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Editorial
04 May 2012 |
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ANALYSIS ON: "BANGSAMORO STATE GOVERNMENT"
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After the recent Kuala Lumpur peace talks in April, this
year, between Philippine colonialism and the Moro
Islamic Liberation Front (MILF), a document was signed
embracing "ten (10) decision points on principles",
serving as "general directions of the substantive
negotiations" in order to formulate a political
settlement to the more than four decades Filipino-Moro
war in Mindanao. The MILF-GPH peace talks are separate
political overtures vis-a-vis the MNLF-GRP peace
negotiations undertaken by Philippine colonialism to end
the Mindanao war that started in the 1960s under
Dictator Ferdinand E. Marcos. In 1968, the Moro National
Liberation Front (MNLF) under Chairman Prof. Nur Misuari
launched the freedom struggle of the Bangsamoro people
against the murderous Marcos regime. In 1974, Dictator
Marcos was compelled to seek the mediation...
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Editorial
18 March 2012 |
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MNLF 44TH ANNIVERSARY
CELEBRATES
BANGSAMORO FREEDOM DAY
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From March 18, 1968 today, covering forty four (44)
years, the heinous Jabidah massacre of hundreds
Bangsamoro Tausug youth trainees took place in
Corregidor Island perpetrated by the Armed Forces of the
Philippines (AFP) soldiers. The globally-known day of
infamy also inspired the historical birth of the Moro
National Liberation Front (MNLF) to start launching the
freedom struggle of the oppressed Bangsamoro people of
Mindanao against Philippine colonialism under the
murderous regime of Dictator Ferdinand E. Marcos.
Significantly, March 18 has been annually celebrated
Bangsamoro Freedom Day, marking the official
proclamation of the struggle for independence and
self-determination of the Bangsamoro people under
Philippine colonialism in 1968. (READ
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Editorial
29 February 2012 |
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WHY DOES PHILIPPINE
GOVERNMENT NEED MNLF AND
MILF PEACE AGREEMENTS TO END MINDANAO WAR?
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TWO (2) PEACE AGREEMENTS! WHAT FOR?
It is quite a marvel to note that Philippine colonialism
is still playing its own game of dividing the Muslims and
Highlander natives as well as the Christian settlers of
the Bangsamoro homeland of Mindanao, Sulu and Palawan
(MINSUPALA) to end the Filipino-Moro war. It is strange
that the concept of the Manila government to find a
comprehensive solution to the Mindanao conflict is to
sign two peace accords with the Moro National Liberation
Front (MNLF) and the Moro Islamic Liberation Front
(MILF). But is the colonial design workable enough to
bring 'just and lasting' peace to war-torn Mindanao?
WHY THE DELAY TO IMPLEMENT THE GRP-OIC-MNLF PEACE
AGREEMENTS?
Up to date, the
Philippine government has engaged 38 years the MNLF in peace
talks, including signing three (3) peace agreements,
specifically the 1976 Tripoli Peace Agreement, 1987 Jeddah
Peace Accord and the 1996 Jakarta Peace Agreement.
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BMNews
1 February 2012 |
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PUIC
APPROVES MNLF AS
OBSERVER IN
PALEMBANG MEET
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BMNews,
PALEMBANG. The
Parliamentary Union of the Organization of Islamic
Cooperation Member States (PUIC) has officially approved the request of
the Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF) for Observer
status of the MNLF-Bangsamoro People's Congress during the
plenary session of the 7th PUIC conference in Palembang,
Indonesia. The scheduled 2-day 7th PUIC meeting was held in Palembang, Indonesia,
from January 30-31, this year, under the auspices of
Indonesian President Dr. Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono. The
Parliamentary Union of the Organization of Islamic
Cooperation is composed of all the Speakers and Parliamentary
Heads of all governments and observer communities and
organizations of the 57-nation Organization of Islamic
Cooperation (OIC).
