THE surge of the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS), sometimes referred to as the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant, has made it worthwhile to worry about Sharia Law and the non-Muslim Filipinos in Mindanao (and in other areas that could fall under the Bangsamoro substate). What will be the effects of the imposition of Islamic Sharia law on the non-Muslims, the Christians and Lumads (ethnic tribal Filipinos), in the large combination of provinces that the Aquino administration wished to surrender to the Moro Islamic Liberation Front under the Comprehensive Agreement on the Bangsamoro that it has signed?

The latest news is that the ISIS or ISIL appears to have taken over most of Western Iraq. Its armies are closing in on the Iraqi capital Baghdad. The United States has sent an aircraft carrier to the area. But many expert Americans have warned President Obama against getting the US involved in propping up the Shiite-dominated and Iran-friendly government of Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki.

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