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Written by Samira Ali Gutoc
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Tuesday, 06 January 2004 |
Expect an active COMELEC and NAMFREL in traditional-politics driven Marawi City this 2004 elections. In a land where the 3Gs (goons, guns and gold) rule, it is usual to see harassments and pressures by politicians on COMELEC officials and NAMFREL quick “counters.”
“I am ready for the bombings,” humors current Election Regulatory Board (ERB) chair Diana Datu-imam. The Marawi City Hall, where canvassing occurred was site for bomb blasts in the previous elections. ARMM entity, Marawi has an estimated voting population of 38,000.
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Written by Samira Ali Gutoc
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Sunday, 04 January 2004 |
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THE YEAR 2003 started and ended with tragic events in the Muslim world, starting off with the declaration of war on Iraq on March 19 and punctuated by an earthquake in Iran, killing thousands of people.
On the local scene, Muslims faced stories of mass evacuations, arrests of suspected terrorists, shaky peace talks and deaths of prominent Muslim personalities.
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Written by Sandra Isnaji
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Tuesday, 30 December 2003 |
"Our next speaker is a Muslim from Mindanao. Let's reserve those questions for her" said Prof. Mari Kondo of the Asian Institute of Management (AIM). She had to intervene when the seminar’s participants kept bombarding the incumbent guest speaker with questions relating to the Muslim community in Mindanao. The speaker was Mr. Philip Dael, a Christian Filipino. He is a Senior Manager at Pilipinas Kao Inc., based in Cagayan de Oro, a City in Northern Mindanao which is predominantly populated by Christian Filipinos.
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Written by Samira Ali Gutoc
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Sunday, 28 December 2003 |
Metro Manila - ‘A United Nations-sponsored referendum (to resolve the Bangsamoro problem) would be a mechanism of last resort,” responded Presidential Adviser on the Peace Process (OPAPP) Teresita “Ging” Deles to a query by a Zamboanga city-based peace activist during the Waging Peace in the Philippines and Asia conference held Dec 4-6 at Ateneo, Quezon City. “Constititutional issues like these must be studied,” she advised.
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Written by Remah Alonto-Lomondot
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Saturday, 27 December 2003 |
Alhamdulillah all praise be to Allah.
The Philippine contenders bagged third place both for the male and female categories respectively at the recently concluded 45th International Al- Quran Reciters Assembly held at the Putra World Trade Centre, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. The contest that started 17 December and ended 23 December 2003 featured Quran reciters hailing from Arabian, African, European, and of course Asian countries. In the Male category, Malaysia nabbed first place and Indonesia second and our very own Mr. Mohammad Sultan Uka of Zamboanga City obtained third place. Our Moro sister Ms. Rahnia Jacariya from Cotabato City likewise won third place in the female category while first place went to Indonesia and Malaysia second. They were awarded by His Majesty Yang Di-Pertuan Agong Tuanku Syed Sirajuddin Ibni Al- Marhum Tuanku Syed Putra Jamalullail and Prime Minister Dato’ Seri Abdullah Haji Ahmad Badawi with cash (RM7,000/ea for third place), trophies and certificates. The competition was judged by Islamic clerics from Syria, Egypt, Libya, Morocco, Iraq, Thailand, Brunei, Indonesia and Malaysia and sponsored annually by the Central Organising Committee headed by Dato’ Seri Abdul Hamid Bin Haji Zainal Abidin, Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department.
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Written by Marrio R. R. Mapanao
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Saturday, 27 December 2003 |
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(Aleosan, Cotabato -) Kanduli is the Maguindanaon word for "party". It was no ordinary gathering that had come together in sitio Lower Pagangan, Aleosan town of Cotabato province on December 17. It was a Thanksgiving party for 40 Maguindanaon Muslim pupils of a preschool for children ages 5 to 6, and their parents. |
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