THE MORO JIHAD Continuous Struggle for Islamic Independence in Southern Philippines The Moroland The Moroland (presently known as "Southern Philippines") is composed of Mindanao island (the second largest island of the Philippine islands) the Sulu archipelago‚ Palawan‚ Basilan and the neighbouring islands. The Moroland has the area of 116‚ 895 square kilometres (more than one third of the whole Philippine islands)‚ with the population of more than twenty million of which 12 million are Muslims
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agreement signed between theGovernment of the Philippines and the Moro Islamic Liberation Front.[1] The draft of the law was personally submitted by President Benigno Aquino III to Congress leaders on September 10‚ 2014 Bangsamoro Basic Law‚ commonly referred to as BBL‚ for the consideration of the House of Representatives. The BBL is the product of the peace talks between the government and the Moro Islamic Liberation Front or MILF. The deliberations on the proposed law‚ docketed as House Bill
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Successful Case Study of the Muslims of Mindanao 1 Table of Contents 1 Introduction 3 Historical developments in Philippines 3 Deciphering the conflict in Philippines 3 Initiation of the conflict 5 MILITANT GROUPS 6 Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF) 6 Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) 6 International Terrorism in Bangsamoro 7 The Post-9/11 Response to Bangsamoro 9 Peace Agreements 9 The Tripoli Agreement 10 Jeddah Accords 1987 10 Jakarta Agreement 1996 10 The National Peace and Development
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Reconciliation" and laid the ground work for the resolution of the secessionist Muslim rebels in the southern Philippine Island of Mindanao. The Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF) led by Nur Misuari‚ signed a peace agreement with the government. However a splinter group‚ The Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) led by Hashim Salamat continued to fight for an Islamic state. Ramos worked for the economic stability of the country and the improvement of the infrastructure facilities like telecommunications
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0 Did not perform well and gave a morbidly poor contribution which did not help at all SUBMITTED TO: ASSOC. PROF. MARINA D. GAMO‚ Ph.D. SEPTEMBER 20‚ 2013 CHAPTER I A. BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY The Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF) is a rebel group that was founded by Nur Misuari in 1969. The MNLF struggled against the Philippine Government to achieve independence of the Bangsamoro Land . The MNLF-GPH Peace Process is ongoing since the 1976 and both parties
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resist foreign rule from the United States. In the 1960s‚ during the time of President Marcos‚ 68 Filipino Muslim military trainees were murdered in Corregidor allegedly by soldiers of the AFP. By then‚ UP professor Nur Misuari formed the Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF) to condemn the killings and seek the establishment of a Bangsamoro nation through force of arms. In 1969‚ the MNLF waged armed conflict against the Philippine government. In one of the fierce battles of the insurgency in 1974‚
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I have cited below some reasons why the Moro people are in conflicts with The Republic of the Philippines. First‚ during the celebrations of “The Declared Independence” the Filipinos of Luzon and Visayas considered this as the beginning of freedom and independence. On the other hand the Bangsa Moro considered the event as the death of their own freedom‚ and independence. This is because during that time‚ being a Christian is compulsory. They felt like the government was trying to eliminate their
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LINOGON‚ ARIEL JHON D. 10:20-11:45 MWF April 3‚ 2013 COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS ON THE SHORT STORY “THE WHITE HORSE OF ALIH“ & THE MOVIE “BAGONG BUWAN” A. Comparative Analysis: The White Horse Of Alih The story started of as Alih the protagonist‚ moved along the crowd which was celebrating the Fourth of July celebration. They were expecting a lot of people in this event because they planned a mass assassination in the town. The story then went on concentrating on the actions and what
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middle of their existence upon the idea that Islam is not simply a religion but an honest and holy guide to a good and righteous life. The Islamic concept‚ din wa daula‚ (religion and state) establishes that in other for a Muslims to live a righteous life they need to live in a society that understands and support an Islamic ways of life. This call for an Islamic state makes one wonder how Muslims who live in secular nations managed to maintain their religious identity. Due to the fact that identity
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Arvin Drei A. Maras Dann Ervin Tolentino Fhatie Sawadjaan Professor Nikolo MC Panganoron Cultural Anthropology March 19‚ 2015 Blissful Ignorance: Grasping the Filipino Psyche on the Matters of Religion “Where ignorance is bliss‚ ’tis folly to be wise” (Wikipedia 2015). This was a phrase from an English poet named Thomas Gray. He was reflecting with nostalgia on a time when he was a kid where he was allowed to be ignorant. I ’d like to use that phrase to illustrate what it ’s like to live a happier
