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Written by Bangsamoro Reporter
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Saturday, 22 December 2007 |
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The Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF), in a rare stance, appealed to the Filipino people to mellow their down activities against those over you, referring to whoever becomes president of the Philippines. Khaled Musa, deputy chairman of the MILF Committee on Information, made the appeal as lawmakers loyal to President Arroyo are contemplating on amending the 20-year old Philippine Constitution, which he described as man-made and imperfect that needs to be updated.
He cited the need for such amendment of the Constitution in case the government and the MILF succeed to sign the comprehensive compact in order to conform to Philippine legal processes.
However, he was quick to clarify that this constitutional process is internal to the government and the MILF is not a party to it. The MILF is dealing with the government and it is up to the government to carry out, including undertaking internal legal processes, to comply with the agreement.
But if many Filipino politicians oppose this charter change because they mistrust President Arroyo, accusing her of using it to stay longer in power, then they want war to continue in Mindanao, he quipped.
One of those registering stiff opposition to this charter change is former President Joseph Estrada, who was found guilty beyond doubt of corruption and abuse of power and imprisoned, but got a conditional pardon from Arroyo recently.
He warned the government that “there will be hell to pay if charter change is pushed by the Arroyo administration”.
However, many dismissed the warning as nothing less than propaganda gimmick from a man who has no moral authority to speak ill of corruption and other evil excesses, which after all caused his downfall from the presidency.
Musa reiterated his appeal to the Filipinos to give Arroyo the chance to serve the people well during the last stretch of her term, even as he also urges them to be vigilant in order to oppose any move to rob them of their precious liberty and freedom.
He said Arroyo is the Filipinos’ leader and it is impractical to pull her down and let chaos, hatred and disunity again reign and start all over again with someone who will do the same evil deeds as the one being replaced.
“Bear with her,” he urged them, “after all she is also good in many ways especially her handling of the peace process in Mindanao.”
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Written by Ali B. Panda, Ph.D.
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Tuesday, 18 December 2007 |
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Marawi City, Philippines: The Rabitatun Nisa al-Khairiah (RNA) will deliver Udhiya/Qurbani (animal sacrifice) right after the Eid al-Adha prayer on December 19,2007 in Marawi City, Philippines.
Aleema Urfia Sarangani Ronda, RNA President, said 8 goats and one cow offered by Abdullah Alnory from the State of Kuwait to be slaughtered right after Eid al-Adha prayer here in Marawi City to show gratefulness towards Allah swt. Aleema Jamila H. Nor Panda, RNA Vice President, said their organization will handle the distribution to selected poor and needy in the City
“we convey our express thanks and appreciation to Abdullah Alnory, our borther in Islam from Kuwait, for his religious concern and obligation to the Muslims in the Philippines. We are expecting more assistance from our Muslim brothers. “ RNA officials Said.
According to the ulama in Marawi City, this Udhiya/Qurbani is among the Sunnah, tradition of Prophet Muhammad, that Muslims should stick and observe. Prophet Muhammad (saw) was once asked by his companions: “O Prophet of Allah! What is this Udhiya/Qurbani?” He replied, “It is the Sunnah of your father Ibrahim (as) and commemorates" (Hadith-Ibn Majah). This has been performed from the time of Ibrahim (as) and commemorates also Ibrahim's willingness to sacrifice his son, who was replaced by an animal at the time of sacrifice. In the Qur'an, the final testament revealed for mankind, Allah says: "it is neither their flesh nor their blood that reaches Allah; it is your piety that reaches Him." (Qur'an, 22:37)
The Articles of Incorporation and By-Laws of this RNA were duly approved by the Securities and Exchange Commission upon the issuance of Certificate of Incorporation in accordance with the Corporation Code of the Philippines (Batas Pambansa Blg. 68), the Officials said.
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Last Updated ( Tuesday, 18 December 2007 )
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Written by Ali B. Panda, Ph.D.
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Monday, 17 December 2007 |
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The recent Moro Islamic Liberation Front and the Government of the Republic of the Philippines fifteen exploratory talks from December 15-17, 2007 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia to finalize their peace settlement on ancestral domain of the Bangsamoro Juridical Entity (BJE) was aborted.
