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MNLF and Highlanders in Mindanao unites

H.E. Professor Dr. Nur P. Misuari, MNLF Founding Leader & Central Committee Chairman was crowned and declared as the supreme datu of all the Lumads un Mindanao during the Declaration of Unity held at Cap Auditorium,Anda St., Davao City last January 17, 2012.

I am nothing without my people, says king

Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah is presented with a report on the achievements of the Ninth National Meet of Intellectual Dialogue. (SPA)

By RIYADH: ARAB NEWS

Published: Feb 25, 2012 01:09 Updated: Feb 25, 2012 01:09

Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah yesterday stressed the need of his people’s cooperation in achieving greater progress and national solidarity.

“I have more ideas. If Allah wills, they will be achieved with yours and my joint efforts. Without you I am nothing, without the Saudi people I am nothing. I am one of you and for you. I seek Allah’s help first and then yours,” the king said while receiving a report on the achievements of the Ninth National Meet of Intellectual Dialogue recently held in Hail.
“There are two things I’ll tell you. Saudi Arabia’s position globally is excellent, and its economy is robust. But I wish for more, but what I tell you is that you help me and thus you’ll help yourself,” the king added.
King Abdullah received at the reception the member of the Presidential Committee of King Abdul Aziz Center for National Dialogue (KACND) Abdullah Al-Obaid, deputies of the president of the committee Abdullah Omar Naseef and Rashid Al-Shareef and KACND’s Secretary-General Faisal Muammar, at his palace in Riyadh on Friday.
The topic of the discussions at the two-day meet was “Saudi Media: Reality and Means of Development, Foundations, Roles, and Outlook.”
The king continued to state that “his only goal is to serve the nation, people and religion." “This is my only goal. All what I feel is that it is my duty as well as every other Saudi citizen’s duty.”
The king said the dialogues have benefited the Kingdom as well as other countries. “Now the word dialogue is used by most of the world,” the king said. He also said the national dialogue has great value.
The king added that the tragic developments in the Arab world were caused by the enemies of Islam and the Arabs, and that the enemies could be defeated if people unite.
The king praised the Saudi people for understanding the situation and not being influenced by extraneous ideas. “I am speaking as a brother to a brother or from heart to heart… Thanks to Almighty Allah the country is peaceful and stable. But no doubt I am hoping for more than the present,” the king said.
During the reception Al-Shareef said the king initiated dialogues because of his realization of the need for protecting the society from evils such as fanaticism, hatred, factionalism and violence, the Saudi Press Agency reported.
“Many participants at the meet stressed the need for media to be guided to the right track. They also pointed out that the media should be logical, realistic and in harmony with the special features of the country in order to be productive,” Al-Shareef said while referring to the recently concluded national meet at Hail.
He added that the two special features of the Kingdom are its being the center of Islam and it has a lofty cultural system.
The participants in the meet also underscored the social commitment of the media while it exercises its freedom of expression.
Speaking at the reception, Professor of History and Civilization at the Imam Muhammad bin Saud Islamic University and former Member of the Shoura Council Abdul Rahman Al-Fareeh said: “Difference of opinion in religious or other ideological matters need not call for formation of partisan alliances or marginalization of others.
“Difference among the sons of the land is in fact an incentive for integration on common grounds. The integration should lead to national development. It is binding on all of us to contribute to the building of the nation.”
The discussions at the meet focused on the freedom and responsibilities of the Saudi media, its relation with the government, responsibility of modern media in dealing with national issues in addition to what the society expected from the Ministry of Culture and Information and the future of the Saudi media.
The previous eight national dialogues that were convened in different cities in the Kingdom since 2003 have addressed issues such as questions of national unity, extremism and moderation, the role of women, youth education, employment, and culture, the labor market and interaction with the other civilizations.
National dialogue is a democratic tool to build consensus between government and other factions in society and a major instrument for communication. It is a key strategic component in strengthening modern governance and a step toward social and political modernization.

