IslamOnline(IOL)]
California's
Santa Ana city is home to some hundred Cham families, a community that
first arrived 30 years ago after fleeing the Khmer Rouge's reign in
Cambodia and is known for its adherence to Islam. |
12.
Night of the Khemer Rouge
[By Paul Roberson Gallery(The
State University Of New Jersey]
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13.
Putting
Down Roots
[The
Cambodia Daily , WEEKEND Saturday, September
13, 2003]
From
the nearby mosque, the amplified call to afternoon prayer wafts over
the Cham village of Prey Thnang in Kampot province.One of the five
daily summons to the faithful, the sonorous recital slips unnoticed
over one Cham family—and a gaggle of inquisitive relatives—in this
small, quiet roadside village a modest drive from Kampot town. |
14.
Seattle cham
[Lacey's
Cham refugees hold family, faith close to
home By VANESSA HO, SEATTLE
POST-INTELLIGENCER REPORTER]
When
Halimah Yousof needs a baby sitter for her two sons, she relies on
relatives. They're pretty easy to find. There's her mom next door, her
aunt two doors down, another aunt three doors down. Then there's her
husband's first cousin behind her, her third cousin down the street and
her grandfather around the corner |
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15.
The Cham Muslims of Indo-China
[China
By
J. Willoughby Source: The Message
International]
The
Cham Muslims of Vietnam and Cambodia represent one of the most
forgotten Muslim peoples of the Muslim ummah. We hear of the Muslim
minorities in the Soviet Union, China and India due to their large
numbers and majority-minority tensions, and sometimes of the smaller
Muslim communities in Burma, Thailand and the Philippines |
16.The Khmer Islam community
[By
LOWY INSTITUTE]
Two
recent devlopments in Cambodia have briefly focussed international
attention on that countrys's little-known 'indigenous' Islamic
community. The first of these devlopments was the arrest in Phnom Penh
of three foreigners alleged to have links with... |
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17.
U.S. Fears Islamic Militancy Could Emerge in
Cambodia
[By
SETH MYDNAS ,December
22, 2002,THE NEW YORK TIMES]
''I
say Cambodia is safe,'' said Ahmad Yahya, one of the most prominent
Muslims in the country, addressing fears that Islamic militants could
find a niche in this unruly land.''But who knows?'' |
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