The Executive
Committee of the PUIC, in its 26th Meeting
held in Ankara, Republic of Turkey on 20th
November 2011 agreed to recommend granting
the Moro National Liberation Front Observer
status to the PUOIC.
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Editorial
19 January 2012 |
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BANGSAMORO HISTORICAL NOTES
MNLF
REVITALIZATION: FROM ORIGINAL
TO UPDATE VISION
Revisiting The Original Vision
It is now written in global
history that the original vision of the founding leaders of
the Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF) is to regain the
complete freedom of the oppressed Bangsamoro people of
Mindanao from Philippine colonialism through defensive armed
struggle. Since the first dawn of the conception of the Moro
National Liberation Front in the late 1960s as triggered and
inspired by the heinous Jabidah Massacre of March 18, 1968,
the founding MNLF Chairman Prof. Nur Misuari and the first
90 batch Moro trainees consequently always repeatedly
proclaimed their solemn pledge right in the huge Matalam
rock inside their training camp. In unison, they always
pledged passionately and loudly the liberating words of
martyrdom: "In the name of Allah, in the name of our
oppressed people and in the name of our homeland! Victory or
to the Graveyard!
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Indeed, the
intensity of the cold-blooded massacre in
Corigidor Island of around sixty eight (68)
recruited Muslim trainees from Sulu and
Tawi-Tawi by the Armed Forces of the
Philippines (AFP) officers as sanctioned by
the Marcos regime alarmed and radicalized
the Bangsamoro people. This was compounded
by the succeeding genocidal extermination
depredations against the Muslims by the AFP
and its armed para-military troops in other
areas in mainland Mindanao, particularly in
Cotabato, Lanao, Zamboanga and Bukidnon,
resulting in massive dislocation and wanton
land-grabbing of the lands of the Muslims by
the Christian settlers supported by the
Manila government.(READ
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Bangsamoro Youth Corner
24 January 2012 |
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FILIPINO-MORO WAR,
CORRUPTION,
WARLORDISM, ETC.
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THE 3 MOST CORRUPT PHILIPPINE PRESIDENTS -
According to a survey by Pulse Asia,
Inc. - October, 2007
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Since day one the Filipino colonizers, like Manuel L.
Quezon and gang, learned the art of plundering and
land-grabbing trade from the imperialist American
warlords in 1935, corruption has become a way of life
for the government officials in the Philippines. The
early Filipino politicians up to the present crop have
had educated themselves to believe that corruption pays,
although a moral crime. Thus, nowhere in the world today
can you mention the Filipino nation without relating it
to graft and corruption.
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The Battles of the Prophet Series
Next: The Battle of Banu Quraizah |
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The Battle of
the Trench
Scholars of Siyrah relate that a number of
Jews who had formed a party against the Messenger of
Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him),
among whom were Sallam Ibn Al-Hugayq An-Nadri,
Huyayy Ibn Akhtab An-Nadri, Kinanah Ibn Abu Al‑
Hugayq An-Nadri, and Haudhah Ibn Qays Al-Wa' and Abu
' Ammar Al-Wa'ili with a number of the tribe of
An-Nadir and the tribe of Wall went to Quraish at
Makkah and invited them to join them in an attack on
the Messenger so that they might get rid of him
altogether.
These words, consequently, rejoiced Quraish and they responded
gladly to their invitation to fight the Messenger and they
assembled and made their preparations. Then that company of Jews
went off to Ghattafan of Qays Aylan and invited them to fight
the Messenger and told them that they would act with them and
that Quraish had followed their leadin the matter; they too
joined in with them.(Read
Full Story)
The Great Battle of Badar
The Battle of
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Editorial
17 December 2011 |
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BANGSAMORO HISTORICAL NOTES
CALL FOR BANGSAMORO UNITY AND THE CALL
FOR BANGSAMORO MARTYRDOM
Clearly, Allah has taught the believing humanity: "O believers!
