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Wednesday, January 04, 2006
Thai Committee Recommends Establishing Buddhism As National Religion
In Bangkok, Thailand, The Nation yesterday reported that after extensive studies, a Senate committee is about to propose 15 changes to the nation's Constitution. One of the recommendations would insert a provision in the Constitution making Buddhism the national religion. The current Constitution already requires that the king must be a Buddhist (Sec. 9) and provides that the government is to protect Buddhism and other religions (Sec. 73).