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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 » Social: Philippines’ Duterte tells Muslims he will correct ‘historical injustice’
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte vowed to correct “historical injustice” in a speech to Filipino Muslim rebels on Monday as his government seeks to reignite a stalled peace process in the nation’s ...
News Philippines » Muslim Mindanao » Social: What to know about a Philippines region with militant history visited by Bondi Beach suspects
MANILA, Philippines — The southern Philippines once drew small numbers of foreign militants aligned with al-Qaida or the Islamic State group to train in a secessionist conflict involving minority ...
News Philippines » Muslim Mindanao » Social: 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 » Social: 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 » Social: Filipino religious leaders call for peace in troubled region
Religious leaders in the Philippines' only Muslim-majority and conflict-plagued region have called for dialogue to establish peace during the Islamic holy month of Ramadan, which coincides with the ...
News Philippines » Muslim Mindanao » Social: 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 » Social: 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 » Social: Bombing Revives Fears of Islamist Militancy in the Philippines
Law enforcement officers investigate the scene of an explosion that occurred during a Catholic Mass in a gymnasium at Mindanao State University in Marawi, Philippines, December 3, 2023. Credit: ...
News Philippines » Muslim Mindanao » Social: Cardinal Quevedo honored in Indonesia for peace work in Mindanao
QUEZON CITY — Mindanao peacebuilders and human rights advocates hailed the region’s lone cardinal, Orlando B. Quevedo, after he became the first recipient of the Harmony in Diversity Award, which was ...