Europe Solidaire Sans Frontières
, by DAVID Randy
One of the key issues the Supreme Court will be deliberating on in the coming days is whether there was rebellion or invasion in Marawi or any other part of Mindanao prior to the May 23 proclamation of martial law in the whole region. As the only valid grounds for martial law recognized by the (…)
, by FABI Randy, MOGATO Manuel
Southeast Asian militants who claim to be fighting for Islamic State in the Middle East have said they have chosen one of the most wanted men in the Philippines to head a regional faction of the ultra-radical group, security officials said on Thursday.
The claim was made in a video that was (…)
Mindanao: Nationalism, Jihadism and Frustrated Peace
Nathan Gilbert Quimpo
Abstract
This article examines why the decades-old Moro insurgency in Mindanao, southern Philippines, has remained difficult to resolve, and how recent international developments, such as the jihadization of once (…)
The Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) is looking to declare at least one foothold in Asia in 2016, with the Philippines and Indonesia being the most likely targets, a terrorism expert said Tuesday.
Southeast Asia has already emerged as a key recruitment center for ISIS, with more than (…)
, by ABINALES Patricio N.
There is no doubt that popular opinion has gone against the latest caper of Nur Misuari. There is condemnation all over Mindanao and the rest of the country. The Moro Islamic Liberation front (MILF) has called it anarchic adventurism and Gov. Mujiv Sabbihi Hataman of the Autonomous Region in (…)
, by GLORIA Glenda M.
He speaks as if he has not failed his own people. He talks as if he had taken good care of their needs.
How many else are like him who has put self and ego above community? How many else are like him in a region once proud and rich but which now thrives on its homegrown industry called (…)
, by SANTOS Soliman, Jr
This article deals more precisely with the mediation or facilitation role of Muslim entities, most notably Malaysia and the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), in the peace negotiations between the Government of the Philippines (GPH) and the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) “to solve (…)
, by GUTIERREZ Eric
The failure of peace negotiations is expected to intensify violence in the southern Philippines, not just between government troops and separatist Muslim rebels, but moreso between armed civilians from different sides, private militias, armed politicians, and plain bandits – all digging in to (…)
, by DE JONG Alex
Hundreds dead, tens of thousands of refugees and the very real threat of further escalating hostilities between Muslim nationalists and the central government. That is the situation the people of Mindanao, the southern part of the Philippines, find themselves in. They have been there before; in (…)
Ever since the Arroyo government reopened peace negotiations with the Moro Islamic Liberation Front, I’ve been having a lot of misgivings about these talks.
In the first place, past Philippine governments had signed peace agreements with the Moro National Liberation Front, and they were never (…)
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