Young Moros Marsh Reace Rally

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Last January 6 at around 8 o’clock in the morning, hundreds, if not thousands of Young Moros, from different groups and organizations of various schools and colleges in the City of Marawi and Lanao del Sur, gathered and Marshed in Quezon Avenue of the city for the MARSH PEACE RALLY urging the National Government to continue Peace Negotiations with the Moro Islamic Liberation Front by Respecting and Honoring the Initialed MOAD-AD. They joined also the international community’s condemnation of the attacks by Israel on the Gaza Strip of Palestine that kills hundreds of civilians and wounded thousands mostly children and women. The crowds chanting “RESPECT AND HONOR THE INITIALED MOA-AD”, “STOP BOMBING GAZA”!

Aleem Ilias Macarandas led the prayer before the Marsh. Omarsharief Pangandaman of Tarompong Radio Forum (596) and a Human Rightist was in the affair.


Heres the MANIFESTO:

Bangsamoro Youth Marsh Peace Rally on the Occasion of the Visit of the President of the Republic of the Philippines, Mrs. Gloria Macapagal Arroyo to the Province of Lanao del Sur, January 6, 2009.

WHEREAS, We, the Young Bangsamoro, rejoice in our identify as the offsprings and today’s young generation of the Bangsamoro and as such, proud inheritors of an undying will to assert our people’s freedom and our sovereign rights over territories and our destiny as a nation;

WHEREAS, We are fully aware of the long history of our people’s struggle against foreign oppression and happily bear in mind that our freedom-fighters have consistently demonstrated their wisdom, dignity and magnanimity, in adhering to the principles of justice and peace and in peaceful means of conflict resolution when ever their enemies lean towards peace;

WHEREAS, We are painfully conscious that all the peace treaties and agreements entered into by the Bangsamoro have not been honored or implemented by their counterparts in the negotiations, from way back during the American occupation down to the present administration of the government of the Republic of the Philippines, the latest of which is the deliberate abortion of the initialed Memorandum of Agreement on Ancestral Domain (MOA-AD), carefully crafted over more than ten years;

WHEREAS, we are fully cognizant of the reality that the series of betrayals and immoral conduct of the leaders of the Government of the Republic of the Philippines is the rout cause of the sustained instability, violence grossly underdeveloped, marginalized and indignified condition of our people and communities, most especially, the hopelessness against a bright, peaceful and prosperous future for the Bangsamoro Young Generation and successor generations;

WE, THEREFORE, on record, issue forth the following questions to Her Excellency, the President of the Republic of the Philippines, on the occasion of her visit in our Province of Lanao del Sur this 6th day of January 2009, and for which we demand unequivocal answers as is our right, and as is only right should the President still assert her rule over us, and faithful to her sworn duty to provide equal protection to all her constituency;

1. Wherefore have you come, Madame President?

2. Do you come as the President of the Government of the Republic of the Philippines, who has embroiled our representative in an eleven-year span of peace negotiation, with a historic final document that is certainly the best solution to the conflict, and right on its final approval, Your Excellency turned about and declared your determination not to sign (even at the point of a gun), a presidential declaration vehemently stated even long before the Supreme Court could issue its final decision on the unconstitutionality of the MOA-AD?

3. Is your visit with the blessings of Justice Puno, and the permission of the three Kings of Mindanao Piñol, Cruz and Lobregat? And like Alexander the Great, ride rough shod with no grass allowed to stand in his way?

4. What are you bringing to our people? Can your Excellency bring out hope in the nailed coffin of the MOA-AD? Do you bring equal protection for us and if so, are you bringing at least 13,000 arms for our civilians as you did to non-moro civilians in Mindanao?

5. What can you do for us in the remaining months of your Presidential reign? Your Excellency cannot promise a constitutional change to legitimize the MOA-AD because your powerful opponents took that away from you. The only remaining option is the declaration of Martial Law. Have you come to use us, as Dictator Marcos did, to justify the declaration? Wherefore, have you come this late and no avail?