Fear Allah as He should be feared and die not but as true
Muslims. All together hold fast to the rope of Allah (Faith of
Islam) and be not divided among yourselves." (Surah 3, Al-'Imran:
102-103)
"Be not like those, who became divided into sects and who
started to argue against each other after clear revelations had
come to them. Those responsible for division and arguments will
be sternly punished." (Surah 3, Al-'Imran: 105)
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Truly conscious of Bangsamoro unity, the patriarch of the Moro
freedom struggle against Philippine colonialism, Chairman Prof.
Nur Misuari of the Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF), has
now taken the initiative to unite the Bangsamoro people,
including the freedom fighters and the civilian masses. Barely a
few weeks ago, the MNLF Chairman conducted a personal dialogue
with Chairman Al-Ustaj Amiril Umra Kato of the Bangsamoro
Islamic Freedom Movement (BIFM) in central Mindanao.
A new
revolutionary group that separated from the
Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MNLF) under Chairman Hj. Murah Ebrahim,
the Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Movement...(READ
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Editorial
01 November 2011 |
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WHY
DID QUEZON COMMONWEALTH REGIME DESIGN ECLIPSING BANGSAMORO
SULTANATE?
INTRODUCING INJUSTICE AGAINST THE BANGSAMORO PEOPLE
"The time has come when we should systematically
proceed and bring about the colonization and economic
development of Mindanao. A vast and rich territory with its
untapped natural resources is a temptation of enterprising
nations that are looking for their excess population...if,
therefore, we are resolved to conserve Mindanao for
ourselves and posterity, we must bend all our efforts
to occupy and develop it and guard it against avarice and
greed. Its colonization and development will mean increased
national wealth and greater national security...their
provinces and Luzon and Visayas that are already
populated..." (Peter G. Gowing, 1979)(READ
FULL ARTICLE)
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SULTAN OF SULU AND NORTH BORNEO ONBOARD SHIP TO
VISIT NEW YORK, USA: (L-R 3rd) Sultan Jamalul Kiram
II of the Sultanate of Sulu and North Borneo (SSNB)
visited New York, United States of America, in October,
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DECLARATION OF PHILIPPINE COLONIALISM OVER
BANGSAMORO HOMELAND IN THE FIRST NATIONAL ASSEMBLY by
President Manuel L. Quezon of the Philippine
Commonwealth regime in
June 16, 1935. |
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BMNews
Headline
30 October 2011 |
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UNDER P-NOY
WATCH: PEACE CALL TURNS TO 'ALL-OUT WAR' AND 'ALL-OUT JUSTICE'
BMNews, Zamboanga City- "It is really strange that
the civilian Philippine government now is beholden to
its military branch," said Prof. Daim Abadi, head of the
Bangsamoro Strategic Research Center (BSRC). "It is like
the Philippines and today's civilian leaders have not
taken off from the ugly vestiges of Martial Law declared
by President/Dictator Ferdinand E. Marcos in 1972 that
ultimately ended when he was bolted out from power in
1996," he further explained.
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Does this mean that the newly-created Armed Forces
of 'Pabaon' (AFP) officials can declare an "All-Out War"
anytime of the day even under a popularly-elected
Philippine president? This is apparently the case now
when suddenly All-Out War break loose in Sulu, Basilan
and Zamboanga Sibugay orchestrated by some AFP officials
to prove that they're in control of the situation and
need money fast to sustain any declared war. Also, any
time too, they can always claim and declare "victory."(READ
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OV-10 bombers used in bombing MNLF & MILF Camps in Jolo,
Basilan
& Zamboanga Sibugay. |
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IN GOLDEN
MEMORY OF COL. MUAMMAR QADDAFI
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BMNews
Headline
20 October 2011 |
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MNLF
CHAIRMAN CHALLENGES STATE LEADERS
ON ANTI-KIDNAPPING CAMPAIGN
BMnews, Jolo, Sulu- Chairman Hj. Khaid Adjibon of
the Lupah Sug State Revolutionary Committee (LSSRC) of
the Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF) has recently
proclaimed the launching of an anti-kidnapping campaign
against the lawless elements in Lupah Sug (Sulu),
including trouble-making groups patronized by the
colonial Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP)
occupation forces in Sulu to create chaos and terrorize
the local populace, particularly the rural civilian
residents.
