The Ulama League of the Philippines on Thursday called on President Rodrigo Duterte to stop bombings in Marawi City and find other ways to purge the remaining terrorists there.

In a statement received by the military’s Western Mindanao Command (WestMinCom), the group expressed its support to the government’s campaign against the Islamic State-linked Maute Group but appealed that the air strikes be stopped.

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