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| Islamic Summit calls on two Moro rebel groups to unite |
| 2008-03-24 |
| The Organization of Islamic Conference (OIC) has called on the two Moro rebel groups to unite for the welfare of the Bangsamoro (Muslim nation) people. The call was contained in a resolution passed during the 11th session of the Islamic Summit held in Dhakar, Senegal on March 13 to 14. Both the Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF) and the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) were advised "to combine their efforts to work for peace and development of the Bangsamoro people." Mohagher Iqbal, MILF chief negotiator, told BusinessWorld that both groups were invited to attend the summit. He said for MILF, a "position letter" was sent informing the OIC of the status of the "Bangsamoro in Mindanao" and the current state of the more than 10-year peace talks with the government. In its statement, the OIC "also took note of the ongoing negotiations between the Philippine government and the MILF, which it "hopes [will have] a positive outcome." The OIC brokered the peace talks between the MNLF and the government in 1996, and recognized the MNLF as the representative of the Bangsamoro people. However, the MILF, a breakaway group of the MNLF, has since emerged as the biggest armed Muslim group fighting for a separate Islamic state in Mindanao and is now on the final stage in signing the ancestral domain agreement with the government. The government has earlier urged the two groups to talk. "The two of them would have to talk because they will represent the Bangsamoro autonomous government. There could not be separate Bangsamoro concepts of the MNLF and MILF," Executive Secretary Eduardo R. Ermita earlier said. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #2 Long, indeed, JosephM ;-) Only,, the Saudi and Turkish reinterpretations aren't going in the same direction. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2008-03-24 13:51 |
| #1 IRANIAN.WS [paraph]> TURKEY AND SAUDI ARABIA IN THE RENDEZVOUS OF THE 3R's - REAWAKENING, REFORMATION, and RETRAINING/RESHAPING OF MINDS AND THOUGHTS. Joint Re-interpretation and Revision of the QURAN/SUTRAS in the works??? Whew, thats a [long]Title-lin'. |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2008-03-24 01:05 |