"The LSSRC-MNLF will not tolerate anymore any unIslamic
activities committed by trouble-makers making Lupah Sug
a haven of kidnappers. Kidnapping is haraam in Islam and
the MNLF is going to conduct a relentless campaign to
eradicate this anti-Islamic activity that has stained
the integrity of the Muslims in Sulu," said Chairman
Adjibon Khaid.(READ
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MNLF
Chairman Nur Misuari in a visit to Camp Jabal Uhud, the
stronghold of MNLF Cmdr. Habir Malik |
State
Chairman Alhaj Khaid Ajibon of the Lupah Sug State
Revolutionary Committee |
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MNLF-LSSRC Launches Anti-Kidnapping Campaign in Sulu
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Editorial
09 October 2011 |
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BANGSAMORO HISTORICAL NOTES
BANGSAMORO
UN OBSERVER: FROM OIC FULL MEMBERSHIP
Now comes the
Bangsamoro Question! After the Palestine problem, the
most controversial issue usually discussed in the annual
OIC Islamic Foreign Ministers Conference (ICFM) meetings
is the Filipino-Moro war in Mindanao that until now is
wanting comprehensive solution. Despite the forging of
the 1976 Tripoli Peace Agreement, the 1987 Jeddah Accord
and the 1996 Jakarta Peace Agreement concurred with the
active participation of the OIC, the Bangsamoro Question
remains still a thorny issue in the OIC.
Unresolved. Chaotic. Threatening. Still courting
humanitarian disaster for the colonized Bangsamoro
people under Filipino occupation since the Philippine
Commonwealth regime in 1935.(READ
FULL ARTICLE)
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MNLF Chairman Nur Misuari with OIC
Sec-General Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu at the OIC
Foreign Ministers Conference held in the
Republic of Kazakhstan. |
Sultan Jamal ul-Azam of the Sulu
Sultanate interviewing French Visitors in
the late 1800s when the Bangsamoros were
free and sovereign. |
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BMNews
24
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PARRANG SABIL (WAR FOR MARTYRDOM)
IS AGAIN ON THE RISE
BMNews, Jolo, Sulu - Parrang Sabil or 'war
for martyrdom' is back in Moroland to haunt the present
colonial Filipino invaders in Mindanao. In the island of
Lupah Sug (Sulu), particularly in Talipao town, around
fifty Tausug spiritual warriors known as 'Awliya'
freedom fighters headed by Hatib Zakaria staged a
martyrdom attack on the camp of the colonial Filipino
Marine occupation forces before dawn of September 24,
killing two soldiers and injuring several others. The
term 'Awliya' is referred to the 'saints' or
helpers/supporters of Allah in preserving and
propagating Islam religion. It is now seen that
parrang sabil ('huramentado' to the piratical
Spanish colonizers in the earliest period) has
resurrected to remind the Christian Filipino military
colonialists that they are never welcomed in the
Bangsamoro homeland similarly like the Spanish and
American invaders in the past.
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The Tausug spiritual warriors of Sulu fearlessly
battling the American invaders to gain martyrdom
for the sake of Jihad Fi-Sabilillah. Such was
the historical epic 'Battle of Bud Bagsak' in
Jolo, Sulu, Mindanao, in June 11-15, 1913 |
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Editorial
15 September 2011 |
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Bangsamoro Youth Corner
18 December 2011 |
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Bangsamoro Historical Notes
Philippines-Bangsamoro War in
Mindanao:
Comprehensive Solution? |
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The comprehensive solution to the
Philippines-Bangsamoro war in Mindanao is still
hanging in suspended animation. The active
stakeholders composed of the Philippine government,
Bangsamoro freedom fighters and the 57-nation
Organization of Islamic Conference (OIC) have yet to
reach consensus in solving the social crisis that
has crippled the growth and development not only of
war-ravaged Mindanao, but as well the whole
Philippine nation.
