Buddhists Demonstrate in Bangkok for National Religion

One thousand of Buddhist monks led elephants through Bangkok to demand that Thailand's new post-coup constitution enshrine Buddhism as the national religion.
More than 300.000 Buddhists had signed this demand.
2.000 people have died in the country's three southernmost provinces along the Malaysian border in an insurgency fueled by concerns among Muslims that they have been discriminated against, especial in educational and job opportunities, in Buddhist-dominated Thailand.
Many critics have said a national religion would send the wrong signal to insurgents in South Thailand, an area largely made up of Muslims.