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Philipa
Philippines |
14/11/2008 |
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Beautiful place! |
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Philippines is a beautiful country with untouched natural nature, it's full of life and a good place to live. Could that be the reason why the Muslims want to stay and live there. If so why can't they accept that they live under the rule of the Philippines Government - respect and follow the laws. The government officials, they are not perfect but by killing innocents people, how could you live happily and peacefully while doing that? |
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Vijayabhaskara Iyer
India |
13/11/2008 |
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BIAS |
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The vast majority of the inhabitants of Mindanao are Christian. My god. In other stories you spare no oppurtunity to point out that Kashmir or Chechnya are Muslim majority areas. Could you at least point out the same number of times that Mindinao is a Christian majority area. Look everyone is entitled to their opinion but at least show a little of the other side's point of view. The creation of AJE has just replaced the mild western bias of the BBC and CNN with a pronounced Muslim bias. |
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Nasser
Philippines |
13/11/2008 |
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Mindanao is a Muslim homeland |
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The Muslims in the present-day Philippines were originally a majority in their original homeland of Mindanao, Sulu, and Palawan. The lands were annexed to the Philippines without consultation as to whether the Muslims wanted to join, a blatant violation of human rights. There were even rumours that some Arabs and Malaysians who had been involved in peace negotiations didn't take their work seriously because they were too preoccupied with women provided for them by the Philippines government. |
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Mark
Canada |
15/11/2008 |
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Mindanao |
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In all due fairness, Mindanao deserves peace. The Moros were victims of colonization. The Muslims there are Islamized indigenous people in the land way back before Spanish colonization period. They are called Moros because when the Spaniards conquered the would-be-Philippines they observed that the people there prayed in similar way with that of the Moors in Andalusia, Spain. It can be said that the Moros are "the other Moors". |
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