Reflections on the Bangsa MoroReflections on the Bangsa MoroA blog dedicated to the Mindanao Muslim Mioro history, culture, including those of the sultanates of Lanao, Maguindanao, Buayan and Sulu and its peoples the Maranao, Maguindanao, Tausuf, Sama, Yakan, Iranun, etc. as well as to the situation among Fil Articles
U.S. Presidential Debates ? Obama, Clinton, McCain, Romney, etc.
2008-02-02 03:26:00 I loved watching the US presidential primary debates. Unlike in Philippine election debates, the participants did not hold punches. The candidates are all articulate and fairly intelligent. They fought for what they believed in. In the last Democrat debate between Barack Obama and Hilary Clinton , they focused more on their positive qualities than the other’s negative ... More About: Debates , Presidential , Current Events
Tripartite Meeting ? GRP-MNLF-OIC ? in Jeddah
2008-01-17 16:05:00 Last Nov. 2007, the long-awaited Tripartite Meeting among the OIC, GRP and MNLF finally took place in Jeddah , Saudi Arabia. My brother Sultan Firdausi Abbas was a member of the MNLF panel headed by our cousin, lawyer Bong Parcasio. ********* ******** &nb sp; ********** ********* ********* HIGHLIGHTS OF THE TRIPARTITE MEETING AMONG THE GOVERNMENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF THE ... More About: Current Events , Moroland
2007 - The Year That Was
2007-12-27 19:38:00 2007 ranks as one of the worst years of my life. During Ramadhan, I decided to write only about good things in this blog. But only bad things seem to be happening in the country. There is the ZTE-Broadband scandal which exposed the worst things in government – the incompetence of the officials, the corruption ... More About: Current Events , Year
Fasting ? a special form of Prayer
2007-11-18 04:25:00 Below is an article I wrote for Mr. & Ms. magazine (November 2007) ***************************************** **************** ; In the Judeo-Christian-Islamic tradition, fasting is a special form of prayer. The Jews fast during the Day of Atonement. Fasti ng for them is a way to ask God’s forgiveness and blessings. On their way to Jerusalem from Babylon, the prophet ... More About: Prayer , Special , Form
ERAP ESTRADA WAS IMPEACHED! GMA?S PARDON OF ERAP LEGAL
2007-11-05 17:24:00 I was watching a TV Public Affairs program (ANC’s Talkback) and was surprised that most of the lawyers invited as guests did not know what impeachment is. Fortunately, one former senator did. The opposition lawyers insisted that ex-President Estrada was NOT impeached. One lawyer even cited the Supreme Court’s decision that Estrada was removed from office ... More About: Current Events , Legal , Erap , Pardon
AP suing MOREOVER for LINKING
2007-10-13 13:44:00 Associated Press is suing MOREOVER, a news aggregator, for LINKING to its news. Wow! This is very funny. (See story here) According to Google, Technorati and other sites that rank websites, the Internet or World Wide Web is SUPPOSED to be a LINKING community. Thus, if nobody links to your website or blog, that is supposed ... More About: Current Events , Linking , Linkin
Eid Mubarak!
2007-10-11 15:36:00 May Allah shower his blessings on the Muslims of the world, especially on the oppressed minorities! More About: Eid Mubarak , Mubarak
Ramadhan Kareem Mubarak
2007-10-02 06:53:00 Seven Ramadhan s ago, I wrote the following article in The Philippine Post (Jan. 8, 2000): ===================== Ramadhan kareem ! ; &nbs p; &nb sp; &n bsp; & nbsp; By Datu Jamal Ashley Abbas Instead of "Merry Christmas" or "Happy New Millennium", Muslims the world over are greeting each other with "Ramadhan Kareem!" or (Have a) Blessed Ramadhan! Ramadhan, the holy month of fasting started last Dec. 9. ... More About: Mubarak
In God We Trust
2007-09-11 19:26:00 Found these from the ‘Net a few years ago. Try It! Coincidence? ; &nbs p; &nb sp; ; &nbs p; More About: Current Events , Trust
MORO-MORO IN BASILAN
2007-08-13 17:53:00 What is happening in Mindanao? First, on July 10, the Philippine Marines attacked the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) supposedly in pursuit of the Abu Sayyaf kidnappers of Italian priest, Father Bossi, who was not even near Basilan province. Bossi was released a few days later in Lanao thus belying Armed Forces of the Philippines ... More About: Current Events , Moroland , Sila
Powell tried to talk Bush out of war ?!
