An Open Indignation Letter Addressed to Philippine President Benigno ‘Noynoy’ Aquino III

Mr. President, in your inaugural speech at the Quirino Grandstand on June 30, 2010,
you announced before the public that you “will be sincere in dealing with all the peoples of
Mindanao”; thus, for this reason you pledged yourself to “a peaceful and just settlement of
conflict, inclusive of the interests of all – may they be Lumads, Bangsamoro or Christian”.
You also emphatically declared: “You (the people) are the boss so I cannot ignore
your orders.” In Tagalog: “Kayo ang boss ko.”

These pronouncements renewed in us that spirit of optimism oozing with hope that a
peaceful and just political settlement of the conflict in the Bangsamoro will finally be
resolved under your watch.
At that moment, we thought that at last here was a Filipino president who meant
serious business; a president who could empathize with the plight of the long-oppressed
Bangsamoro people because he, too, experienced the trauma of state oppression and
persecution; a president who, like many among our brethren, had lost his own father to the
forces of evil that once governed this country.

Mr. President, we feasted on your words of promise like starving men marooned on a
desert of despair.

Our spirits were further buoyed, thus, when you announced that the GRP Peace Panel
negotiating with the MILF had been reconstituted with a new set of members under a law
professor meticulously selected by you on the basis of their competence, knowledge,
experience and sympathy for Mindanao.

And when you likewise announced that peace talks would immediately resume after
Ramadhan, we went ballistic with joy. We were beginning to see the light at the end of the
dark tunnel. The pervasive darkness of war and conflict that blighted our Moro homeland,
at last, was about to be dissipated by the light of freedom and justice. Elusive peace seemed
no longer elusive.

Or so we thought.

For, suddenly things have changed. In the 100 days that you’ve assumed office, the
feeling of the people on the ground has progressively turned from hope to disenchantment
to anger. For, like an automobile on reverse gear, instead of moving forward the quest for
peace and justice, your government has begun to move backwards at a faster acceleration
than what it promised to fulfill at the beginning of your administration.

You have closed the door to constitutional amendment that would have
accommodated any final political compact agreement with the MILF, which, for your
information in case you’ve not yet realized it, has already conceded to constitutional
remedy to allow the restoration of peace in our troubled land. Hence, by the very
pronouncement of your government shutting down the avenues to constitutional
amendment even before the resumption of talks could begin, you have already dealt the
death blow to any prospective peace agreement with the MILF by consigning it beforehand
to the same fate as the Memorandum of Agreement on Ancestral Domain (MOA-AD) in
2008.

Not satisfied with that, you have created conditions which lead to the nullification of
the gains of the peace process. Your Department of Foreign Affairs has issued new orders to
foreign governments, institutions and NGOs, including those actively providing assistance to
our poverty-stricken people and our refugees, to seek prior clearance and approval from
your government before engaging the MILF in dialogues or launching humanitarian
activities in the conflict-affected areas of Mindanao and Sulu.

You have also insisted that peace talks with the MILF should be in the Philippines, not
in Malaysia or, for that matter, in any other neutral foreign venue as had been agreed upon
by the MILF and the Philippine government in 2001.

Alas, Mr. President, now we are beginning to realize that when you mentioned in
your speech before the joint Houses of Congress that the conflict in Mindanao is merely “a
situation”, you really meant what you said. The hundreds of thousands of refugees
dislocated and the thousands of lives lost every time war breaks out in Mindanao and Sulu
are as trivial a “situation” to you as the bungled Manila hostage-taking incident.

This sinister move that intends to isolate the MILF from the international community
and in the process control if not prevent the flow of humanitarian aid to the victims of war
is an unconscionable act that makes you no different from your predecessors. It is sheer
hambug on your part and your government to presume you can resolve and handle alone
the Internally Displaced People (IDP) problem in our homeland without foreign
humanitarian assistance. In case you have not read the papers, the World Food Program of
the UN has just issued a public statement as posted in the Philippine Daily Inquirer dated
October 12, 2010 that 250,000 people in Mindanao still displaced by war and natural
disasters are starving and would need $26 million in food and other kinds of assistance. This
assistance you cannot provide -nor were your predecessors able to – not only because of
entrenched corruption in government but more significantly because in your word the
Mindanao conflict is “a situation” which implies it is nothing to worry about. The truth is:
the IDPs or the resolution of the conflict is not in the list of your national priorities.

And now you want the international community to stop its humanitarian activities in
Mindanao and Sulu without your prior approval? Not only would this drive our people
further into the deep bowels of poverty, misery and hopelessness, you are forcing them to
abandon the ways of peace to redress legitimate grievances.

Which means, Mr. President, that you are rekindling the embers of the armed conflict
whose flames had been reduced to a flicker by the peace negotiation and its promise of a
just peace in our homeland.

Are the bottomless pockets of your so-called peace advisers, who, we know, have
earned the infamous reputation for making fast bucks out of foreign aid assistance to the
refugees in Mindanao and Sulu, more important to you than the welfare of the IDPs or the
future of peace in Mindanao?