6. What gift are you bringing to our people and to us, the Young Bangsamoro?

As for us, the MOA-AD is a living document it is not open for re-negotiation if in re-negotiation, the little that is left to us, is further lost to us for we bound ourselves to respect the rights of other peoples in Mindanao, Sulu and Palawan, the Bangsamoro Homeland and territory.

We are the Young Bangsamoro. We are learning much of democracy under the tutelage of the GRP. WE AWAIT YOUR RESPONSE.

Done in the Islamic City of Marawi on 06 January 2009.

Stop the bombings and other atrocities against civilians

STATEMENT

Stop the bombings and other atrocities against civilians
by Bangsamoro Youth Leaders Forum
Friday, 10 July 2009

In the Name of God, Most Gracious, Most Merciful

The Bangsamoro Youth Leaders Forum (BMYLF), the broadest coalition of Moro youth organizations in Mindanao strongly condemns the recent series of bombings in Datu Piang, Maguindanao, Cotabato City, Iligan City and Jolo, Sulu that killed 12 persons and injured almost hundred of innocent civilians.

The BMYLF expresses its sympathy and condolence to the families of the victims of these atrocities even as we pray for the immediate recovery of the injured civilians. These incidents can only be a handiwork of individuals or groups with evil motives to create chaos that foment further animosities between Muslim and Christians to serve their own selfish agenda.

Indeed, the BMYLF is aghast and abhors these forms of carnage as it is alarmed by the escalation of violence in Mindanao and the growing number of civilian casualties and displaced persons. The BMYLF wonders if these incidents are not part and parcel of the recently disclosed document “Operation August Moon”. The results of these hostilities are more than enough to prove that resorting to violence will never be the solution of the aged-old problem of Mindanao.

It is with these premises that the BMYLF make the following urgent calls to all concerned particularly the Government of the Philippines (GRP) and the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) to wit:

1. Stop the war;
2. Immediately resume the peace talks between the MILF and the GRP;
3. Re-activate the Joint Committee on the Cessation of Hostilities, Ceasefire
Mechanism and Ad Hoc joint Action Group.
4. For the AFP and MILF-BIAF to respect and adhere to the principles of
International Humanitarian Law, Geneva Conventions 1-1V and Protocols 1-II
5. Immediately form Independent Fact Finding Committee to conduct an in-depth
investigation of the recent bombings and hostilities in Mindanao; and
6. Appeal to the international community particularly the European Union (EU) and
Organization of Islamic Conference (OIC) to help push through the peace process
in Mindanao in order to arrive at a final political settlement.




Finally, the BMYLF further reiterates that the conflict in Mindanao can only be resolved through dialogue and calls upon all parties to act with utmost restraint and jointly work for a lasting solution to the Bangsamoro problem.

SAVE THE INNOCENT CIVILIANS!

Reference:

RAHIB PAYAPAT
Spokesperson



Source: http://www.mindanews.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=6660&Itemid=95

SOLDIERS RAID EVACUATION CENTER IN N. COTABATO

Tuesday, November 04, 2008

BY ALEXANDER MARTIN REMOLLINO
Bulatlat

HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH

Early last month, Rakman Suleik and his 17-year-old son Samsudin, together with a few others, fled from the fighting between government troops and the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) in Aleosan, North Cotabato. They had evacuated, to safety or so they thought, at the house of a certain Colonel Maguid of the Philippine National Police (PNP) in Barangay (village) Nalapaan in Pikit, North Cotabato.

But even in the house that had served as their refuge, they would not be safe from atrocities by soldiers.

A few minutes past midnight on Oct. 16, the evacuees at Colonel Maguid’s house heard violent raps on the door. A man from outside gave them five seconds to open the door, after which, he threatened, the house would be fired upon.

Ustadz Omar Salasal and his wife opened the door, whereupon soldiers barged in bearing bolos. They threatened to hack the evacuees with the bolos, ordered them to lie on the floor face down, and started beating them up. “Inapakan ako sa mukha (They stepped on my face),” Salasal told the delegates of a recent National Interfaith Humanitarian Mission (NIHM) to Pikit, North Cotabato and Datu Piang, Maguindanao.

