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1. Arrest Of 'Alleged Terrorists' Alarms Filipino Muslims
[By Rexcel Sorza, IslamOnline(IOL) ]
Filipino Muslims expressed
alarm and fear Tuesday, March 30, over the recent spate of arrests carried
out by government troops against Muslim men alleged to be members of the
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2. Christians Document Filipino Muslims' Plight
[By IslamOnline(IOL)]
MANILA
— Two Christian artists who have witnessed how Muslims survive
marginalization in this largely Catholic state have lent their voices to
Filipino Muslims through a new documentary.
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Filipino 'Halal' Industry Booming
[By Rexcel Sorza, IslamOnline(IOL)]To
meet a rising demand among Filipino consumers, Muslim and non-Muslim alike,
a fast growing number of Filipino companies seek Halal certification of
their products.Muslims tend to consume Halal products, especially foodstuff,
for obvious religious reasons, but Muslims in the Philippines make only 10%
of 84 million population.
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4.Filipino MP Proposes Islamic University
[By Rexcel Sorza, IslamOnline(IOL)]
A Muslim legislator is championing a proposal for the creation of
a state-run Islamic university in the largely Catholic Philippines."It will
bring about peace because it will bring about the consciousness of Islamic
values. Remember, real Islam shuns violence. This is what we need to nurture
and foster today," Rep. Faysah Dumarpa, a member of the lower house of
Congress, told IslamOnline.net.
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5.Filipino Muslim Candidate Accuses Army Of Election Fraud
[By Rexcel Sorza, IslamOnline(IOL)]
A candidate for a Philippine Muslim
party-list group accused the military of "systematic fraud" in the general
elections of the lower house of Parliament last week.
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6. Filipino Muslims Bid 'Bad' 2004 Farewell
[By Rexcel Sorza, IslamOnline(IOL)]
Many Filipino Muslims believe 2004 was not a
very good year, citing mounting waves of Islamophobia and the government’s
failure to ink a peace agreement in the Autonomous Region of Muslim Mindanao
(ARMM).
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7. Filipino Muslims Condemn 'Terrorist Label'
[By Rexcel Sorza, IslamOnline(IOL)]
Filipino Muslims Monday, March 29, condemned
Friday’s raid of a boarding school for Muslim reverts in Quezon City, where
police claimed six terrorists were hiding.
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Filipino Muslims Fight Islamophobia in Ramadan
[By Rexcel Sorza, IslamOnline(IOL)]
As far as Filipino Muslims are concerned, there is
only one task to be accomplished during this holy month
of Ramadan; namely to prove that Islam and Muslims have
nothing to do with terrorism and violence, some
religious leaders there revealed to IslamOnline.net
Monday, October 25.
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9. Filipino Reverts Form Council of Elders
[By Rexcel Sorza, IslamOnline(IOL)]
Filipinos who reverted to
Islam have decided to form a Council of Elders to guide
them and raise their concerns and problems with the
government. "We have decided to come up with the Balik
Islam Council of Elders,"
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10.Filipino Reverts Use Iftar to Integrate
[By Rexcel Sorza, IslamOnline(IOL)]
Filipino reverts are making use of
the Ramadan spiritual atmosphere to further integrate among the Muslim
community in this largely Christian city, through seeing to the preparation
and paying the cost of daily iftar meals for the community. |
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11.Foreign Scholars Promote Peace in Mindanao
[By Rexcel Sorza, IslamOnline(IOL)]
An international network of non-governmental
organizations lambasted in its annual report released Monday, April 26, the
Filipino government over its failure to end the decades-old crisis in
Mindanao.
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12.How Islam Got to the Philippines
[By Brendan I. Koerner,Posted Friday, Jan. 28, 2005]
The Philippine military
has stepped up its campaign against the nation's Muslim
separatist movement, bombing a suspected hideout on the
southern island of Mindanao. The primary targets of the
raid were members of Abu Sayyaf, which is seeking to
establish a fundamentalist Islamic state on Mindanao.
