Alexander HorstmannMahidol University2018-05-032018-05-032011-10-01Journal of Southeast Asian Studies. Vol.42, No.3 (2011), 487-51014740680002246342-s2.0-84855579604https://repository.li.mahidol.ac.th/handle/20.500.14594/11395In this article, I provide a preliminary analysis of Buddhista-Muslim coexistence in the Songkhla Lake area in southern Thailand as it unfolds on the margins of a violent conflict in the Deep South (Patani, Yala and Narathiwat provinces). I argue that in the Songkhla Lake area, social, religious, economic and political alliances are reflected in multi-religious ritual traditions that have the potential to transcend cultural difference or manage difference constructively. The article then analyses the transformation of multi-religious coexistence and concludes that the revitalisation of Theravada Buddhism and Islam results in the uneasy coexistence of old and new practices and in a dialectic of sharing and competition. © 2011 The National University of Singapore.Mahidol UniversityArts and HumanitiesSocial SciencesArticleSCOPUS10.1017/S0022463411000373