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The
Padiwan Massacre in Sulu - Feb 1, 2005. Reported by
the Concerned Citizens of Sulu, allegedly done by
the elements of 53rd Infantry Battalion of the
Philippine Army under command of Colonel Dennis
Villanueva. The Philippine Army raided the house and
massacred the Padiwan family. (Photo-theislandsofpearls.blogspot.com)
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MINDANAO PEACE VISION OF
SENATOR BENIGNO 'NINOY' AQUINO, JR.
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By: R. Rayhan R.
The tragic demise
of the late Senator Benigno 'Ninoy' Aquino, Jr., thanks
and no thanks to the dreadful Marcos Dictatorship, was
shared by both the Filipino and Bangsamoro masses as a
great loss. While the notorious President/Dictator
Ferdinand Marcos figured in the brutal suppression of
the fundamental human rights of the battered Filipinos
and the genocidal extermination of the Muslims of the
Bangsamoro homeland of Mindanao, Sulu and Palawan
(MINSUPALA), Senator Benigno Aquino, Jr. symbolized a
democratic icon to the Filipino society. He also batted
for the self-determination of the oppressed and
colonized Bangsamoro people based on justice, peace and
freedom. (READ
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Ninoy Aquino: His gentle heart was
opened to the national
self-determination of the Bangsamoro
people and their ancestral homeland. |
Noynoy Aquino: Can he realize the
vision and legacy of Mindanao peace
that his father wanted to enshrine
for the sake of total justice and
harmony? |
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The 15th MNLF Grand Summit |
Another Act of Aggression by GPH |
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MNLF condemns 9/11 raid on its Basilan
camp
THE Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF) Central
Committee headed by Chairman Nur Misuari on Tuesday has strongly
condemned the 9/11 attack (September 11) perpetrated by the Army
Scout Rangers in their Basilan camp where former Moro rebels
suffered three deaths, and one seriously wounded.
The raid resulted in the burning of the MNLF camp, its flag
including the flag of the 57-member nations of the Organization
of the Islamic Cooperation (OIC), the new name for the
Organization of the Islamic Conference.
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Chairman Nur's Views |
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Nur: MILF proposing a
quasi-independent state
By: Julmuni Jannaral Correspondent Manila Times
“THIS
is asking for a quasi-independent state.” This is
the reaction of Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF)
Chairman Nur Misuari on the proposal of the Moro Islamic
Liberation Front (MILF) to form a sub-state for the
Bangsamoro people.
Misuari is in Tagaytay where the MNLF panel and their Philippine
government counterparts are meeting (August 12-15) to discuss
issues surrounding the implementation of the GRP (now GPH)-MNLF
Final Peace Agreement of 1996.
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FULL ARTICLE)
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Nur:
Aquino plays dirty with MNLF
By: Julmuni Jannaral Correspondent Manila Times
The man
who would have been king of Filipino Muslims tried
to keep a straight face after having been humiliated by
Imperial Manila.
“That was a wrong signal.”
This was the sharp reaction of Chairman Nur Misuari of
the Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF) to President
Benigno Aquino 3rd holding secret talks with Chaiman Al
Haj Murad Ibrahim of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF)
in Japan on Thursday.
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FULL ARTICLE)
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Selected Article on the Bangsamoro Struggle |
Featured Articles |
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Who's
Afraid of Mindanao Independence?
