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Friday, August 31, 2007 |
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Analysis of 1996 Final Peace Agreement |
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Peace accord with
MNLF derailed |
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By Amina Rasul
EDITOR’S NOTE: The Philippine
Council for Islam and Democracy (PCID) looks at the implementation
of the 1996 GRP-MNLF Final Peace Agreement at its second monthly
media forum, which is sponsored by the Konrad Adenauer Foundation.
The article below is part of the presentation today.
Sunday, September 2, marks the
11th year of the signing of the peace agreement between the
government and the Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF). MNLF Chair
Nur Misuari and former President Fidel V. Ramos were hailed as
peacemakers, receiving the UNESCO’s Felix Houphouet-Boigny
Peace Prize.
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O T H E R R E P O R T S
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Major provisions
of the 1996 peace accord
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• Establish, through an
executive order, of the Special Zone of Peace and Development (SZOPAD),
the Southern Philippines Council for Peace and Development (SPCPD),
and the Consultative Assembly.
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New Anti
Terrorism Law claims first Filipino Muslim victim
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“I was tortured, threatened and
forced by the police to admit that I am a bomber,” says Kaharudin
Mutalib who was freed twenty days after languishing inside the jail.
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Reworking the
Philippine sultanates
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MANY FILIPINOS TODAY think that
to be a Sultan is a position strewn with beds of roses. While this
romantic notion was true in ancient times when the sultan wielded
enormous power and even appoints ambassadors..
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Malaysians hold two over text—report
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KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysian police have detained two men for allegedly
sending mobile phone text messages about race riots under a law that
allows them to be held without trial, a report said Thursday.
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Indonesian band
cancels Aceh gigs
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JAKARTA: An Indonesian pop band
has been forced to cancel performances in staunchly Muslim Aceh
province, after local Muslim groups accused them of promoting
promiscuity.
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Turkey’s newly
elected president on political tightrope
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ANKARA: Turkey’s new president
Abdullah Gul will be walking a political tightrope, balancing
between pressure from army-backed secularists who mistrust him for
his Islamist past ...
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The
Jihadist
By Atty. Algamar A. Latiph
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Lanao: Leafing
through the chronicle of a foreigner
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BRILLIANT sunshine… refreshing
coolness… and jewel-like lake,” the breathless foreigner
exclaimed upon finally reaching Dansalan.
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Islam condemns
terrorism
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All Praise is due to Allah, We
praise Him and we seek help from Him. We ask forgiveness from Him.
We repent to Him; to Him and we seek refuge from our own misdeeds
and evil dictation.
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