On June 15, Muslims all over the world will celebrate the Eid’l Fitr, the end of the fasting month, the holy month of Ramadan. Muslims all over the world will break the 30 day fast and pray, rain or shine, the Eid’l Fitr congregational prayer with the hopes that Allah(subhanahu wa ta’ala) will receive all our prayers and struggle during the fasting month.
It is high time to get rid off and stop supporting policies that promote Islamophobia, xenophobia, and disregard of the democratic rights of the people masquerading as policies to “secure” the people of the United States of America. In the words of the victims of 9-11, “Not in our name!”
Ever heard of that song by Dionne Warwick and later revived by Luther Vandros - A House is not a Home? That is how I can describe what the Meranaw people feel about the rehabilitation efforts of President Rodrigo Duterte and the Task Force Bangon Marawi to Marawi City.
For a week now I have been attending forums about Charter Change. One forum sponsored by the Center for People Empowerment and Governance (CENPEG) was an academic approach to dissect…
Now that the new operation for US military intervention is out in the open, I want to go back to all Moro activists with whom I have discussed about the…