Muslim Leaders in Mindanao mourned for Qaddafi

Muslim leaders mourn Qaddafi

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Published : Monday, October 24, 2011 00:00

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Written by : JULMUNIR I. JANNARAL CORRESPONDENT

REFERRING to him as a “champion of the Bangsamoro cause,” Muslim leaders over the weekend paid tribute to the late Libyan strongman Muammar Qaddafi who was killed in an assault last week on his hometown Sirte.

While Libyans considered Qaddafi as a ruthless dictator, Muslim leaders in the country, on the other hand, recall Qaddafi’s support for the struggle for Muslim self-determination.

“We pay tribute to him in helping bring into international level the Moro quest for self-determination. Hence, the Muslims in the Philippines particularly the Bangsamoro people are indebted to Brother Muammar Qaddafi for helping in their struggle for identity,” Nash Pangadapun, secretary general of Maradeka, an umbrella organization of Muslim civil society groups.

Meanwhile, Almarin Centi Tillah, president of Pahimpunan Sin Islam (Islamic Society of the Philippines) said, “We do not pretend to know what the final judgment of history will be on the man Muammar Qaddafi. But we can expect his role in supporting the cause of Muslim autonomy within the Philippine Republic and the enactment of the Tripoli Agreement to stand on the positive side of that ledger.”

According to Pangadapun, Maradeka has joined the Muslim ummah (community) in mourning the death of the Libyan leader.

“It saddened the Moro group that the death of Colonel Qaddafi comes out from a phenomenal Arab spring but yet backed up by United States of America,” Pangadapun emphasized.

He warned that the intervention of the United States in the revolt that led to the downfall of Qaddafi would only reinforce anti-American sentiments throughout the Muslim world.

Supporter of the struggle
Commander Hadji Kairan Suhaili, vice chairman for political affairs of the South Palawan Revolutionary Committee of the Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF), said the organization owed a large debt of gratitude to Qaddafi.

“Sa palagay ko malaki ang utang na loob ng lahat ng liberation front sa buong mundo kay Colonel Qaddafi pati na ang MNLF [In my opinion, all the liberation fronts around the world have so much debt of gratitude to Colonel Qaddafi including the MNLF],” Suhaili said.

He claimed that the late strongman was generous in extending financial assistance as well as armaments to the MNLF when it was actively engaging the government as a secessionist movement.

Meanwhile, Dr. Hadji Mashur Bin-Jundam, a professor of the University of the Philippines Institute for Islamic Studies, said, “Colonel Muammar Qaddafi was the only Muslim world leader instrumental in the internationalization of the Bangsamoro issue.”

“We salute the great leader of the world revolutionaries,” Jun-dam declared.

Tripoli agreement
FORMER Gov. Zacaria Candao of the Autonomous Region of Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) said in an interview that Qaddafi would not be forgotten in the history of the Bangsamoro people.

Qaddafi persuaded the MNLF to move for the autonomy of 13 provinces in Mindanao that included Palawan instead of completely seceding from the country.

Candao was part of the MNLF Peace Panel which negotiated with the government in Tripoli, Libya. The series of negotiations resulted in the signing of the Tripoli agreement by Carmelo Barbero, then defense undersecretary for civil relations, and former MNLF chairman Nur Misuari.

“It is but proper for the people in the ARMM to offer a prayer or two for the repose soul of Colonel Muammar Qaddafi,” Candao also said.

Meanwhile, Qaddafi’s death also earned the sympathies of the Bangsamoro women sector.

Dr. Radzma Jannaral-Suhaili, executive director of the Institute of Peace and Development at the Mindanao State University in Jolo, Sulu said she cried after viewing the footage which showed angry Libyans bashing Qaddafi’s head.

“Why should we Muslims show to the whole world how ruthless we are and how we ridicule a fallen leader and not give him a due process under the Shari’ah law?” Suhaili asked.