How did Islam originally get to the predominately
Catholic Philippines?
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13. International Report Slams Philippines Over Mindanao
[By Rexcel Sorza, IslamOnline(IOL)]
An international network of non-governmental
organizations lambasted in its annual report released Monday, April 26, the
Filipino government over its failure to end the decades-old crisis in
Mindanao. |
14.Internships Help Filipino Muslim Professionals
[By Rexcel Sorza, IslamOnline(IOL)]
"Islam Hour" has proved a
real success since the start of the holy fasting month
of Ramadan, with many Muslims and non-Muslims calling
for the Radio Show to be extended beyond the
dawn-to-dusk fasting month.
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15. 'Islam Hour' Help Filipinos Understand Faith
[By Rexcel Sorza, IslamOnline(IOL)]
"Islam Hour" has proved a real success since
the start of the holy fasting month of Ramadan, with many Muslims and
non-Muslims calling for the Radio Show to be extended beyond the
dawn-to-dusk fasting month. |
16.Islam in the Philippines
[By WIKIPEDIA]
Islam is one of the oldest organized religions to be
established in the Philippines. Islam reached the
islands in the 14th century with the arrival of Indian,
Malay and Javanese merchants, and Arab missionaries from
various sultanates in the Malay Archipelago, although
the spread of Islam in the Philippines is due to the
strength of Muslim India. India brought Islam to
Southeast Asia, specifically Malaysia and Indonesia, and
in turn the latter two brought Islam to the Philippines.
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 People praying during the groundbreaking of
the second Islamic Cemetery in Metro Manila. |
17. Manila Muslims Get New Cemetery
[By Rexcel Sorza, IslamOnline(IOL)]
After contending themselves for years with an over-congested cemetery,
the thousands of Muslims living in the Philippine capital will soon have a
new four-hectare cemetery.
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18.Manila Times Devotes Section to Muslims
[By Rexcel Sorza, IslamOnline(IOL)]
The mass-circulation daily in the
Philippines has launched an eight-page monthly section
devoted to story on development, peace and business
opportunities in Mindanao, the birthplace of Islam in
the Philippines.
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 Locals are
cautious about the real intentions
of the plan.
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19. Manila Troops on Know-Muslims Mission
[By Rexcel Sorza, IslamOnline(IOL)]
Philippine troops plan to start
visiting mosques and madrasahs
in the capital of the Roman Catholic nation
to learn more about the community and
address their problems, though Muslim locals
are worried about their real intentions.
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20. Manila's Sole Islamic Bank for Sale
[By Rexcel Sorza, IslamOnline(IOL)]
Bidders from
Malaysia and the Middle East are eyeing to take over Al-Amanah
Islamic Investment Bank of the Philippines, the
country's first and only Islamic bank, after the
government put it for sale."The sale is aimed to better
the performance of the bank," Al-Amanah chair Ali Sangki
told IslamOnline.net on Monday, March 6.
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21. When Christians embrace Islam
[By Johnna Villaviray, Senior Reporter,The manila Times]
When the television reporter Richard Rivera
stepped onto the Sulu pier, one thing was on his mind: send stories to
Manila about efforts to recover the Abu Sayyaf’s 19 Sipadan hostages. By the
end of the six-week assignment, Rivera brought home not just war stories but
a new faith as well.
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 Benito said some of their students took the
Shari’ah bar examinations and are now
lawyers while others are imams and teachers. |
22. More Students Taking up Islamic Studies in Philippines
[By Rexcel Sorza, IslamOnline(IOL)]
The premier Islamic studies school in Mindanao has been
registering an increasing number of students since the
9/11 attacks on the United States, its dean told
IslamOnline.net on Tuesday, July 26. Dr. Hamid Barra,
dean of Mindanao State University ’s King Faisal Center
for Islamic, Arabic and Asian Studies, said they have
enrolled this semester 318 students, 58 more than the
last semester.
