Cambodia Expats Online: Forum | News | Information | Blog

I didn't want to derail the Snow thread, but I read this in the link someone provided there...

“Whether it was about Islamic militants who were scouting the capital a decade ago or the constant political machinations of his commune, Snow’s knowledge and advice was as sound as it was welcomed, more so after a hot day with a cold beer,”

I had never heard that before. Were the Chams aggressive back then? I knew they were persecuted quite heavily by the KR.

Struggled to get by some burka-clad lasses at the TTP market today, they were clearly intent on owning the space. Winged 'em. Communication complete. Little Khmer guy who was also trying to get past was all smiles.

Soi Dog wrote:I didn't want to derail the Snow thread, but I read this in the link someone provided there...

“Whether it was about Islamic militants who were scouting the capital a decade ago or the constant political machinations of his commune, Snow’s knowledge and advice was as sound as it was welcomed, more so after a hot day with a cold beer,”

I had never heard that before. Were the Chams aggressive back then? I knew they were persecuted quite heavily by the KR.

I think they might be refering to a decade ago from now. Which would most likely be refering to Hambali.
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/archives/h ... enh-40151/

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Riduan_Isamuddin

Username Taken wrote:

Soi Dog wrote:I didn't want to derail the Snow thread, but I read this in the link someone provided there...

“Whether it was about Islamic militants who were scouting the capital a decade ago or the constant political machinations of his commune, Snow’s knowledge and advice was as sound as it was welcomed, more so after a hot day with a cold beer,”

I had never heard that before. Were the Chams aggressive back then? I knew they were persecuted quite heavily by the KR.

I think they might be refering to a decade ago from now. Which would most likely be refering to Hambali.
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/archives/h ... enh-40151/

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Riduan_Isamuddin

Interesting. I had never heard of any Cambodia connection to that sequence of events.

In general, I do not see them as militaristic, however there has been a notable change in their attire; I too have seen a burqua clad woman on the back of a moto on the way to Souang. That sight was unusual to me as the women here in Kampong Cham province usually wear a scarf to cove r their hair. It was so unusual that I had to get closer on my moto before I realised it was a woman and not a small ninja. The story I hear is that since they are poor they have to go hat in hand to the Near Eastern countries to get money to build mosques, etc. and it is those countries which demand that they become more conservative if they want the money.
As for terrorism, I think that the Cham people at Boeung Kok were accused of hiding a wanted terrorist either from the Philippines or Indonesia. But it was a while ago and the details evade my memory.

Do the Cham eat pork, generally speaking? Are Cham men allowed to take multiple wives?

No, the Cham do not eat pork. In fact in the Khmer regime, they were sometimes forced to eat it. As for wives I don't really know, but I suppose some do. Why not? Cambodian men sometimes do. In fact the honorific for the first wife is prapuondaem( wife (khmai) + daem original.