Suchart SETTHAMALINEE

Suchart Setthamalinee is the head department of Peace studies at Payap University, Chiang Mai and is a specialist of Muslim studies. He received his MA and PhD degree in Sociology from University of Hawai’i. His most recent books are entitled Muslim Youths and in the Modern World (ed 2015) ; and In the Name of Islam : A Survey of Islamic Teaching on Peace, Violence, Family and Woman (2017). His current researches focus on the case study of Uyghur in Xinjiang. He also serves at the sub-committee of the National Human Rights Commission for Southern Regions Affairs and is deputy director of Wasatiyah Institute for Peace and Development, The Sheikhul Islam Office of Thailand and vice president of the Islamic Committee of Chiang Mai.

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