Ameen, the first locally-produced movie about Islam and Mohammad the Prophet, has been warmly greeted in the three southernmost provinces with tickets for the first few shows fully booked and Malaysia has shown interest in the movie.

It is undeniable that the February 20 car bomb attack in Narathiwat’s Muang municipal area which left 13 civilians injured, many houses and cars damaged has seriously affected public confidence in the government’s handling of the unrest problem in the Deep South.

The broad daylight car bomb explosion in Narathiwat’s Muang municipality on February 20 which left 13 civilians injured and over 40 shophouses as well as several vehicles damaged was the first of its kind in the restive Deep South this year. And it was the 44th for the past 11 years.

The Peace March or Solidarity Walk for Peaceful South as it was officially called kicked off on Monday February at the Clock Tower’s Circle in Yala’s Muang district in an informal ceremony chaired by Mr Pongsak Yingchoncharoen, the mayor of the Muang municipality.

The Southern Border Provinces Administration Centre (SBPAC) in cooperation with the associations of the people of Yala, Pattani, Narathiwat and Songkhla jointly held a seminar in Bangkok to declare that the unrest situation in the Far South has considerably eased.