The MILF-GRP peace talks has been delayed and aborted many times because of the phrase “constitutional process” which is an accepted characteristics of Western democracy that the Philippine government cannot afford to discard.
MILF cancelled on Saturday its scheduled exploratory talks with government negotiators because the latter put into their proposed draft Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) on ancestral domain the said phrase as the mode for implementation of the agreement, Eid Kabalo, MILF’s civil-military affairs chief, told the Philippine Daily Inquirer by phone.
"They wanted the same constitutional process with the Moro National Liberation Front as mode for the implementation. That's their position and we cannot accept it. We have yet to see the document," Kabalu said.
The concept of induced abortion is being used to describe the recent cancellation of the MILF-GRP talks. It can be likened to the expulsion of fetus from the uterus, resulting in or caused by its death. "Abortion" can refer to an induced procedure at any point during human pregnancy.
The MILF Peace Panel, after a deeper look at the government MOA proposal, which actually enshrines therein the said phrase decided to forego with the talks even with the intervention of the Malaysian facilitator.
The main issue here, said Maulana Bobby Alonto, a member of the MILF negotiating team, during a long distance interview with Luwaran, is the reneging of the government of the consensus points on ancestral domain, aside from putting irrelevant elements in their draft. "We informed the Malaysian facilitator that the draft of the government is unacceptable and the resumption is not serving any purpose," Kabalu said.
Jesus Dureza, presidential adviser on the peace process, in a text message to the Philippine Inquirer, confirmed the meeting in Kuala Lumpur "did not push through." He said he was awaiting the full report of the Philippine delegation on what happened.
The GRP Panel is composed of Secretary Rodolfo Garcia, Prof. Rudy Rodil, Atty. Leah Armamento, Atty. Sedfrey Candelaria, Sylvia Paraguya, and Secretary Nasser Pangandaman. On the MILF side are Mohagher Iqbal, Atty. Lanang Ali, Atty. Michael Mastura, Atty. Musib Buat, Maulana Alonto, and Abdulla Camlian, head of the MILF Technical Committee. Also with the group are Mike Pasigan, Amor Pendaliday, and Mohajirin Ali.
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Written by Meranaw Flash News
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Tuesday, 18 December 2007 |
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Samir Al-Saadi, Arab News
MINA, 18 December 2007 — Saudi authorities have taken all measures to ensure the safety of hundreds of thousands of pilgrims who converged on the holy sites for the annual Haj, officials said at a press conference held jointly by the Ministry of Interior, the Ministry of Health and the Civil Defense in Mina yesterday.
“Our top priority is the safety of the pilgrims,” said Gen. Mansour Al-Turki, the Interior Ministry spokesman, answering a question on the strict measures taken on entrances leading into the holy sites.
Al-Turki added that the traffic movement up until yesterday scored better results than in previous years.
Regarding an incident involving pilgrims protesting on the Jordan-Saudi border for not being allowed entry, the Interior Ministry spokesman said that he did not have enough information on that particular development but it appeared that there were people who took advantage of pilgrims by signing them up to bogus Haj delegations.
The pilgrim’s journey from Makkah to Mina started Sunday night. By yesterday afternoon around 80 percent of the pilgrims reached Mina, said Al-Turki.
Five-hour-long traffic lines were reported at entrances leading to Makkah from Taif and Jeddah.
“In the future we are looking at building new parking lots just on the outskirts of the holy sites,” Al-Turki said.
“There has been no major incident reported up until this hour,” he added.
The total number of pilgrims this year will be announced in the coming days, said Al-Turki. “But there are around 1,700,000 pilgrims from abroad and approximately 150,000 from inside the Kingdom until now,” he said.
The Kingdom is working gradually to develop the capacity of the holy sites and the holy mosques, he added.
Health Ministry spokesman Dr. Khaled Al-Mirghalani said that the fine weather has helped in the well being of the pilgrims.
Maj. Abdullah Al-Harthi, official spokesman for the Civil Defense, said that no fire-related accidents had been reported thus far. “We have made all preparations and conducted a number of drills in case it rains,” said Al-Harthi.
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