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| Southeast Asia | |
| Muslim states not getting Thai visas | |
| 2005-09-01 | |
The Government of Thailand has imposed a ban on visit visas to citizens of Muslim countries, including Pakistan, on Wednesday. The Thai government has also suspended its honorary consul Zia Hassan Rizvi who issued visit visas in Lahore. Radio Tehran reported that the Thai government had imposed the ban for security reasons. The Thai embassy in Islamabad has verified the news.
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| Posted by:Fred |
| #7 "May we see the religion column on your passport?" |
| Posted by: Seafarious 2005-09-01 17:13 |
| #6 Wahabism is the root of evil. The Sauds made a deal with the devil. |
| Posted by: Captain America 2005-09-01 16:33 |
| #5 Its a great start though..... |
| Posted by: Wayne Bin Rooney 2005-09-01 16:32 |
| #4 Malaysia is right next door, and the ethnic and religious kin of Thailand's separatists. The major problem isn't Pakistanis - it's Muslim Malaysians crossing over to help their ethnic brethren - and Thai Muslim terrorists crossing over to Malaysia for R&R. |
| Posted by: Zhang Fei 2005-09-01 15:20 |
| #3 A policy all civilised countries should be adopting - foremost, my own. |
| Posted by: Howard UK 2005-09-01 10:41 |
| #2 Vlad, Wahhabis is but one strain. They seem to go beyond... to the root. No Islam, No Terror. |
| Posted by: Sobiesky 2005-09-01 05:55 |
| #1 No Wahabis, No Terror! |
| Posted by: Vlad the Muslim Impaler 2005-09-01 02:17 |