Lest you forget, Mr. President, you announced in Ramadhan 2010 that the immediate
resumption of peace talks with the MILF shall commence after the holy month.
With great anticipation and eagerness, we waited for your words to come true. Then
suddenly, the news of the arrest of Brother Edward Guerra, a senior member of the Central
Committee of the MILF in charge of foreign affairs, who was arrested by agents of the CIDGPNP
at the Davao International Airport in September 22 to attend a UN conference on
human rights in Geneva, hit us like a thunderbolt. We also learned from his family and
lawyer that he was tortured while in maximum security detention at Fort Bonifacio. Brother
Edward Guerra’s health is in a precarious state given his heart ailment, diabetes and
hypertension.

Your late father, for reasons that need not be explained, would have created havoc in
his grave if he were to learn that your government still uses torture on helpless political
prisoners, especially on those afflicted by heart ailments.

The depression that we felt upon learning this morphed into extreme apprehension
when news also brought to us the information that MILF members involved in peace
monitoring were arrested by your military and police in Maguindanao.

We also learned that the arrest warrant for Brother Edward Guerra was issued by the
court on September 1, 2010. This was well within the timeframe of your invitation, Mr.
President, to the MILF to resume talks with your government!

What game of grand deception are you trying to play on us, Mr. President?

The reaction of your Chief Negotiator, Prof. Marvic Leonen, to the protest filed by the
MILF on this matter is quite revealing. Leonen said that Brother Edward Guerra is not in the
list of the MILF Peace Negotiating Panel. What he infers, therefore, is that his arrest and
subsequent torture in the hands of his captors are justified.

Even then, the deafening silence of your Presidential Peace Adviser, Secretary Ging
Deles, on this matter that is crucial to the fate of the negotiations, is, to say the least,
strange. So strange that we wonder whether a presidential peace adviser does really exist in
fact or just in the imagination of Ms. Deles.

At any rate, does this mean, Mr. President, that any member of the MILF from the
rank and file who is not a member of the MILF Peace Negotiating Panel is an open prey?
Following this argument, even Brother Al Haj Murad Ebrahim, the MILF Chairman who is not
among the listed six members of the MILF Panel, can be arrested anytime by your state
police and military!

The convoluted logic of your Chief Negotiator, Mr. President, deliberately leaves out
the fact that the principal of the MILF Peace Negotiating Panel is the MILF Central
Committee of which Brother Edward Guerra is a senior member, being chair of its Foreign
Affairs Committee. Technically, in view of the peace talks being held in foreign venues,
principally Malaysia, the negotiations are within the jurisdiction of the Foreign Affairs
Committee he currently chairs.

For all intents and purposes, Mr. President, Bro. Edward Guerra is as much an
important principal of the MILF Peace Negotiating Panel as MILF Chairman Al Haj Murad
Ebrahim, the two vice-chairmen, and all the other members of the Central Committee of the
MILF.

Mr. President, in case you still miss the dire implication of the arrests of Brother
Edward Guerra and other MILF members similarly abducted by your state police and
military, allow us to inform you now that this is tantamount to a declaration of a new war
against the MILF and the Bangsamoro people.

It is in this context, Mr. President, that we hold you and your government responsible
for any outbreak of hostilities in the Bangsamoro.

We are no longer afraid of war. The long-running conflict in our homeland has
drained the last drop of fear from us. What is left are desperation and hopelessness; a
permanent and pervasive feeling of insecurity under the Philippine state. And if indeed fear
remains, it is the fear that peace will remain as elusive as ever.

We are afraid that in the event peace and justice are not realized in our time through
peaceful negotiations, the argument that only though the barrel of the gun can such peace
and justice be achieved will rule the day and the days yet to come.

Do not squander the remaining years of your presidency, Mr. President, and leave the
future of peace in Mindanao and Sulu to be shipwrecked on the barren rocks of war and
conflict. This is what your predecessors did.

You promised that you will be different from them.
So prove it, Mr. President, not merely by uttering empty rhetorical and meaningless
statements but by sincerity emanating from the heart and animated by affirmative action.

Prove it, Mr. President, before you are overtaken by time.

Prove it, Mr. President that we, the people of the Bangsamoro and not only the
people of Luzon and Visayas and the settlers in Mindanao, are also your “boss”.

If you think that we do not deserve to be in the same category as your constituents in
Luzon, Visayas and the Christian-dominated areas in Mindanao, then leave us Moros alone
in peace so we can forge our own future in freedom as a people and as a nation.

