Brooklyn Monk in Asia: Cham Muslims, Tonle Sap (Part 1)

The Kingdom of Champa once ruled much of Cambodia and Vietnam. Antonio Graceffo visits a Cham village directly across the Tonle Sap River, from downtown Phnom Penh, to learn about the religion, language, and culture, of the descendents of the Champa Kingdom. In modern Cambodia, the Cham, who follow the religion of Islam, are the largest growing ethnic minority. The population is estimated between 500,000 to 1,000,000 people. The Cham have the highest birthrates of any ethnicity in Cambodia, with an average of 5 children per family. Many Cham villages are poor, but this particular community seemed to be doing well.

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[stevenhem]

when you gonna approach tlc or a&e and get your own time slot man? love what you're doing! From a Khmer brother in Toronto to wherever your travels take you tony, do your thing!

[brooklynmonk1]

thanks so much for the support. maybe if everyone starts a letter writing campaign, the big networks will finally give me my own show.

[GregK28002]

he spoke thai, Har seeb baht? i think he said

[brooklynmonk1]

man you're silly. the tens from thirty to ninety are the same in thai and khmer. but actually he was speaking cham whihc aparently uses the same numbers.

[MrGuitarrez]

The way he recites the koran, his diction and intonation is similar to many malays in singapore, malaysia, thailand, philippines and indonesia. The Malay diaspora is spread far and wide within South-East Asia.

[MrGuitarrez]

Hi brooklynmonk, the achenese language which is essentially Cham was written in Jawi script which is Arabic based. Of course it is gradually being romanised but people do still write in Jawi script.

[sulyman751]

@khmerpreah401 I'VE been kinda fallowing you'r comment's and from what I see ,whiter you're Muslim or not, you are very open minded with a beautiful heart to go with it. May our most Loving -ONE GOD'' bless you with out end...

[OgmiosTube]

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IN THE NAME OF THE FATHER, THE SON AND THE HOLY SPIRIT

OGMIOS AND THE 144000PREDICTED TRUTHFULS

[khmerpreah401]

Wow this village looks like a true muslim village! keep it up Muslim Cham I want to see them have a bright future!

[Codylangaugesblog]

MashaAllah!

[princeofwinter]

@brooklynmonk1

Scientificaly humans are animals, but spiritually we are not. We are greater than them

[21thuy]

@princeofwinter

whatever, no point changing your point of view, you are not important, iam not important either, and life still keep go on.

Iam just happy and felt like stress released when the muslim i saw in this video are not really vietnamese people, or at least not Kinh people. Hope that vietnamese will follow whether buddhism or chistian or catholic whatever, but Plzzz don't follow muslim. Actually vietnamese people are smart and realistic enough to not follow muslim, so iam happy

[21thuy]

@21thuy :

whatever, no point changing your point of view, you are not important, iam not important either, and life still keep go on.

Iam just happy and felt like stress released when the muslim i saw in this video are not really vietnamese people, or at least not Kinh people. Hope that vietnamese will follow whether buddhism or chistian or catholic whatever, but Plzzz don't follow muslim. Actually vietnamese people are smart and realistic enough to not follow muslim, so iam happy

:)

peace

[brooklynmonk1]

@princeofwinter I am deeply religious, but it is a fact that people are animals. unless you believe that people are plants. Do you believe people are plants?