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The independent survey showed majority of
Filipinos have a positive view of Islam.
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23.Most Filipinos Positively View Islam
[By Rexcel Sorza, IslamOnline(IOL)]
The majority of Filipinos
gave Islam a positive view, according to a recent survey by an independent
and popular polling firm. The Social Weather Stations (SWS) said 52% of
their 1,200 respondents gave Islam a positive view while 41% gave an
opposite view.
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24.Muslim Mindanao To Witness Economic Boom
[By Rexcel Sorza, IslamOnline(IOL)]
Business people in the Autonomous Region in Muslim
Mindanao (ARMM) expressed optimism that the region’s
economy would further improve as they push for new
efforts to increase trade and investments.
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The nominees were chosen based on their
exemplary, sustainable and long-term works,
which are worthy of emulation. |
25. Peace Quest Wins Muslim Women Nobel Nominations
[By Rexcel Sorza, IslamOnline(IOL)]
An undaunted quest to bring peace to the
conflict-hugged island of Mindanao, the birthplace of Islam in the
Philippines, has earned three Filipino Muslims a deserved nomination for the
2005 Nobel Peace Prize.
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26.Philipine: Muslim minority
[By Abhoud Syed M.Lingga, Institute of Bangsamoro Studies]
Religion: About 83 percent
of the population is Roman Catholic; 9 percent
Protestant, including Presbyterian, Methodist,
Philippine Independent Church, and Philippine Church of
Christ; 5 percent Muslim; and 3 percent Buddhist and
other. The constitution guarantees freedom of religion
and separation of church and state. But hristianity
predominates, and Muslims historically have been
marginalized.
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27.Philippine Public Schools Teach Islam, Arabic
[By Rexcel Sorza, IslamOnline(IOL)]
After their classes in government-run schools, Muslim students would not
have to attend madrasahs, private Islamic religious schools, as the
education department is offering Arabic and Islamic subjects to them as part
of the state's "madrasah education" project right within their schools.
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Madrasahs system is
promoting a culture of tolerance and
a better understanding of the
Philippine culture
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28.Philippines Madrasahs Dispel Fears
[By Rexcel Sorza, IslamOnline(IOL)]
Muslims in dominantly-Catholic Philippines
are striving to dispel fears that madrasahs (religious
schools) are condoning violence.
Muslims make up 5% of the
country's 87 million population.
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29. Philippines Info
[By U.S Library of congress]
How the Muslims as a
minority situate themselves within the Philippine national community is the
subject of discussion in this paper. A look into their views on their
relations with the national community is helpful in understanding the
conflict in Mindanao for this is the impetus in their assertion for their
right to self-determination. |
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"Others get their
names from famous Muslim figures,"
said Lidasan.
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30. Religion Influences Filipino Names
[By Rexcel Sorza, IslamOnline(IOL)]
Filipinos have succumbed
to Western influence as evidenced by the rise of
fast-food chains as well as the popularity of foreign
brands and labels.But when it comes down to naming one's
child many Filipinos resort to their religions. |
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Muslims, a minority in Christian
Philippines, complain of being discriminated
against by the government and stereotyped as
terrorists
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31.Salam Police No Solution To Filipino Muslims Problems [
By Rexcel Sorza, IslamOnline(IOL)]
The special police force created by the government
with Muslims as officers and members would not stem human rights violations
against Filipino Muslims but rather pit Muslims against each other |
The conference was to focus on the costs of
the Philippines-MILF conflict and the
challenges to the peace talks
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32.U.S. Institute Regrets Expulsion Of Muslim Professor
[By Rexcel Sorza, IslamOnline(IOL)]
The United States Institute of Peace (USIP) is working
on a new date for the conference on Mindanao that was
postponed after Filipino speakers withdrew their
attendance to protest the U.S. expulsion of a prominent
Filipino Muslim professor, a USIP official said on
Thursday, June 3, adding that the institute deeply
regrets this faux pas.
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