Philippine Immigration Bureau

In Southeast Asia, Buddhism is the main religion in Thailand, Laos, Cambodia, Myanmar and Vietnam. Among them, Thailand, Laos, Cambodia and Myanmar are mainly Hinayana Buddhism, which is also the state religion. There are few other religions such as Islam, Christianity and Hinduism, but some Malays in southern Thailand believe in Islam, but the number is small. Vietnam has both Hinayana and Mahayana. There is also the spread of Christianity, Islam and Hinduism. Due to special geographical and historical reasons, the division between religions in Vietnam is unclear, and the mutual evolution and integration between religions are common. Buddhism is the main religion in Singapore, but Hinduism, Christianity, Islam and Taoism also spread. In addition, Indonesia, Malaysia and Brunei are dominated by Islam, but there are also religions such as Buddhism. The distribution of Christians depends to a great extent on the ethnic groups living in close communities. For example, Buddhism is mainly where there are many Chinese, Hinduism is mainly where there are many Indians, and Malays are naturally Islam. The main religion in the Philippines and East Timor is Catholicism, which has a great influence. Most residents of Mindanao in the southern Philippines believe in Islam.

The religious conflicts in Thailand are mainly the disputes between Islam and Buddhism in southern Thailand. Southern Thailand, near Malaysia, mainly believes in Islam. Local Muslims often attack Buddhists, causing a large number of Buddhist casualties. There have been tragedies in which Buddhists were burned alive by Muslims.

After the independence of the Philippines, the Muslim separatist forces in southern Mindanao had an armed conflict with the government for 20 years, and about 6.5438+0.2 million people were killed in the conflict. The opposition between Catholicism and Islam, the two major religious groups in the Philippines, has thus arisen. This has caused great losses to the country.