#marawi

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Philippines protesting against Israeli Hostilities

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Residents marched through former bombed-out streets in Marawi City on Tuesday calling for the Israeli armed forces to stop the airstrikes on Gaza.

Video clips posted by Marawi civic leader Drieza Lininding on Facebook showed around 100 residents shouting “Palestine is Free” as they carried Palestinian flags in a protest march in downtown Marawi.

Speaker after speaker condemned the attack during the rally in Barangay Poblacion.

“When we saw the TV news footage of Israeli planes bombing Gaza City, it brought back memories of Marawi City being bombed during the 2017 siege,” Lininding said.

He added that they assailed the Israeli government for desecrating the Al-Aqsa compound, a revered mosque in occupied Jerusalem.

Lininding said they likened the desecration of Al-Aqsa mosque to the 2017 entry of former President Rodrigo Duterte and soldiers to the Grand Mosque, also a revered Muslim site in Marawi City, during the five-month siege.

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A House in Pieces is an incisive look into the trauma suffered by the people of Marawi, cutting through the government rhetoric and narratives to show what it takes to survive an event of that magnitude–and what parts of yourself you might lose as a consequence of it all.

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https://bangsamoro.asia/wordpress/

Bangsa Moro, quo vadis?

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Marcos admin, to expedite completion of all the Marawi rehab projects; to process victims’ claims with greater urgency

MARAWI CITY —- President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. vowed to fast track the reconstruction and rehabilitation of the country’s only Islamic City and usher in sustainable development and long-lasting peace to its residents. This, as national, local government and military officials gathered here on Tuesday, October 17, to commemorate the sixth year anniversary of this city’s liberation from the…

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Just some nice Infographics from a recent Article of the Asian Century Journal (ACJ) on the Issue of how the Administration of Bobong Bong Marcos (BBM) was completely caught Off Guard by the recent Bombing in Marawi.

It also talked about the latest PROPAGANDA Efforts by the United States (US) and their Filipino Dogs against China in the South China Sea (SEA), in the meantime here are some of the most important Quotes from it:

“The obvious Question is in the light of such Operations, why was there no anticipation whatsoever of a “Rido” (or “Resbak” in Tagalog) if a major Leader of the Terrorists was indeed slain? Why were there no Precautionary Measures conducted by the Police and the Military covering the Civilian Population, especially the Christians in a predominantly Muslim-populated Province, barring any Collateral escalation? This is a 20-20 failure of Military, Police and Civilian intelligence. Obviously, the Security Sector has been sleeping on the Job.”

“National Security Adviser Eduardo Año, the President’s top Intelligence Officer, was busy inaugurating a building at the Pagasa Island in the Spratlys, some 1140 kilometers away from Lanao del Sur. He was preoccupied feeding the frenzy to shame China over Conflicts in the South China Seas, to reinforce Raymond Powell’s Narrative about yet another Buzzword “Grayzone Tactics”.”

“The Organizers pleaded for permission from the NSC because it appears that they have already received an alleged $5 million Foreign Donation, part of which was for the Project.”

“The Route from Palawan to Pagasa covers 273 nautical miles, where any Ship will travel through five Features of the Spratlys occupied by China, four by Vietnam and two by Taiwan. It is impossible to reach Pagasa without encountering Patrol boats of these Foreign Nations. In my honest Opinion, this Propaganda Project is nothing but another attempt to fish for a “False Flag” to blame on the Chinese Coast Guard, akin to the fake removal of Fishing Barriers and the improvised collisions that the Philippine Coast Guard has staged but whose lack of authenticity their own videos exposed.”

Here is the Link of the Article to the Website of the ACJ: https://asiancenturyph.substack.com/p/marawi-bombing-catches-marcos-government

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Four killed in bombing at Sunday church service in Philippines

By CNN, 7:40am Dec 4, 2023

At least four people have been killed and dozens wounded by an explosion at a Sunday mass service being held in a university gymnasium in the Philippines.

The blast took place in Marawi on the southern island of Mindanao on Sunday morning, according to CNN affiliate CNN Philippines.

Photos of the scene showed soldiers and emergency workers standing among debris in the gymnasium. A section of the seating area was blown up, chairs were strewn across the floor.

Law enforcement officers at the scene of the explosion at Mindanao State university in Marawi on December 3. (Lanao Del Sur Provincial Government/Reuters)

Governor of the Lanao del Sur province, Mamintal Adiong Jr., said there had been a "violent bombing" of a gymnasium at the Mindanao State University during the congregation.

Speaking to reporters at the Amai Pakpak Medical Centre, a government hospital in Marawi, Adiong Jr. said more than 40 people were being treated at the centre, while a number of others with minor injuries were treated at the university's infirmary.

In a tweet on Sunday, Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. condemned the attack, describing it as "senseless and most heinous, perpetrated by foreign terrorists." He did not name any specific groups or elaborate further.

Additional security personnel have been deployed to assist in the response, the president said.

Mindanao, a province in the far south of the Philippines, sits at the borders of Malaysia and Indonesia and is home to several Islamist insurgent groups including Abu Sayyaf.

The island, the second largest in the Philippines, has long been a hotbed of insurgency against the Philippine government.

While the Philippines is mostly Catholic, Mindanao is home to a sizable Muslim population.

In 2017, ISIS-affiliated militants laid siege to Marawi for five months. The violence forced more than 350,000 residents to flee the city and the surrounding areas before the government liberated the city.

