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Written by Samira Ali Gutoc
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Friday, 08 August 2003 |
What do the Muslims say about the Oakwood mutiny?
An eye for eye, a tooth for a tooth.
Arrest suspected perpetrators (of the Davao blasts) and raid their communities too, says one Muslim human rights activist.
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Written by Samira Ali Gutoc
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Sunday, 10 August 2003 |
The phenomenon is transnational, but an Iranian academic cautions the distinction between legitimate defense such as those in Palestine and that of “aggressive” terrorism. Acknowledging that is no universal definition yet of terrorism, Iranian Foreign Affairs Advisor Dr. Hamid Reza Assefi’s paper, “Essential Contradiction between Religion and Terrorism” presented before the Dialogue Among Civilizations Conference held August 5 at the New World Hotel, Makati City, presented three arguments:
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Written by Samira Ali Gutoc
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Thursday, 14 August 2003 |
Manila- Outstanding social worker Jamela Ahmad of Merci Malaysia, Social Welfare Undersecretary Omera Lucman, Governor Angging Dimaporo, ARMM Higher Education official Norma Sharief, and MSU academic Dr. Minang Dirampaten – were just some of the many participants in the recently concluded East Asia Global Women for Peace Conference held at the Manila Hotel on August 11-13.
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Written by Samira Ali Gutoc
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Tuesday, 19 August 2003 |
Manila- Religious leaders from major religions in Asia are meeting to "better understand the other" and come up with a formula against terrorism in the region. "Solve the social roots of the problem. Make the motives of the terrorists shrink", said keynote speaker Fr. Romeo Intengan, Provincial Superior of the Philippine Province of the Society of Jesus, in an interview. "Injustice leads to unrest in the world today", said another speaker, Archbishop Michael Fitzgerald.
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Written by Peace Advocates
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Thursday, 21 August 2003 |
It is now a month since the July 19 bilateral ceasefire started by the Goverment of the Republic of the Philippines (GRP) and the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF). Except for what the MILF claims are breaches of the ceasefire in Lanao Norte where a massive manhunt is ongoing for Indonesian fugitive Fathur Roman Al-Ghozi, and some reported clashes in Pagalungan and Pagagawan, Maguindanao, no actual fighting has occurred on the ground and the ceasefire is generally holding. Thankfully.
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Written by Gonaranao B. Musor
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Tuesday, 26 August 2003 |
In acknowledging the death of MILF Chair Salamat Hashim, it is important to remember him “not just as a mere rebel, but also as an intellectual, father and as a real Moro leader.” YMP Chair Baibonn Sangid emphasized this during her opening remarks in the Muslim Youth Organization Launch of the search for Muslim Leaders, with the theme “Through the Legacy of Amir Salamat Hashim.”
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