Signed:
MARAWI CITY CONFEDERATION OF SUPREME STUDENT COUNCILS
COALITION OF MORO YOUTH MOVEMENTS
BANGSAMORO YOUTH VOLUNTEERS PROGRAM
JUST MOVEMENT-MINDANAO
BANGSAMORO YOUTH MOVEMENT
YOUNG RANAW EDUCATORS INC.
BANGSAMORO CENTER FOR JUSTPEACE IN THE PHIL'S. INC. (BCJP)
BANGSAMORO YOUTH ASSEMBLY (BMYA)
ANAK MORO
UNITED BANGSAMORO WOMEN FOR PEACE AND DEVELOPMENT
BANGSAMORO YOUTH LEADERS FORUM (BMYLF)
NATION OF FREEDOM
ANAK SUG ASSOCIATION
MORO NATIONAL LIBERATION FRONT-YOUTH MOVEMENT
FREE THE BANGSAMORO MOVEMENT
UNITED YOUTH FOR PEACE AND DEVLOPMENT (UNYPAD)
UNYPHIL
IQRAA ISLAM
BANGSAMORO YOUTH LEAGUE
October 15, 2010

"VOTING IN SECULAR SYSTEM IS HARAM"

SALAAM, LET ME SHARE A BEAUTIFUL POST FROM A LONDON BASED WEBSITE (www.hizb.org.uk)


Electing is giving the power of attorney (authority) to someone to do things on your behalf and is halaal (permitted) in general.... See More

However, in secular democracy electing or voting means to give someone – man or woman – the authority to make laws instead of Allah, denying His (swt) sole right to make laws that manage our lives. This is categorically forbidden (haram).

La Ilaha Illa Allah means Worship, Legislation, Ruling, Obedience, Loyalty and friendship are only with Almighty Allah (swt) alone. No one worthy of worship except Him, no one worthy of obedience except Him, no one has the right to legislate except Him, no rules worthy of implementation except His Divine Rules, we’re only loyal to Him and no one is our friend except Him alone (swt) and the Believers.

“Indeed legislation (ruling, judgment, command) is only for Allah; He has commanded that you shall not serve aught but Him; this is the right religion but most people do not know” (TMQ 12:40)

“Or have they partners (of Allah) who have made lawful for them in religion that which Allah allowed not? (TMQ 42:21)

To legislate or make rules by other than what Allah (swt) has revealed is absolutely forbidden. Allah (swt) gives His law the superiority, and commands that it should be implemented to rule between people and solve their problems. Furthermore, He (swt), the Supreme, describes those who do not rule by His Shariah to be the disbelievers, oppressors or transgressors.

“And whoever did not judge by what Allah revealed, those are they that are the disbelievers …oppressors… transgressors” (TMQ 5:44,45,47) )

In addition, our Iman is not complete unless we seek judgment and ruling by that which the Prophet (saw) has brought from Allah (swt)

“But no! by your Lord! they do not believe (in reality) until they make you a judge of that which has become a matter of disagreement among them, and then do not find any straitness in their hearts as to what you have decided and submit with entire submission” (TMQ 4:65)

By voluntarily voting in a democratic system based on a secular constitution we willingly choose and authorise humans to legislate and legalise evil (Munkar) and rule according to it. We authorise –willingly and happily- humans to implement a system that is known for its corruption in all aspects of life; political, economic, social, educational…etc. Not only that, but we also –willingly- authorise and request them to protect and preserve this kufr (man-made) system and this way of life!

Accordingly, based on clear cut evidences from the Quran, participation in the general election is a clear Haraam act, as it compromises the foundation of the Islamic Aqeedah.

O’ Muslims, in addition to this, we came to say something else. This is a deceptive plan where elections are attempts to integrate Muslims – encouraging us to vote and assimilate into the prevailing western culture.

O’ Muslims, although some of us may be mistakenly seeking to vote as a means of “helping” or “benefiting” the Muslims who live in Britain or elsewhere, the fact remains that a Haraam action brings no true and lasting benefits according to the Islamic criteria of Jannah and Jahannam. Voting for the man-made laws is clearly Haraam and contradictory to “politics” illustrated in the noble Sunnah of the Prophet (saw).

O’ Muslims, we must protect and strengthen our loyalties to each other as a Muslim Ummah that is “distinct” and “unique” from all the rest of mankind. Each Muslim must preserve his/her loyalty and alliance exclusively for Allah (swt), His Messenger (saw), and the Believers among the Muslims.

“And the believers, men and women, are protecting friends (allies) one of another” (TMQ 9:71)

“And incline (or accept) not to those who do wrong, or the Fire will seize you; and you have no protectors other than Allah, nor shall you be helped” (TMQ 11:113)

O’ Muslims, we must ask ourselves some tough questions about voting and other forms of participation in the upcoming elections:

1. How can a Muslim choose a LEGISLATOR or any other human being over Allah thereby disqualifying Him (swt) as the sole Ruler and Legislator?
2. How can a Muslim who claims to believe in Allah (swt) and follow His Messenger (saw) abandon the noble Sunnah of The Prophet (saw), to support the corrupt secular capitalism?
3. How many more times will Muslims choose the “lesser of two evils” and continue producing the Blairs and Browns of this world who mercilessly bomb and brutalize our brothers and sisters overseas?
4. How much longer will the Muslims claim to “show the good of Islam” and “give dawah” by voting for the kufr and corrupt system rather than conveying the noble Message of Islam according to the method of The Prophet (saw)?