2007-07-16 13:36:00 From The Sunday Times July 8, 2007 Powell tried to talk Bush out of war Sarah Baxter, Washington THE former American secretary of state Colin Powell has revealed that he spent 2½ hours vainly trying to persuade President George W Bush not to invade Iraq and believes today’s conflict cannot be resolved by US forces. “I ... More About: Current Events , Talk , Well
CNN Barred from Red Mosque Press Briefing
2007-07-13 10:26:00 I just watched a CNN report which says that CNN reporters were barred from entering the Red Mosque in the aftermath of the gun battle there. All the other members of the Press were allowed to enter. Very Funny! Musharraf must have been irked by the CNN report Pakistan: The Threat Within hosted by Nic ... More About: Red Mosque , Brief
Pakistan: Threat from Within - CNN documentary
2007-07-12 18:39:00 A CNN documentary titled Pakistan : Threat from Within hosted by CNN senior international correspondent Nic Robertson was aired six times on July 7 and July 8, 2007. The documentary hoped to prove that Pakistani President, General Pervez Musharraf is actually double dealing; i.e., he tries to appease both the terrorists and America and play ... More About: Documentary , Documenta
Americanizing the Moros - Then and Now
2007-07-06 13:32:00 FROM THE WEB Below is an interesting and informative essay written in 1931. I got it from this url - http://www.boondocksnet.com/ai/ailtexts/m m_amermoro.html a few years ago. Boondocks.net has rearranged its site so the page itself is not there anymore. ***************************************** ************** Americanizing the Moros The New Republic 65 (Jan. 21, 1931). The stock reply ... More About: History , Moroland , Cani , Then
The Legacy of Maguindanao 2007 vote ? Pimentel, Zubiri and Bedol
2007-06-29 09:52:00 The Commission on Elections (COMELEC) is starting its canvassing of the Maguindanao votes today despite the obvious, transparent, clear, palpable, evident frauds committed by the powers that be in the May 14 elections there. Teachers / Chairs of Board of Election Inspectors had come out to say that they were abducted and forced to sign already ... More About: Current Events , Vote , Legacy , Guin
The Battle of Bayang and our cousins from Brunei
2007-06-28 20:36:00 A few days ago, I posted something about long lost relatives. It reminded me of the article I wrote about our long lost Brun ei an cousins. Here is the newspaper article: =================================== === "I now know that wars do not end wars," said Henry Ford. For the Moros, wars are simply followed by more wars. Wars usually correspond to ... More About: History , Moroland , Battle
MOROS-MARCOS REGIME OF CONFLICT
2007-06-26 20:26:00 Found this review I did of a thesis titled MOROS-MARCOS REGIME OF CONFLICT: Its Impact on Philippine Sovereignty and International Relations with Muslim Countries by Wang Jong Yoo , Institute of Islamic Studies, University of the Philippines Sept 1990 : ====== The very title of the thesis is quite misleading. It gives the impression that the Moros’ ... More About: Conflict , Arco , Marc , Marco , Marcos
The New Renaissance according to Hassan al-Banna
2007-06-26 12:12:00 Looking over my computer files, I saw these notes from my graduate course in Islam ic Political Thought. The article is THE NEW RENAISSANCE by HASSAN AL-BANNA From Political and Social Thought in the Contemporary Middle East Kemal H. Karpat (1968), ed., : New York: Praeger, pp. 118-122 (Note: Hass an al-Banna is considered by Bush, Blair, ... More About: Current Events , Renaissance , Cord
Post-Elections Musings
2007-06-22 17:36:00 The results of this year’s elections should give President GMA a reason to pause and ponder upon her next moves. Her spokesmen can shout to the high heavens that the results were favorable to her, but the people can see otherwise. Only two of her candidates so far made it to the winning senatorial slate, ... More About: Elections , Post , Musings , Sings
This blog?s purpose, chatbox and long-lost relatives
2007-06-18 21:52:00 I’m afraid I had to remove the chatbox. First, it’s hardly used. Second, a supposed relative left a cockamamie message. At first I answered the message. But then I realized that if I have to defend myself from every cockamamie message, then it defeats the purpose of this blog. This blog is first and foremost, for ... More About: Lost , Blog , Relatives , Purpose , Long
The Muslim Filipinos: part of a Filipino Nation?
