<p dir="ltr">Second part of Hara Shintaro's analysis on the Pondok Jihad phenomena in Thailand's restive Deep South.</p> <p></p>

<h2>&nbsp;</h2> <h2>Part 1: Chronology&nbsp;</h2> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div>It is not unusual for Patani Malay Muslims to receive a bilingual invitation card printed both in Thai and Malay (in Jawi script) for a fund raising tea party, usually organized by a local mosque, aimed at collecting donations from well-wishers. These events, called ‘makae the’ (drinking tea) in the local Malay dialect, are often held as one of the most effective traditional ways of public fund raising in the community. </div>

<p>People and civil society groups in the Deep South of Thailand have donated more than 3 million baht to help an Islamic school after it was forced to close down under a court order.</p> <p>Civil society groups in the Deep South on Saturday, 19 March 2016, organised a fundraising event to help the Waemanor family, who ran a Pondok, Islamic religious school, called ‘Jihad Pondok’ in Talo-Kapo Village, Yaring District, Pattani Province until the court confiscated its land in early February. &nbsp;&nbsp;</p>