As we go to the press, we heard local authorities of Lanao del Sur have started halting violators of special laws concerning the urgent task to help flattn the pandemic coronavirus. It may be a little bit harsh. But it is not yet late to strictly enforce special laws and local ordinances. In fact, it… Read More Why Lanao del Sur the only MECQ in the country
Remembering Ashura and Padang Karbala in Bayang and the message that it gives us.… Read More Ashura and the Padang Karbala of Bayang
In a story written two years after the vicious 1974 battle of Jolo, an old graveyard caretaker told a young man and his father, “Jolo is not yet dead. People who lived through the battle, like you and me, make Jolo dying, but not dead. Unless battle wounds are healed, memories forgotten… our town continues… Read More Jolo’s Elusive Peace
Journalism as a profession is an independent pillar of democracy. As a fourth estate, it is at par with the government, the Church (religion) and the community — the other estates of democracy. A journalist has an inherent responsibility without which he ought not qualify to that degraded yet noble position, or a violation of… Read More Journalists are not preachers
Of those who have been too disappointed on the State of the Nation Address (SONA) of President Rodrigo Duterte is the Maranao people, particularly the displaced and victims of the tragic 2017 Marawi Siege whose devastated homes and properties have yet to be rebuilt and who are even fearful if they can really return to… Read More Maranaos on the brink of desperation on Duterte’s 5th SONA
If we still remember, political dynasty after the 1972 Martial Law started at the time of the late President Corazon C. Aquino when the new Constitution was framed and ratified and a new local government code was adopted. Among the principal authors of these changes was the late Aquilino Pimentel Jr., father of Senator Koko… Read More Let’s go Federal
My World is growing smaller everyday,” thus the song goes.” Machiavelli’s “Divide and Rule” is the best weapon against the Maranaos. It is proven in the Arab world and the entire Muslim world Whoever wants to divide the province of Lanao del Sur into two with the other one to be called Maranao Province may not… Read More Dividing Lanao del Sur an indirect genocide
The Maranaos of the devastated city who had fled their homes and properties and displaced as evacuees in various parts of the country had high hopes their homeland would be reconstructed soon and that they would be able to return. Such hopes have never materialized. More than three years after the fateful day, many are… Read More The danger in delaying the Marawi rehab
From The Publisher Masiding Noor Yahya The birth of ‘Philippine Muslim Today’ does not come overnight. It is rather a product of analytical minds by veteran Muslim journalists who, for decades, have been in the profession working for national mainstream outfits. Alhamdulillah, Muslim independent thinkers have supported the endeavor. Many of them have responded encouragingly… Read More Why Philippine Muslim Today?
