Breakaway Muslim rebels kill nine people in southern Philippines

[Nick Young]

MANILA (Reuters) - A breakaway Muslim rebel group killed nine civilians in the southern Philippines in a series of attacks on Christmas eve, officials said on Saturday, in a reminder that the region remains volatile despite recent gains in the peace process.

Army troops killed four members of the Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters, a faction opposed to a peace deal between government and the mainstream Muslim rebel group, after they attacked a farming town in Sultan Kudarat province on the southern island of Mindanao.

Miriam Ferrer, the government's chief negotiator in peace talks with the Moro Islamic Liberation Front, said seven farmers were shot at close range while working in their rice paddies and two other civilians were killed in a grenade attack on a chapel in nearby North Cotabato province.

Ferrer said the rebels had also taken civilian hostage in the Sultan Kudarat attack and used them as human shields when soldiers pursued them, but the hostages were later freed.

The Bangsamoro group broke away from the main Muslim rebel group in 2011 to fight for the creation of an Islamic state in the south of the mainly Catholic country, a goal shared by another small militant group, Abu Sayyaf, which has gained notoriety for bombings, beheadings and kidnappings of foreigners in the western part of Mindanao.

The ceasefire with the main Moro Islamic Liberation Front is holding, however, while both the government and communist guerrillas declared a 12-day ceasefire from Dec. 23 nationwide to mark the Christmas and New Year's holidays. On Saturday, the Maoist-led rebel group is also celebrating its 46th anniversary.

Security forces are on heightened alert around shopping malls, churches, bus stations and ferry terminals during the holidays to guard against possible attacks.

Police officials said the group behind the Christmas eve attacks in Mindanao had pledged allegiance to Islamic State militants in the Middle East in videos posted to YouTube but they had no evidence linking them directly to militants from Islamic State in Iraq and Syria. They also had no evidence that any Filipinos had traveled to the Middle East to fight with IS.

In March 2014, the Philippines signed a peace deal with the main Muslim rebels granting the minority Moro people autonomy in exchange for dismantling the 11,000-strong guerrilla army and turning over their weapons, ending a 45-year conflict that killed 120,000 people and displaced 2 million.

http://news.yahoo.com/breakaway-musl...061005531.html


Even in the Philippines, a former American colony, Muslim rebels are killing people. This was a Christmas tragedy.


RIP

[Akrazotile]

SMDH. Extremely sad. RIP to victims.

[imdaman99]

Very sad. No civilians should ever be held as hostages, they didn't sign up for that shit.

Hope Lebron23 is alright.

RIP to the victims.

[Akrazotile]

Very sad. No civilians should ever be held as hostages, they didn't sign up for that shit.

Hope Lebron23 is alright.

RIP to the victims.

This was the part that bothered you?

[imdaman99]

This was the part that bothered you?

NO! Cant you TELL THAT NONE OF IT BOTHERED ME?!!!

[verylegit]

Starface oh starface, go to a far place

[DonDadda59]

Even in the Philippines, a former American colony, Muslim rebels are killing people.

The Philippines, along with Myanmar and Indonesia, is one of the most volatile spots on Earth in terms of religious violence. Manny Pacquiao has to travel with a small army everywhere he goes in his own country because he is an outspoken Catholic and his family has been the target of threats, kidnapping attempts, etc.

In that part of the World, even Buddhists are getting into the terror game (especially in Myanmar/Burma).



They've been slaughtering Muslims if you can believe it.

Of course you'll never hear about that in most Western media news outlets.

[Nick Young]

The Philippines, along with Myanmar and Indonesia, is one of the most volatile spots on Earth in terms of religious violence. Manny Pacquiao has to travel with a small army everywhere he goes in his own country because he is an outspoken Catholic and his family has been the target of threats, kidnapping attempts, etc.

In that part of the World, even Buddhists are getting into the terror game (especially in Myanmar/Burma).



They've been slaughtering Muslims if you can believe it.

Of course you'll never hear about that in most Western media news outlets.

If only Islam didn't teach the other religions how to kill, there might be peace on earth this day.

[Nick Young]

On Tuesday, Buddhist mobs attacked mosques and burned more than 70 homes in Oakkan, north of Rangoon, after a Muslim girl on a bicycle collided with a monk. One person died and nine were injured.

Once again, the Muslims attacked first...
http://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-22356306

[DonDadda59]

If only Islam didn't teach the other religions how to kill, there might be peace on earth this day.

Ignorance is bliss.

