Philippines News » Muslim Mindanao News Philippines » Muslim Mindanao » History: Philippines taps combat veteran to lead armed forces amid regional tensions
Lieutenant General Antonio G. Nafarrete's career has been closely tied to the restive Mindanao region, which is preparing for polls Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jnr has appointed army chief ...
News Philippines » Muslim Mindanao » History: How Christian-majority Philippines got Islamic terror hubs, attracted Bondi shooters
Around 1900, as American soldiers lifted their guns to shoot in the Philippines, they faced an unusual enemy. Mummy-like Moro rebels, bandaged from head to toe, rushed at them with swords and machetes ...
News Philippines » Muslim Mindanao » History: In the Philippines a decades-long conflict nears its endgame
AHOD “AL HAJ MURAD” EBRAHIM spent most of his life waging war against the Philippine government in the jungles of Mindanao, in the country’s south. These days the septuagenarian rebel is behind a desk ...
News Philippines » Muslim Mindanao » History: Philippine Muslims fear Marawi fighting may deepen communal discord
MARAWI CITY, Philippines/MANILA (Reuters) - When a small army of militants allied to Islamic State took over parts of Marawi City in the southern Philippines last month, many of the country's Muslims ...
News Philippines » Muslim Mindanao » History: Philippines’ biggest Muslim rebel group sounds IS alarm
The Philippines’ largest Muslim rebel group said Wednesday it had lost 10 fighters in battles to stop a “growing force” of radical militants who support the Islamic State group. The Moro Islamic ...
News Philippines » Muslim Mindanao » History: Filipino cardinal decries injustices against country’s Muslim minority
MANILA, Philippines – The first cardinal from the southern Philippines has decried what he describes as continued injustice against Muslim Filipinos who dominate part of this island group, which, for ...
News Philippines » Muslim Mindanao » History: Four Killed, Dozens Wounded in Explosion at Catholic Mass in Philippines’ Largest Muslim City
In the Philippines, the Islamic State has claimed responsibility for an explosion during a Catholic Mass Sunday that killed four people and injured dozens of others. The blast went off inside the ...
News Philippines » Muslim Mindanao » History: Philippines, Muslim rebels relaunch peace talks
The Philippines on Saturday restarted peace talks with the country’s largest Muslim rebel group, the first under President Rodrigo Duterte aimed at ending decades of violence that has claimed tens of ...
News Philippines » Muslim Mindanao » History: Cardinal Orlando Quevedo: Mindanao’s ‘Man of Peace’ and His Lifelong Mission of Unity
Now in its fourth year, the award recognizes leaders and institutions whose dedication to fostering mutual understanding, interfaith dialogue, and solidarity is bringing the nation closer to its ...