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Network to protect Rights of Muslim women in the of southern
border provinces begun by mutual awareness of the person and many
organizations, both in and outside the southern border provinces, that
see complex issues of various dimensions under the context of the ongoing
violence that continues until the present time of more than 15 years.
By groups of organizations and individuals who work to end violence in
the network to protect Muslim women rights in southern border provinces,
members comes from a variety of relationships, such as those affected
by violence in unrest situations, members who focus on protecting
women’s rights, scholars who promote women rights and peace and
those who have been victims of violence until becoming a social change
leader (agent of change). With the aim of working together and seek
a solution as well as preventing the use of redundant violence among
women and children, which are vulnerable groups in sensitive of cultural
structure in sensitive areas and the diversity of people . Due to the
context of the southern border provinces where most people are Malay
and Muslim. Thailand allows the application of Islamic law to the disputes
relating to family and inheritance matters among Muslims only in four
Southern border provinces which have the substantial portion of Muslim
population .The application of the Islamic law in the Provincial Courts
is governed by the Act on the Application of Islamic Law of 1949, which
has only seven sections and been use in Pattani, Narathiwat, Yala and
Satun , which provides for the Court of first Instance to be able to use
Islamic law on family and inheritance in the consideration of civil and
family matters without the need to use the Civil and Commercial Code.

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