The cancer of religion has been allowed to fester and grow for too long. And no one group holds the patent on extremist violence. Most uninformed fools think of the Dalai Lama or Richard Gere when they think 'Buddhist'. The image of the holy man who wouldn't hurt a fly. Peace, love, and all that other good shit.

The Reality

Religion of Peace

[Nick Young]

Ignorance is bliss.

The cancer of religion has been allowed to fester and grow for too long. And no one group holds the patent on extremist violence. Most uninformed fools think of the Dalai Lama or Richard Gere when they think 'Buddhist'. The image of the holy man who wouldn't hurt a fly. Peace, love, and all that other good shit.

The Reality

Religion of Peace

Buddhism fundamentally is a religion of peace and non-aggression.

Burmans and Malaysians making things up and following the religion incorrectly do not change that. Buddhism is built on a foundation of non-violent and pacifist teachings. the tiny minority of Buddhists who justify violence through their religion are doing it wrong.


In contrast, because I know where you are going with this, Islam was a religion that was fundamentally built on violence and aggressive expansion. Not all Muslims are violent or support violence in the name of Islam.





[COLOR="Red"]That doesn't change the fact that the religion has a history of violence from the very beginning. Mohammad, the prophet of Islam, committed acts of violence and instructed his followers to commit acts of violence in the name of expanding the religion. Islam is built, in its very foundations, by the founder of the religion, on violence.[/COLOR]



Buddhists who murder in the name of Buddhism are directly violating the teachings of the Buddha.


Muslims who murder in the name of Islam are following in the example set by the prophet of Islam, Mohammad. They are doing exactly what Mohammad and the first Muslims did.

[DonDadda59]

Buddhism fundamentally is a religion of peace and non-aggression.

Where have I heard that before?

Burmans and Malaysians making things up and following the religion incorrectly do not change that. Buddhism is built on a foundation of non-violent and pacifist teachings. the tiny minority of Buddhists who justify violence through their religion are doing it wrong.

Where have I heard that before?

[Nick Young]

Where have I heard that before?



Where have I heard that before?

[COLOR="Red"]Islam has a history of violence from the very beginning. Mohammad, the prophet of Islam, committed acts of violence and instructed his followers to commit acts of violence in the name of expanding the religion. Islam is built, in its very foundations, by the founder of the religion, on violence.[/COLOR]

Buddhists who murder in the name of Buddhism are directly violating the teachings of the Buddha.


Muslims who murder in the name of Islam are following in the example set by the prophet of Islam, Mohammad. They are doing exactly what Mohammad and the first Muslims did. They are doing exactly what the words in the Koran and Hadiths encourage them to do.


[COLOR="Red"]There are no Buddhist texts or holy writings that encourage or even justify violence, let alone instruct followers of Buddhism to commit acts of violence and aggression in the name of spreading Buddhism.[/COLOR]


[COLOR="Red"]In contrast, Mohammad himself directly ordered the executions of hundreds of people in the name of Islam throughout his life, and also lead violent military campaigns in the name of spreading Islam.[/COLOR]

[DonDadda59]

[COLOR="Red"]Islam has a history of violence from the very beginning. Mohammad, the prophet of Islam, committed acts of violence and instructed his followers to commit acts of violence in the name of expanding the religion. Islam is built, in its very foundations, by the founder of the religion, on violence.[/COLOR]

Buddhists who murder in the name of Buddhism are directly violating the teachings of the Buddha.


Muslims who murder in the name of Islam are following in the example set by the prophet of Islam, Mohammad. They are doing exactly what Mohammad and the first Muslims did. They are doing exactly what the words in the Koran and Hadiths encourage them to do.


[COLOR="Red"]There are no Buddhist texts or holy writings that encourage or even justify violence, let alone instruct followers of Buddhism to commit acts of violence and aggression in the name of spreading Islam.[/COLOR]

And in the end, in practical terms, that means what?

F*ck All. That's what.

Buddhists are slaughtering scores of Muslims, Christians, and other groups Worldwide. But you never hear about that.





Religion of Peace doe.

[Nick Young]

And in the end, in practical terms, that means what?

F*ck All. That's what.

Buddhists are slaughtering scores of Muslims, Christians, and other groups Worldwide. But you never hear about that.





Religion of Peace doe.

So because some Buddhists in Myanmar and Sri Lanka are directly contradicting everything in their religion, it means Buddhism is a religion of violence?

If that is what you wish to believe, go on believing it.



When Muslims kill in the name of Islam, they are correctly following in the example of their holy prophet and the words of encouragement written in the holy book of Islam the Koran.


When Buddhists kill in the name of Buddhism, they are directly violating the teachings of Buddha and everything that the religion stands for.