O’ Muslims, we must refuse to legitimize these Haraam (forbidden) activities of supporting “evil” or “more evil” candidates to rule by kufr. Moreover, we must insist on saving ourselves and our society by shifting all of our attention, energy, loyalty, and money toward the struggle to make Islam supreme.

This can be done by following the Sunnah of The Prophet (saw) to strengthen ourselves and our families with clarity, confidence, and conviction about protecting our Islamic identity, strengthening the Muslims, teaching our children and family about our way of life, supporting Islamic activism, joining the “political” work to resume the Islamic way of life and all the other blessed actions ordered and rewarded by Allah (swt).

O’ Muslims, the only way we can guarantee our true benefits, in this life and the next one, is by adhering to the divine Sharia rules, as it will be the criterion on the Day of Judgment. Nothing and no one could harm us except by the will and decree of Allah (swt).

We will continue to engage in this Da’wah work for the resumption of the Islamic way of life in this so-called “mother of all democracies” and invite you to join this work so we may be successful in this life and the hereafter.

“O you who believe! Answer Allah (by obeying Him) and (His) Messenger when he (saw) calls you to that which will give you life” (TMQ 8:24)

GAZI ANWAR PASHA'S LAST LETTER TO HIS WIFE

JIHAAD FI SABILILLAH
GAZI ANWAR PASHA'S LAST LETTER TO HIS WIFE

Gazi Anwar Pasha was from among those great Mujahideen (Islamic Warriors) of Turkey who had spent all his life fighting against the enemies of Islam. Eventually he was martyred by the Russian Bolsheviks. Only a day prior to his martyrdom. He sent a letter to his wife, Princess Najiya Sultana. This letter was published by her in the Turkish newspaper and after being translated, was published in the Newspapers in India on the 22nd of April 1923.


This letter was so touching and thought provoking that every young man or woman should read it. We present this translation for the benefit of our
Bangsa Moro Muslim readers.

" My life companion and my fountain of hapiness and joy"
Dearest Najiya,

The High and Almighty Allah is your Guardian. Your last letter is in front of me
at this moment, Believe me this letter of yours will always be held close to my heart.
I cannot see your face, But in between the lines and words of your letter, I can see your
beautiful fingers which used to play with my hair. In the dark interior of my tent occasionally
your pictures fills my eyes.

Alas! You write that I have frogotten you, And that I do not care for your love.

You say that I have broken your loving heart and I am playing with fire and blood
in a distant and forsaken place, and that I am unmindful of a woman who spends the nightsanxiously counting the stars. You also say that I like war, And that I love sword (GUN), But little did you realize that when writing that those words of yours which undoubtedly were written with sincerity and out of your deep love and devotion for me, will bleed my heart. How can iconvince you (for words are inadequate) that there is no dearer to me in this world than you.

You are the culmination of all my love and and affection. I have never loved anyone before,
For you are the only one who has stolen my heart. Then what has separated me from you. Oh! The joy of my heart! You can ask this question in a proper manner. Listen:

" I am not away from you because i desire material wealth or gains,nor is it because I wish to establish a kingdom or throne for myself as my enemies have publicly intimated. The only reason why am away from you is that Allah's obligatory command has brought me here (battlefield). There is no greater Fards (Compulsory Command) of ALLAH than JIHAD FI SABILILLAH (fighting with arms in the way of ALLAH ). It is this command of ALLAH, The mere mention of fulfilling it, entitlesa person a place of paradise. Alhamdulillah! I am not only have the intention to fulfill this command,But i am actively carrying it out in the battlefield. Your absence, Like arrows, is cutiing my heart into pieces every moment. Notwithsatnding this, I am happy in this separation as it is your truly love and your love alone which is the greatest test and and challenge to my intention and resolution to fight in the path of Allah. I thank ALLAH Ta'ala a thousand times that i have been victorious in this test and havehave been succesfull in putting ALLAH's love and Command before my love and the pleasure of my desire(nafs). You also my darling, must thank ALLAH and be happy that your husband possesses, such a strong IMAN (Faith) that he can even sacrifice your love for the love of ALLAH.

Although, Jihad with sword is not compulsory on you my loved, yet, you are not exempted
from it . No Muslim, Male or Female is exempted from Jihad.

Your Jihad is that, You must put ALLAH's love before your love and pleasure and you
must make the bond of love between your husband and your self stronger. Look! Never pray that your husband must come and safe from the battlefield into your loving arms. This
prayer is selfish, and ALLAH will not be pleased. Rather let your prayer be this: " That ALLAH accept the jihad of your husband and bring him back succesfully, otherwise let his lips imbibethe cup of martyrdom. These lips, you know my darling have never been touched or dirtied by alcohol, but have always been kept busy with reciting the holy Qur'an and hymning the glory and praises of ALLAH SUBHANAHU WATA'ALA.