By: O. S. Miharbi
A veteran writer and well-known author on the Bangsamoro
Struggle
Since
time immemorial, the historical past of Mindanaw had always been
embedded in tragic wars. Clearly, the tragedy had been always an
imposed one. The series of tragic strife were never the making
of the native inhabitants – the warrior Moros and the other
ethnic communities – but brought upon their doorsteps by the
western pirates, who crossed the thousand-mile sea journey to
bring chaos and turmoil into the Mindanaw heartland to satisfy
their megalomaniac economic and political greed.
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The Comeback of Nur Misuari
By: JOHN REMOLLO PETALCORIN
MNLF Director for Advocacy Communication
In March 2001, the Arroyo
Administration of the Government of the Republic of the
Philippines (GRPH) suggested to Nur Misuari that MNLF should
democratize and have a Central Committee to handle different
aspects of the projects in Mindanao for a speedy implementation
of the 1996 peace agreement. The suggestion was accepted by MNLF
Leader Nur Misuari in good faith and he formed this 15-man
council. Nur never thought that the suggestion was a Trojan
Horse. Using an element of surprise, the 15-man
members of the Central Committee swiftly executed a "Hostile
Organizational Takeover" on the leadership of Nur Misuari over
the MNLF on 27 May 2001. It was a treacherous take over.
(READ
FULL ARTICLE)
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OIC Conference |
Interview with Chairman Nur in Indonesia |
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The Organization of Islamic Cooperation Council of
Foreign Ministers in its 38th session recently held in
Astana, Republic of Kazakhstan once again renewed
its support for the Final Peace Agreement between the
Government of the Republic of the Philippines (GRP) and
the Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF), which was
initialed on 30 August 1996 in Jakarta and officially
signed in Manila on 2 September 1996. For the complete
text of the OIC-CFM Resolution,
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MNLF Founder and Chairman Nur
Misuari: Indonesia should be able to produce a miracle
PEACE talks between the Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF) in
the southern Philippines and the government in Manila first
began in 1976. But it remains unresolved. The Organization of
the Islamic Conference (OIC), which has been mediating from the
start, held another meeting of the parties in Solo, Central Java
on June 20 to 22.
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In The News... |
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MNLF, MILF meet in Jeddah as GPH,
MILF meet in KL
KUALA
LUMPUR (MindaNews/06 December) — While the Philippine
government and Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) peace
panels are meeting here, representatives of the Moro
National Liberation Front (MNLF) and the MILF are in
Jeddah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, for a two-day meeting
initiated by the Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC).(more)
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Misuari meets renegade MILF commander
MANILA,
Philippines - Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF) Chairman Nur
Misuari recently met with expelled Moro Islamic Liberation Front
(MILF) commander Ameril Umbra Kato.
Misuari showed
ABS-CBN copies of photographs of him visiting Umbra Kato in the
renegade rebel commander's camp in Maguindanao.(more)
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OIC officials coming for consultations
MANILA,
Philippines — The Peace Committee of Southern
Philippines of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC-PCSP)
will hold consultations starting Nov. 25 in Manila with
the government and the Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF)
to move the peace process forward.
PCSP is
the body tasked by the 57-member Islamic bloc to
facilitate negotiations between the government and the
MNLF, which have been in the OIC agenda since the 1970s.
Indonesia heads the PCSP.
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MNLF revives provisional gov't demand
MANILA, Philippines — The Organization of
Islamic Cooperation (OIC) start Friday consultations with
the Philippine government and the Moro National Liberation
Front (MNLF) to find ways to settle three remaining
unresolved issues, one of them on a "provisional
government," in the review of the 1996 Final Peace Agreement
(FPA).
Representatives of the OIC’s Peace Committee for Southern
Philippines (PCSP), the government and the MNLF, the parties
to the 1996 Final Peace Agreement (FPA), have been meeting
since 2007 to review the peace agreement's implementation.(more)
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History Revisited |
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The brave Moro warriors
- the heroes in the Moro-Spanish wars in the 1800's
and the Moro-American wars in the early 1900's.
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The
Joanggas - played a very significant role in
Moro raids of Spanish settlements and garrisons in
the North & Central Philippines in the 1800's.
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