2007-06-18 17:32:00 Today, I delivered a lecture titled The Muslim Filipino s: part of a Filipino Nation ? at St. Paul’s University -QC. It was part of the Cultural Awareness Lecture Series of the university. The objective of the series was “to help the faculty of SPUQC raise their cultural awareness to new heights and to enhance their social ... More About: Part , Slim
Sonia Roco should blame SWS, Pulse Asia and other pollsters.
2007-06-15 20:42:00 According to news reports, “(Sonia ) Roco, wife (sic) of the late senator Raul Roco, said she had no regrets joining the elections but expressed disappointment that the present system did not allow a new-comer like her to be in the Senate.” The system is not to blame. The survey firms – SWS and Pulse Asia – ... More About: Current Events , Blame , Lame
COMELEC declares Failure of Election in Maguindanao
2007-06-06 19:26:00 COMELEC declared Failure of Election in Maguindanao this Wednesday, June 6 while it proclaimed 10 out of 12 winning senatorial candidates. The Maguindanao votes are very controversial because they can make a difference in who will be the 12th winning senatorial candidate – GO’s Koko Pimentel or TU’s Migz Zubiri. According to COMELEC, there is a failure ... More About: Current Events , Moroland , Comelec
Institutional Cheating in Philippine Elections
2007-06-04 20:02:00 Finally, somebody is asking the right questions! Who voted for whom? How many voters registered and how many voted in the precinct level according to the Election Returns? Former Senator and senatorial candidate Anna Dominique Coseteng has a record of all Election Returns for the just concluded elections (but still counting) and she is asking why ... More About: Elections , Cheating , Current Events , Institutional , Eating
Senator Loren Legarda-Leviste?s Civil Status
2007-06-02 13:57:00 Senator ial topnotcher Loren Legarda-Leviste must be very happy with the election results. After all, in spite of her (separated) husband’s incarceration (but recently released on bail) as a murder suspect and her vice presidential loss in the 2004 elections and the subsequent (and still on-going?) electoral protest, she still managed to top the senatorial race. ... More About: Status , Garda , Stat , Civil
Pimentel tests Electoral Sabotage Law
2007-06-01 11:08:00 Senatorial candidate Koko Pimentel finally made good his threats of filing Elector al Sabotage charges against persons guilty of “Dagdag Bawas” (Adding / Subtracting Votes) schemes. Atty. Pimentel filed charges against Atty. Lilia Radam, Provincial Election Supervisor for South Cotabato. This new law - Republic Act 9360 or The Electoral Sabotage Law - has a maximum ... More About: Current Events , Tests , Oral
TV POLITICAL ADS - Money gone to waste
2007-05-30 11:57:00 Days before Election Day, a reporter from a wire agency asked me several questions, the first of which was: How are mainstream media being used by political candidates in this election season? Do you see any difference from past elections? My answer was: The big difference for this year’s elections is ... More About: Money , Political , Current Events , Waste , Poli
AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL REPORT ? PHILIPPINES: POLITICAL KILLINGS, COUNTER INS
2007-05-24 05:07:00 FROM AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL REPORT 2007 PHILIPPINES REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES Head of state and government: Gloria Macapagal Arroyo Death penalty: abolitionist for all crimes International Criminal Court: signed A one-week State of Emergency was declared in response to alleged coup conspiracies. Rights of peaceful assembly were restricted and rebellion charges filed against prominent leftist politicians and others. Political killings of ... More About: Philippines , Current Events , Report
FAILING GRADE FOR COMELEC ? Inquirer
2007-05-22 16:07:00 In the Inquirer editorial, the editor(s) gave COMELEC a failing grade and called it “one of the worst Comelec s the country has ever had.” But when did COMELEC ever have a passing grade, at least since Marcos came to power? The Editorial mentioned several things that COMELEC allegedly did, but either the Inquirer editors ... More About: Current Events , Mele
Administration Candidates Creeping up the COMELEC count
More articles from this author:2007-05-20 20:49:00 Don’t Look Now, but the Team Unity candidates are slowly creeping up in the winner’s circle according to the COMELEC count. While people are concentrating on the local level and looking at the NAMFREL count for the Senatorial race, the COMELEC count is slowly but surely putting the administration candidates in the winning circle. In the ... More About: Current Events , Candidates , Administration , Come , Trat 1, 2, 3, 4 |
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