Dearest Najiya, how blessed will that moment be, when in the path of ALLAH, this
head which affectionately called beautiful, will be separated from the body which in your eyes was not a soldiers's (enemy's) body but a beloved's beautiful body. Anwar's greatest desire is to be martyred and be judged on the day of Qiyamat (Judgement) with hadrat Khalid bin walid(peace be upon him.)

This world is a temporary one and death will definitely come. Then why fear death?
If death is definite, then why should a man die lying on a bed? Death in the path of ALLAH
is not death but indeed an everlasting life.

Najiya, listen to my will: if I am martyred, you must marry ny brother NOORI PASHA
After you, the dearest person to me is NOORI. It is my wish that after my demise he (NOORI) will faithfully care for you during your lifetime. My next wish is that, All the children you bear, tell them about my life, and send all of them to the battlefield of JIHAD for Islam and our country. Remember, If you do not fulfill this wish of mine I will be angry with you in Jannah (paradise). My third wasiat( will) is that you must always be faithful and well-wisher of Mustapha kamal Pasha (later on Mustapha became an infidel), and must help him in every posiible manner because in this time ALLAH choose him (Mustapha) to bring salvation to our country. Farewell, my dearest...I dont know why my inner feeling tells me that after this letter I will never be able to write another letter to you. It is no wonder that I may be martyred tommorow. Look! Be sabar (patient). on my death (martyrdom) in the path of ALLAH is an honor for you.

Najiya, I now beg leave of you and in the world of thought I am embracing you.
Insha Allah, we will met in Jannah and thereafter we will never part.

with love and tears,
ANWAR PASHA
Note: ( Gazi anwar Pasha was martyred the following day)


"MAN IS NOTHING IF HE IS NOT FREE"
as shiek as shahid SALAMAT HASHIM
Late Chairman MILF

" The Sky people have sent us a message that they can take whatever they want and no one can stop them..we will sent them a message you ride as far as wing can carry you-you tell the other clans to come and tell them toruk maktu calls to them and you'll fly now with me my brothers and sisters and we will show the sky p...eople that they can't take whatever they want and this..this is our LAND."- jake sully(AVATAR)

"And I say: They US,UK and ISRAEL have sent us a message that they can take what ever they want and no one can stop them...we will sent them a message you chat/post/blog as long as your load allows- you tell other Muslim nations that PALESTINE,IRAQ,AFGHaNISTAN,PAKISTAN,BANGSAMORO and now YEMEN calls to them and you will repost this with me my brothers,... See Moresisters and we will show US,UK and ISRAEL that they cant take whatever they want and this..this world belongs to ALLAH(s.w.t.)."-Drieza Al-moro( BANGSAMORO)

LET US REBUILD A STRONG MORO NATION!

MARAWI CITY- "Work as a Nation, Think as a Nation and speak as a Nation, Let Us Rebuild a strong Moro Nation!" Urged by the participants of the "Multi sectoral consultation on the MILF-GRP Peace Process." December 24, 2009 held at Plaza Cabili, Islamic City of Marawi.

The Multi Sectoral consultation was organized by MORO ISLAMIC LIBERATION FRONT-RANAW REGION ADVOCACY GROUP chaired by AGAKAHAN "BINLADEN" SHARIEF a member of the MILF-GRP Local monitoring team.

" The Objective of this consultation is to keep our people informed on the updates of Peace process between the MILF and Government of the Republic of the Phillipines." says Agakhan Binladen Sharief.

An Estimated More than 8,000 participants Marched at Plaza Cabili to Attend the said consultation. "We were surprised at the Turn out of the number of people" says H. Achmad Lao one of the organizer and a member of the MILF Ceasefire Committee on Cessation of Hostilities(CCCH).

DR. HABIB MACAAYONG a member of the MILF TECHNICAL PANEL is the resource speaker of the said event. He discussed the status of the present MILF-GRP peace talks.

Macaayong gave emphasis on the need for UNITY among the MORO people to sutain our struggle "Our goal can only be realized if there is sustained Unity and massive support from the moro people" macaayong continued.

"We Welcome United kingdom,Turkey and Japan as members of the International contact Group" reads one of the streamer hanged at Plaza Cabili.

Also in attendance are representatives from the INTERNATIONAL NON-VIOLENCE PEACE FORCE (INVFP). an International NON-GOVERNMENT ORGANIZATION and member of the International Monitoring Team (IMT) based in the conflict affected areas of MIndanao.

1987 constitution, constrain to peace deal?think again?

The GRP panel claims that any agreement between the MILF and the Government must be within the framework of the constitution, this caused the delay and almost a breakdown of the on-going peace talks. The MILF on the other hand, claims that this is a violation of a "Gentleman Agreement" between the two Negotiating panels, it has been set as a precondition before the resumption of the talks not to use this criteria, the position taken by the MILF can be attributed to the failure of the 1996 Final Peace Agreeement between the GRP-MNLF.