She, however, conceded, “If that is Allah’s will that Khadafy should really meet his violent death to atone for the wrong doings he did for the Libyan people, then so be it.”

On September 1969, while King Idris of Libya was in Turkey for medical treatment, he was deposed in a coup by a group of army officers under the leadership of Qaddafi who was then a 27-year-old Libyan army captain.

Idris was deposed and Qaddafi was named chairman of Libya’s new governing body, the Revolutionary Command Council after the successful military coup.

King Idris was the first and only king of Libya, reigning from 1951 to 1969, and the Chief of the Senussi Muslim sect. The monarchy was abolished and a republic proclaimed. The coup pre-empted Idris’ abdication and the succession of his heir.

Bai Shalimar Amerkhan Candao, vice-president for Mindanao of Noorus Salam, a network of aleemat (Muslim women religious leaders), peace advocates, and women’s organizations, said, “It was some kind of a poetic justice for Khadafy on how he overthrew a monarchy and ruled on the Libyan people with iron fists, and died too in the hands of the Libyan people that he once ruled,”

“However, back here in the Philippines especially in Muslim Mindanao, still we believe that Qaddafi is the champion of the cause of the Bangsamoro people,” she said.

MINDANAO LEADERS SUPPORT THE PEACE RALLY IN DAVAO CITY

Leaders from different sector joins the MNLF PEACE RALLY 2011 and was very thankful for the support of Mayor Inday Sara Duterte and the father Vice Mayor Rodrigo R. Duterte for calling the support of Mindanaoans to speed up the Peace Process. Atty. Elly Pamatong, head of the IMPPACT-USA, also the representative of the Bangsamoro People to bring the problem to the United Nations. Retired Captain Gil "SMF Lapu-lapu" Taojo, Naional Chairman, GBI Guardians Mainstream, strongly endorse the Federal Form of Government if the Government fail to implement the Peace Agreement between the MNLF and the GPH. General Rodrigo Fabillon of the Special Forces, covering the MinSuPala, denounced the intervention of the foreigners in the Natural Resources in the Bangsamoro Homeland. Datu "Zok" Representative of Maguindanao Area under MNLF Zone of Peace Five (5) lead by General Datu Kautin Usman including the State Chairmen in the area also share their views on the situation of the peace process and demands that it is the Regional Autonomous Government not the ARMM that is in the Peace Agreement. Bong Fernandez, Secretary General of Davao del Sur and Digos city added that if Malacañang appoints OIC for ARMM it should be belongs to the MNLF or Professor Nur Misuari will be solution.

        At the end, Hadji Winnie Hadjirul, Chief NESU-MNLF-BAF and Chief Political Coordinator of the Central Committee under the office of the Founding Chairman Prof. Nur P. Misuari, named the 15 Council as the traitor of the organization and recall the result of Solo City, Indonesia to be implemented.

        Davao City State Revolutionary Committee Chair Rolando "Monk" Olamit as the organizer of the occasion congratulates all the leaders for their support specially to the City Government of Davao.

MNLF PEACE RALLY IN DAVAO CITY

MNLF Davao City Leadership invites all the MNLF to join the PEACE RALLY this forthcoming September 27, 2011, 9AM, Tuesday    at Rizal Park, Davao City. MNLF Leaders will be given time to share their  view on the situation of the on going Peace Process.

MNLF Commanders endorsed Chairman Nur for ARMM OIC GOVERNOR

Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF) based in Camp General Khalid Nur Ibn Misuari Al Ilidji, Patadon, North Cotabato initiates a consultative meeting to all commanders and leaders within Zone of Peace Five (5) to endorse MNLF Founding Chairman Professor Dr. Nur P. Misuari as the ARMM OIC Governor and ask the Davao City State Chairman Abdul Aziz "Monk" Olamit to file a petition to His Excellency Pres. Benigno Aquino III.