From the MILF Website (Dec 6): Maguindanao town holds peace advocacy on Framework Agreement
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November 16, joint MILF Committees in Maguindanao held a peace advocacy on the Framework Agreement on the Bangsamoro at Matanog town. Many MILF personalities including asatidz and ulama were in attendance.
November 16, joint MILF Committees in Maguindanao held a peace advocacy on the Framework Agreement on the Bangsamoro at Matanog town. Many MILF personalities including asatidz and ulama were in attendance.
The activity did not only dealt on the contents of the FAB nor to hearken important issues, concerns and the latest development in the ongoing peace negotiation but also shared expertise and knowledge in the way how the Holy Prophet Mohammad (PBUH) did during his lifetime.
Among the issues delved by the speakers were the teachings and values of the Holy Prophet and the Holy Qur’an as well as messages in relation to the MILF’s program of Islamization and self-reliance.
Chairman Mohagher Iqbal of the MILF Committee on Information and the Bangsamoro Transition Commission was invited to speak on the progress of the peace negotiation and other updates but begged off due to prior commitment. Mr. Esmael “Mike” Abdullah, BLMI Steering Committee member represented the information committee and provided the participants updates on the on-going peace talks.
Mike Abdullah as he is fondly called commenced his updates to more than 700 participants from historical perspective point of view considering that the Bangsamoro struggle for self-determination is one of the longest revolutionary struggles in Asia. He narrated the persecutions of the Moros from the time of the conquistadors (Spaniards) followed by the Americans down to the succeeding Filipino colonial regimes where countless of native inhabitants perished in battles others were mercilessly killed by the aliens and Filipino soldiers in the decades that followed. Before the declaration of Martial Law by then President Ferdinand Marcos on September 21, 1972, the Moros were already fighting local ILAGA marauders who attacked and encroached on Moro villages and eventually usurped Moro landholdings. The fiercest battles however were fought at the early part of martial law era in 1973 until 1975 all throughout Mindanao and the island provinces.
Now, the atmosphere in Mindanao has drastically changed from violence to peace-making with the Government of the Philippines and the MILF trying to reach a comprehensive peace agreement. The remaining unresolved two annexes on Power Sharing and Normalization hinder the two peace panels from inking the most-awaited peace pact that will establish the Bangsamoro new political entity in Southern Philippines.
http://www.luwaran.com/index.php/welcome/item/697-maguindanao-town-holds-peace-advocacy-on-framework-agreement
Among the issues delved by the speakers were the teachings and values of the Holy Prophet and the Holy Qur’an as well as messages in relation to the MILF’s program of Islamization and self-reliance.
Chairman Mohagher Iqbal of the MILF Committee on Information and the Bangsamoro Transition Commission was invited to speak on the progress of the peace negotiation and other updates but begged off due to prior commitment. Mr. Esmael “Mike” Abdullah, BLMI Steering Committee member represented the information committee and provided the participants updates on the on-going peace talks.
Mike Abdullah as he is fondly called commenced his updates to more than 700 participants from historical perspective point of view considering that the Bangsamoro struggle for self-determination is one of the longest revolutionary struggles in Asia. He narrated the persecutions of the Moros from the time of the conquistadors (Spaniards) followed by the Americans down to the succeeding Filipino colonial regimes where countless of native inhabitants perished in battles others were mercilessly killed by the aliens and Filipino soldiers in the decades that followed. Before the declaration of Martial Law by then President Ferdinand Marcos on September 21, 1972, the Moros were already fighting local ILAGA marauders who attacked and encroached on Moro villages and eventually usurped Moro landholdings. The fiercest battles however were fought at the early part of martial law era in 1973 until 1975 all throughout Mindanao and the island provinces.
Now, the atmosphere in Mindanao has drastically changed from violence to peace-making with the Government of the Philippines and the MILF trying to reach a comprehensive peace agreement. The remaining unresolved two annexes on Power Sharing and Normalization hinder the two peace panels from inking the most-awaited peace pact that will establish the Bangsamoro new political entity in Southern Philippines.
http://www.luwaran.com/index.php/welcome/item/697-maguindanao-town-holds-peace-advocacy-on-framework-agreement