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
spokesman of the regional command of the colonial Armed
Forces of the Philippines (AFP), Lt. Col. Randolph
Cabangbang, issued out an unconfirmed report that the
Filipino occupation Marine troops repulsed the
unexpected attack by the Moro spiritual warriors and
recovered thirteen bodies of the Muslim raiders. He also
reported that the attackers belonged to a 'radical
organization' with links to the Abu Sayyaf group. As
usual, the Philippine military colonizers have again
used the Abu Sayyaf tag as convenient excuse to
discredit any struggle of the oppressed Bangsamoro
people for freedom from Philippine colonialism.
However,
it is common knowledge in war-torn Mindanao that the Abu Sayyaf group was created by AFP ex-Generals
Aguirre and Ruiz, according to former Senator Aquilino Pimintel,
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PARRANG SABIL (WAR FOR MARTYRDOM) IN
MOROLAND: 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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revealed that the Abu Sayyaf was created to
neutralize the MNLF and to create chaos in Mindanao
through kidnap for ransom activities to discredit the
Muslims in the area. The Mindanao kidnapping spree,
using AFP-patronized Abu Sayyaf elements, have also
served as fast extra-income formula for Filipino
military officers. Also using the Mindanao war as a
profitable business venture that could easily attract
supplementary budget for the AFP in waging war against
the Bangsamoro freedom fighters, the strategic creation
of the Abu Sayyaf from the mainstream Ustaj Abdurajak
Janjalani-led Al-Harakatul al-Islamiya (Islamic
Movement) also conveniently attracted the attention of
the US military forces to come to Mindanao to expand its
worldwide campaign on terrorism against militant Islam
after New York 9/11. Strangely though, the declared
'terrorists' are always the freedom fighters or
defenders of Islam, but never the local or foreign
colonizers, like the Filipino or American invaders.
With the
emergence of the parrang sabil freedom fighters
in Sulu, the Filipino occupation forces can start now to
expect the unexpected to happen in any part of
war-ravaged Mindanao, bracing for more martyrdom
attacks. The formation of the new religious group would
surely inspire other Bangsamoro freedom fighters in
other areas to organize their own martyrdom spiritual
warriors to fight against the Filipino occupation
forces. It is believed that the Talipao martyrdom
volunteers are composed of civilian gaos-baogbog
supporters of Ustaj Khabir Malik, head of Task Force
Mount Uhud Brigade of the Moro National Liberation Front
and spiritual adviser of MNLF Chairman Prof. Nur Misuari.
-From www.mnlfnet.com/BMNews correspondent