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The poem‚ “Diameter of the Bomb”‚ written by Yehuda Amichai‚ illustrates how the intuition of war and a single act of violence resounds through history‚ encompassing the whole world and God with it. The poem initiates as the poet enumerates the characteristics of the bomb. Details about the size of the bomb‚ its effective radius‚ the number of casualties‚ then slowly the details become people‚ the statistics turn human‚ and we are shown the real human cost of terrorism. The bomb is epitomized
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Watchdog Journalism: Investigative Reporting in Southeast Asia Watchdog Journalism‚ is a training video produced by the Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism (PCIJ) that talks about how the Investigative Journalism helped the citizens of Southeast Asian countries to be aware on the wrongdoings of the public officials. It presented cases in Philippines‚ Thailand and Indonesia wherein the media served as a tool for unraveling anomalous act in the government. Through this film‚ I was able
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PLATFORM OF JOSEPH EJERCITO ESTRADA Vision: A democracy that is truly pro-poor. A country with peace and order. A government of transparency and accountability. Economic Agenda REVIVING THE ECONOMY Steady economic growth that is felt by the masses. GNP growth is meaningless if poverty and hunger levels and other measures of quality of life remain poor. An Estrada Administration will increase growth while also increasing the country’s human development index. This will be achieved by strengthening
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situation in Zamboanga released Friday‚ the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs cited the lingering humanitarian disaster in the wake of three weeks of fighting between government troops and guerrillas of a faction of the Moro National Liberation Front led by Nur Misuari. “The Government recently announced that its stand-off with the MNLF faction has ended. However‚ the humanitarian crisis continues‚” the UN agency said in its report. “The task of reconstructing homes and rebuilding
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RECOMMENDATIONS: That all three alternatives be implemented right away. CASE HISTORY The Zamboanga City crisis was an armed conflict in Zamboanga City‚ Philippines between the forces of the Republic of the Philippines and a faction of the Moro National Liberation Front‚ generally known by other factions as the Rogue MNLF Elements (RME) under the Sulu State Revolutionary Command (SSRC) led by Ustadz Habier Malik and Khaid Ajibon‚ whose group continues to recognize Nur Misuari as MNLF Chairman. The
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DOMESTIC POLICIES Economy President Fidel Ramos embarked on an ambitious development plan dubbed "Philippines 2000." Under the plan‚ several industries critical to economic development were privatized‚ such as electricity‚ telecommunications‚ banking‚ domestic shipping‚ and oil. The taxation system was reformed‚ and external debt was brought to more manageable levels by debt restructuring and sensible fiscal management. By 1996‚ GNP was growing at a rate of 7.2 percent and GDP at 5.2 percent
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1999. Abinales‚ Patricio. Making Mindanao. Quezon City: Ateneo de Manila University Press‚ 2000. Canoy‚ Reuben. The Quest for Mindanao Independence. Cagayan de Oro City: Mindanao Post Publishing Company‚ 1987. Che Man‚ W.K. Muslim Separatism: The Moros of Southern Philippines and the Malays of Southern Thailand. Quezon City: Ateneo de Manila University Press‚ 1990. Ferrer‚ Miriam Coronel. Integration of MNLF Forces into the PNP and AFP: Integration without Demobilization and Disarmament. UP Center
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Thomas Nichols Wendell Berry’s “Mad Farmer liberation Front” makes a strong argument for the simple life‚ preservation of nature‚ and individualism. Wendell Berry clearly states how Americans and people should live their lives. Berry’s points are valid and to the point; he believes that an independent person is a strong person. This very argument is ageless; used by people throughout time. One could say Wendell Berry is somewhat of a modern day Thomas Jefferson seeing how they share similar ideas
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Bangsa moro is a fusion of the word bangsa‚ meaning nation or people in Malay‚ and moro or moor which is a Spanish term for Arabs or Muslims. The Bangsa moro is the general name referring to the 13 ethnolinguistic Muslim tribes in the Philippines which comprise a quarter of the total population in Mindanao with an approximate population of 4.5 million Muslims (East‚ 1005). Their ways of life may differ from each other as well as the dialects they speak but it is their religion Islam that serves as
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Event: If a Tree Falls: A Story of the Earth Liberation Front (documentary) On Thursday the 25th I attend the showing of a Documentary named “If a Tree Falls: A Story of the Earth Liberation Front”‚ directed by Marshal Curry. There as well were two guest speakers‚ Denny Jackman‚ from the board of the Central Valley Farmland Trust and of the Farmland Working Group and Brad Barker‚ Conservation Chair of the Yokuts Group of the Sierra Club. The film was a documentation of radical environmental
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