As a Law Student, we were taught that Constitution is "an experiment" this is according to Justice Holmes, for me the 1987 constitution Had already served it's purpose which is the removal of a Dictatorial treat in this country(martial law), that is why some of our political analysts blames the Constitution for the poor political and economic development of the philippines for the reason that it is not attuned to the need of the time. And now, the debate on the proposed revision of the constitution tops the agenda of both the Administration and Opposition they both agree that it is imperative to change the constitution for the interest and betterment of this country, they only disagree on the mechanism and timing this is indeed an acknowledgement of the defect. in view of this, i would like to ask this question, why use the constitution as barrier in achieving a lasting and all-encompassing solution to the century old mindanao conflict?

Second point, in An article written by Atty. Adel Tamano " he argues that one of the underemphasized objectives of a written constitution , which is by nature a document approved by the majority, is the protection of the rights of political minorities" he further argues that "In the language of Constitutional law, a constitution acts as an "auto-limitation" of what states can validly do". since the constitution is silent on secession there is no point in using the constituton as a criteria for a peaceful solution on mindanao.

Fr. Dr. Joaquin G. Bernas, S.J. in reaction to the Bangsamoro claim for right to self-determination and as one of the framers of the constitution wrote:

" In all of these, moreover, self-determination has never been limited to independence. The heart of the right is the freedom to choose. Thus, for instance while puerto rico has chosen to remain with the United States, East Timor, opted for independence.

"...Although there is no legal Authority for secession, there is no obligation on the part of the minorities to stay with states, which oppress them if they succeed in seceding and in establishing themselves as new state, international recognition will follow."

Another justification is the International obligation of the Philippines as founding member of the United Nations and enshrined in the constitution particularly;

ARTICLE II sec. 2 “The Philippines renounces war as an instrument of national policy, adopts the generally accepted principles of international law as part of the law of the land and adheres to the policy of peace, equality, justice, freedom, cooperation, and amity with all nations”.

In view of this, the involvement of other countries in the negotiations like Malaysia, Brunei, Libya and now Japan and pledges from other European and Muslim countries to support the peace process not to mention the insistence of the United States Of America to formally participate in the negotiation elevates the status of the negotiation to an International Agreement or TREATY that must be complied in good faith.

oh my gully!

OH my gully! i can't believe this is happening, the aftermath of the november 7 mid-term election in US, is a big blow to the BUSH WAR POLICY IN THE MIDEAST. wonder what he is thinking right now? is he now conceding to the fact that he cannot win the war in Afghan and Iraq better pack up and leave MIDEASTand C.ASIA , go home yankees!

I want to puke(oops..sorry for that word)..

Anyways, my point is that BUSH already lost the war and they are looking for a graceful retreat in IRAQ, few days ago BUSH ally BLAIR is suggesting an option to talk to IRAN and SYRIA and the NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISER of BUSH is lookin for a way to have an environment whereby IRAN and SYRIA will have a 180 degrees turn towrds them, meaning BUSH is now considering the diplomatic option, well its never too late..its just that damage has been inflicted, almost a millions lives has been wasted for such a stupid policy. it seems that every angle we will look into US never achieved thier goal..they thought it will increase thier revenue by controling the OIL in the ARAB states now it's working against them, they thought removing saddam they could install a puppet government in IRAQ not realizing that they simply hand it over to IRAN.

The AMerican people have spoken they dont like what thier government is doing in the MIDEAST.

I think BUSH should realize that they are no longer the LONE superpower.

FOOL US ONCE, SHAME ON YOU! FOOL US AGAIN,SHAME ON US!

Im trying to understand , what kind of leaders this colonialist government has? they still think they can fool the Moro's again, after what they did to MNLF, they still think they can bullshit us again?no way! we are not that primitive, not to know what thier real plans are. these past three years of building confidence between the MILF and GRP, they have achieved significant changes in terms of cooperation in combating lawless elements and introduction of development in the conflict affected areas in the Bangsamoro Homeland, all that will be put to nothing if the GRP should fail to meet the demands of the MILF which they have already agreed.

What is blocking thier way? GRP declared that any solution must be based within constitutional frame work?? what constitution? is this the constitution that this administration is trying to change? this constittution failed the filipinos well thats according to many filipino analyst, why make it a barrier in achieving peace in Mindanao? if there is going to be another large scale war in mindanao, it is this government who will pay the greater price.

LET US ALL BESEECH ALLAH (s.w.t.) FOR THE VICTORY OF THE FREEDOM FIGHTERS! ALLAHU AKHBAR!

Poor Filipinos!

