<p>A religious school in the restive Deep South of Thailand accused of involvement with insurgent groups has closed down after the court ordered the confiscation of the school plot of land despite the authorities’ attempts to convince the school operators to appeal the verdict. </p>
<p>A local civic group dubbed “Patani Forum” has proposed that the Thai Buddhist state seriously consider accommodating greater Malayu Muslim narratives about “self-determination” since this quest will not go away and neither will the violence in the Deep South.</p>