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idk if anyone will know ab this but it wont hurt to try </3 would anyone know about the siege of marawi in 2017?

i dont really understand much though ive tried to read about it. i was fairly young when i saw it on the news

i also am not very polished at distinguishing if a source is biased or not especially if its vague so id really like it if someone could try to help me out !

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Bootleg philipino armor to fight isis

They have free wifi

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Metro Manila (CNN Philippines, June 14) — Government forces killed the Islamic State’s emir in Southeast Asia in an encounter in Marawi City, Lanao del Sur early Wednesday, the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) said.

The AFP Western Mindanao Command (WesMinCom) said Abu Zacharia, who was also leader of the Daulah Islamiyah group, was the target of an arrest warrant by the 103rd Infantry Brigade and the Philippine National Police.

“Sensing the government forces’ presence, the target opened fire, forcing the operating troops to retaliate. Abu Zacharia also threw a 60mm mortar and two hand grenades toward the troops’ position,” the WesMinCom said in a statement.

The military said a soldier was wounded in the fire fight that lasted 10 minutes, adding it recovered two M16A1 rifles with ammunition.

Meanwhile, the military and police conducted a follow-up operation few hours later in pursuit of Daulah Islamiyah sub-leader Joharie Sandab a.k.a. Morsid, who also had an arrest warrant.

The military said government troops killed Morsid in a fire fight.

“This is a significant breakthrough in our campaign against the Daulah Islamiyah. We are certain that the death of Abu Zacharia will be the downfall of the IS-inspired group in our area of operation,” said WesMinCon chief Lt. Gen. Roy Gallido in the statement.

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Philippine Army Special Forces Regiment (Airborne) battle IS-linked militants in Marawi, 2017. Dig that tiger-stripe camo!

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The story, which was developed by both Eve and Gogu since October 2023, is partly rooted in the childhood of Eve, a Mindanao native who had grown up with the violence of the Marawi conflict. As the daughter of a Filipino army man, Eve had been exposed to the conflict from a different perspective. Although she too grew up with the intimate and brutal reality of violence, her circumstances did not allow her to view the occupation from the perspective of the oppressed Muslims. Her reality was one that shielded her from understanding the conflict more complexly; thus, in her childhood, she viewed Muslims as aggressors without realising what prompted them to initiate the struggle for an independent state. Through visualising the displacement of the Maranao Muslims in Walay Balay, Eve expresses the inter-connectivity between their alienation to the larger alienation of the many peoples of the Philippines, who have been uprooted from their indigenous consciousness by the violence of colonialism.

“It is clear and important to me to see the story of the Muslim refugees because the Philippines was not a Christian country before the Spanish colonisation. Our ancestors were forced to convert to Christianity so they cannot be seen as enemies of the colonisers. Our ancestors who once owned the land and their identity eventually became lost in their own land stripped away of their own name. In a way, this is my way of telling that tragic, part of our history through our characters who lost their home and are in  search of their identities.” – Eve Baswel

The siege of Marawi, one of the oldest Islamic cities in Mindanao, happened in 2017 when ISIS collapsed the local government, occupied the city, and was warring against the Filipino government for nearly 5 months. Due to the violent conflict, many of the city’s residents had to evacuate, displacing nearly 300,000 people from their ancestral soil. Even after the reclamation of Marawi by the government, the Maranao Muslim refugees who had returned to their native land had been met with many bureaucratic difficulties. Till today, nearly 7 years after the conflict, many Maranao Muslims have not been properly relocated by the government. Due to the strong anti-colonial history that the Mindanao region has in fighting against the imperial subjugations of the Spanish, the Maranao people also refuse to bow to the hegemonic reign of the Catholic-dominated Filipino government, which is aggressively trying to centralise the Filipino landscape against the will of the masses. A way in which the government tries to claim power over the land is by demanding registered land permits from the residents of Marawi, who, in defiance of this neocolonial bureaucracy, refuse to abide by the self-made rules that the puppet government imposes on their rightful native land, a revolutionary spirit they have critically carried on since struggling against the violence of Spanish and American colonialism.

“Displacement is not new to us,” says Gogu, referring to how, as a descant of indentured Tamils who at first faced uprooting from their ancestral land in Tamil Nadu, and once again during the aftermath of colonialism, from the plantations, he too can understand the struggles of displacement, but he states that to him, the uprooting that Maranao Muslims have faced is far worse than the displacement of Plantation Tamils, for the Maranao Muslims had been made landless in their own land while the Plantation Tamils had been made landless on alien soil.

— Gogularaajan Rajendran on Co-directing Walay Balay, Filipino Cinema, and His Cannes Debut

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Women And Peace

A United Nations study of 31 major peace processes between 1992 and 2011 revealed that only 9% of negotiators were women and when women are part of the peace process, peace lasts longer.

Lynette de Silvia Co-director Water Conflict Management and Transformation Oregon State University

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OPAPRU vows to provide long-term support Marawi bombing victims

PASIG CITY – Presidential Peace Adviser Sec. Carlito G. Galvez, Jr. has vowed anew to aid the victims of the December 3 Mindanao State University (MSU) bombing incident in their long-term-recovery. “The bombing at MSU was not only an attack against the people of Marawi; it was an attack against all peace-loving Filipinos who believe that such acts of terror have no place in a civil, humane and…

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I made this special banner for the music competition Dwelling of Duels for their February 2023 contest! The theme was Mario games (you know, the guy from Nintendo)

It was really fun to play with the different styles of Mario and his variants.

A Crisis on Infinite Marios, if you will.