Earlier this month, my mentor told me that china plans to invade PH, i just laugh at it, China?? why? all this years i was led to believe that Uncle Sam (USA) is the one dictating over the affair of this country, but upon hearing that from a respected political scientist-it triggered my curiosity as usual, i did a lot of research and dig deeper, whoa! i was surpprised to know that china practically controls the economy of this poor country, come to think of it who are the top billionaires in the Phillipines? Lucio Tan, Henry Sy etc.- In china law all chinese where ever they are; are citizen of thier country. Surprisingly, this administration tried to move heaven and earth to pass the Mining act law, do you know who got the most contracts? chinese firms! Uncle sam should be mad, but they are not, ofcourse, Mining is not their interest (only the Oil in Mindanao) and besides US is the number one Trading partner of China.Am wondering is this administration trying to sell this country to the chinese? it is now topping the headlines that china will invest more investment to PH, china's largest power firm will bid for transco (part of privatization of NPC). PGMA is now in china she signed numerous Bilateral agreements, that includes joint exploration of spratlys island (what happen to the territorial integrity?) and just recently they introduced a new idea to include Phillipines in the "Golden Triangle" that would boast economic cooperation between Fujian Province(china) ,Taiwan (claimed by china as one of thier province) and Philippines (new province??).

Spain sold the Philippines to the yankees, Filipino leaders in the pre-inpendence sold these country to the americans to gain thier so-called independence( parity rights), don't be surprised if again this administration would do the same. let me share to you a secret do you know that it is China who is backing the anti-insurgency campaign against CPP-NPA a communist group,an irony right? and who is behind this group? Uncle Sam of course, thats why nowadays you hear many plots to oust gma, to pressure GMA to leave mindanao for the Americans. why do i care? i am a Moro, i only care for Mindanao! but i just realized that my heart not only bleed for the BM people but for the filipinos as well.

LEGACY..we must win..

" If this freedom cannot be achieved during my lifetime, I can assure you and i can assure everybody, that I have already planted the seeds of jihad, I have already planted the idea of fighting for freedom in the hearts of my people---the Bangsamoro people." Ash-Shaykh, Ash-Shaheed SALAMAT HASHIM

VISIT to BRO.NUR MISUARI

I almost burst into tears, when BRO. MISUARI emerged from his room..he looks older and humble now compared to our previous engagement in 2000, when we had a hated disagreement but, nwez, past is past i embraced him and did the tradtional kissing of muslims i had to hide my emotions i dont want to be noticed by the securities watching us..he invited us to a round table and made a short introduction, what struck me most is when he said that we should not be worried about him being jailed but rather reflect and be optimistic,"i'm just a symbol, i may be in a house arrest but actually the whole MORO nation is in a house arrest." our right to self-determination has been consistently denied by the phillipine colonialist government. he antcipates some of the questions that we might ask..he preempted the discussion, i snoop in attentively to every thing that he said..i can sense the frustration on his part, what happen to us (MNLF) is an accident but we have to be optimistic this is what god has willed there must be a reason out of this that might benifit the MORO nation..nwez i cannot write everything that he had discussed to us ,it might offend other people..TO BE CONTINUED..

POLICY

NEGOTIATED POLITICAL SETTLEMENT: ONLY SOLUTION TO THE BANGSA MORO PROBLEM
RATIONALE
The Philippine government must open up to the idea that they cannot subdue the Moro resistance militarily and that their previous approaches toward the peace process will never work. The Mindanao conflict has drained the resources of the Government costing billions of money in their Anti-Insurgency campaign in the last three decades but it only strengthen the aspiration of the Bangsamoro people for self-rule and it has drawn attention from the international community.
The Bangsamoro a people is no longer asking for the whole of
Mindanao, because of circumstances have superseded some facts of the history. They just want a parcel of it, where Moro’s are predominant. This will enable the generations after them to enjoy peace and prosperity, as Islam enjoins all Muslims.
The Filipino people must also open up to the idea that Philippines is not a mono-nation state but rather a poly ethnic state with different cultures and that it is impossible to integrate or even assimilate into one culture. But the Moro people must also understand that the Philippine government cannot compromise their Territorial integrity as a matter of fact Moro’s and Filipinos are inseparable in the history of this country but defining territories does not mean that we have to separate, after all, it is better to be neighbors and live in peace and harmony than stay in one roof with miserable life.
Thus, it is imperative that a negotiated political solution be arrived at before things got out of control or a new wave of war occurs. Constitutional infirmities should not be a constraint to finally resolve the
Mindanaoconflict.
OBJECTIVES
THIS PAPER AIMS TO UNDERLINE THE CONSENSUS THAT THE GOVERNMENT AND THE MORO PEOPLE COULD AGREE
IT WILL ALSO DISCUSS THE FEASIBLE GAINS SHOULD THE GRP AND THE MORO PEOPLE CONCLUDE AN AGREEMENT
IT WILL ALSO ENVISION ECONOMIC COOPERATION BETWEEN THE GRP AND MORO PEOPLE AND SHARING OF RESOURCES BASED ON MUTUAL UNDERSTANDING AND RESPECT
IT WILL ALSO PROVIDE OPTIONS AND ALTERNATIVE FOR BOTH PARTIES TO CONSIDER
POLICY PAPER PROPOSAL
MR. DRIEZA A. LININDING

I HOPE..

