The History of the Muslim’s printed media movement and the presentation of Islam through printed media in Thai society, 1910s-1950s, by studying through the printed media in the central part of the country

Abstract

This article aimed to studies the Muslim’s printed media and the presentation of Islam through printed media in Thai society, including the production and distribution of books, determining the period from the 1910s to the 1950s. According to previous surveys of studies on such printed media, a suggestion is found that the oldest Muslim’s printed media in Thai-language had begun to be published in late 1930s. This article presents and analysis from primary source, that the movement of this type of printing media in Thai society had been published since the late 1900s, which was the golden period of the printing business. In addition, the emergence of Muslim publications and publications that presented topic concerning Islam are linked to political and cultural contexts, including various phenomena and changes in Thai history. The scope of this article will end at the 1957 because it is a time when the movement of the above publications seems to have halted and disappeared in Thai society.