Basilan beheadings: Dishonoring the dead

“Muslims cannot dishonor a treaty; they cannot mutilate the dead; they cannot kill women, children, the elderly or any person who does not carry weapons” – Quote from a Khutba (sermon during Friday congregational prayers in the mosques) prepared by the Mufti’s of the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao

The Black & White Movement condemns in the strongest possible terms the beheading of ten marine soldiers following a firefight with members of the 8th Marine Battalion Landing Team (MBLT). “It is an inhuman and barbaric act that has no place in any civilized society and we ask that all means be exhausted to bring the perpetrators to justice”, says BnW lead convenor Enteng Romano.
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