as conflict intensifies in the Middle-east, it is drawin near at home; Malaysia and Indonesia pledged to send Muslim peace Keeping force in southern Leabanon to end the hostilities in that part of this world, this is seen as a Major step taken by this two Muslim countries..But in the other part of this world U.S. and the so-called world body UN and their friends in EU is Discussing the plan to send a multi-national force to end the hostilities..i doubt it..according to many analysts they want to send troops to disarm Hizbullah, is this tantamount to re-enfoforcing ISRAEL? yes..we must not forget that it is the same world body the passed a resolution that drives away the Syrian Army and left lebanon defenseless as we are witnessing now.
One might wonder how it is possible that the world is doing nothing to immediately end the aggression. personally, i am not surprised we are warned by our Creator in the HOLY QUR'AN that JEWS,CHRISTIANS and PAGANS will unite against us Muslims..but the question is will the muslims unite against our enemies that remains to be seen, many of us are skeptical to condemn the aggression in Lebanon because HIZBULLAH is a Shii'te group and sunnis are not suppose to help them this kind of mentality bring us back to early centuries where this two groups kills each other, i think the muslim ummah have already passed that stage, Shia's and sunni's have learnt to live in tolerance,i hope so.. it is our enemies trying to capitalize our indifference through thier media outlets..we must be very vigilant we cannot afford to be divided in this times of great challenges that the Muslim ummah is facing.thanks to the HOLY-QURAN i am in high spirit now i have some of the answers that is playing in my mind, a friend told me that pessimsm should not be the outlook of a muslim, he is right, our creator will never allow ISLAM to be defeated...let me relate a story in the early centuries the fiercest people ever fought by the muslims are the mongols/tatar.in fact it is rarely mentioned in Islamic History books to avoid embarassments..they conquered many muslim countries but in the end Islam defeated them, majority of them embraced Islam..with that, it came to my mind that if we cannot defeat them because we are not that worth; U.S.A. someday will be changed to I.S.A. Islamic States of America, its a funny guess, but it is possible with the growing number of muslim converts in U.S. but what concerns me most is me,what have i done to my religion?if we cannot defeat our enemies now, do you think we are pleasing our creator i think you know the answer. a muslim scholar once said that "it is the nature of Islam to dominate and not to be dominated and to impose it's will to the world"...lets all march towards the VICTORY of ISLAM!

REALITY BITES!

i nid 2 tame myself...
yeah i gues i nid 2 reconfigure,and now s d tym..so frustratin but i must allow my creator 2 dcide on my own fate..people arwnd me olwez wonder and some even prays that ill give up sumday..i have proven my self but not enaf, ofcorz.
atleast wen the tym of reckoning comes,il stnd up and proudly face my Creator; i did my best..im not the best, but i did my part.
the true meaning of lyf is not dfined by success but by pleasing our Creator..are we pleasing HIM now? 8 may be frustratin not 2 see the fruits of ol my endeavor but wen the tym cmes..i cant blame myself..only history can judge us ol of us wil leave a mark..I'll be back just nid tym 2 refuel.Allahu akhbar!

GO BACK TO RIGHTEOUSNESS!

GO Back 2 ISLAM!
The prophet said: "And certainly ALLAH will remove from the hhearts of your enemies the fear from you' and surely allah will throw WAHN in your hearts which is to love this world and to hate(fear) death.
This is happening to us now the muslim ummah, because majority of us desserted JIHAD(fighting in the way of ALLAH) and even ask protection and help from the enemies and disbelievers..
LETs condemn the ZIONIST ISRAEL in its barbaric ,disproportionate attacks against the our muslim brothers in palestine and Lebanon...LET your hearts beat with HIZBULLAH(PARTY OF ALLAH),LET your thoughts flow with hamas, Let your words speak for Palestine and Lebanon and let your prayers beseech ALLAH for the VICTORY OF ISLAM!

WHEN WILL IT END

we must end...
A PALESTINIAN FAMILY HIT BY ISRAELI MISSILE IN GAZA..
An IRAQI WOMAN RAPED BY U.S. TROOPS IN IRAQ...
HOLY QUR'AN BURNED IN AFGHAN BY THE ALLIED TROOPS..
WESTERN POWERS PRESSURING SOMALIA FOR A DEMOCRATIC SHIFT..
WHEN WILL THIS END?
I WUD RATHER HAVE DIED AND RETURNED TO ALLAH (SWT) THAN LIVE TO SEE THE SUFFERING OF THE MUSLIM UMMAH....

WE WILL SURVIVE!

we survived the SPANIARDS...
we survived the AMERICANS..
we survived the JAPANESE...we survived the MARSHALL LAW..we survived the ALL OUT WAR...with ALLAH (s.w.t.)"s grace we will be rewarded here and in the here after...

FREE THE BANGSAMORO

MOROISM: is a modern political movement for the re-establishment of a separate bangsamoro sultanate state in the southern phillipines.
FREE THE BANGSAMORO MOVEMENT--both a lobby and political front to advance the interest of the bangsamoro people in the southern phillipines.this group believes that the bangsamoro struggle is elevated to a status of belligerency, and that it must be recognized and accorded with all the applicable laws under the international law for a belligerent state