The women and children were then separated from the men and locked up in a room. One of the soldiers then asked Salasal’s wife if there was anyone upstairs. She answered in the negative, but the soldier refused to believe her and dragged her upstairs. The soldier saw Rakman there, hiding in the ceiling, and ordered him to go down.

“Kinaladkad si Rakman at tinadyakan noong pababa sila ng hagdan (They dragged Rakman and kicked him as they were descending the stairs),” Salasal told the NIHM delegates.

Samsudin said he saw his father being beaten up. “Binugbog ang tatay ko, pinilipit ang tainga niya, at napaiyak siya dahil sa paninipa sa likod niya (My father was beaten up, his ears were twisted, and he broke into tears because his back was being kicked)” he said.

A few moments later, Samsudin said, he was accosted by the soldiers, who asked him who his father is. “No’ng malamang tatay ko si Rakman, sinipa ako at inapakan sa ulo, at saka inilabas ako (When they learned Rakman is my father, they kicked me and stepped on my head, and brought me out),” he said.

As all these were taking place, Salasal said, Colonel Maguid’s mother was pleading with the soldiers not to hurt the civilians. A soldier responded by taking one of the flashlights in the house and inserting it into the mouth of Colonel Maguid’s mother.

After that, the soldiers took Rakman and Samsudin outside the house and beat them up some more before speeding away with them in an Army truck. When the soldiers -– whom Salasal had identified as belonging to the 40th Infantry Battalion by the lettering on the Army truck they had used in the raid –- had gone a considerable distance, the other evacuees fled.

Samsudin said they were taken near another evacuation center, where the soldiers tied them to an ipil-ipil tree and continued beating them up.

Rakman is now detained at the Aleosan Municipal Jail. The soldiers had brought them there after beating them up while tied to the ipil-ipil tree.

“Do’n na lang po namin nalamang may kaso sa kanya (It was only there that we learned there is a case against him),” Samsudin said. “Hindi po alam ng tatay ko na may kaso pala siya (My father didn’t know that there was a case against him).”

“Hindi ko po alam kung bakit kami ang tinatarget (I don’t know why we were being targeted),” Samsudin told the NIHM delegates.

As of Oct. 24, there was still no definite information as to whether or not Rakman had been charged with any offense. (Bulatlat.com)
posted by Alexander Martin Remollino


Source: http://ourthoughtsarefree.blogspot.com/

ON BEING A MORO AND A MUSLIM

(A Statement from the Office of Anak Mindanao Party List Representative Mujiv S. Hataman on the Privilege Speech of Rep. Teddy Boy Locsin)

When the Memorandum of Agreement on Ancestral Domain between the Government of the Republic of the Philippines and the Moro Islamic Liberation Front caused a wave of protests among different sectors of society, we feared the resurging of anti-Moro discrimination and prejudice.

Though we believed that the said Memorandum of Agreement could have been a major breakthrough in the peace process, we adhered and respected the Temporary Restraining Order issued by the Supreme Court, acknowledging the right to information and consultation raised by the protesters. We welcomed this opportunity for calmness, rationality and objectivity in the discussion and study of the Agreement, thereby easing our aforementioned fear.

However, today (August 6, 2008) our fear stared right in front of us, right in the front page of the Philippine Daily Inquirer, coming from the least expected person, as we have revered and esteemed him for his eloquence, brilliance and uncorrupted stance in major public controversies in the past.

Exercising utmost prudence, we did not settle for what the news reported. We asked for a copy of the mentioned Privilege Speech of the Honorable Representative Teddy Boy Locsin, and much to our grief, the words in the actual Speech only served to confirm our fears.

We recognize the oppositions against the content of the Agreement, even the process by which it was carried out. But to put forward arguments based on misconceptions about Islam and derogatory statements about the Moro people is uncalled for, especially from a statesman such as the Honorable Representative.

If a highly educated, respected authority like Congressman Locsin thought and felt this way towards the Moro people and Muslims in general, one can only surmise what an ordinary non-Moro, non-Muslim thinks about us.

It is for this consideration, that we are compelled to negate some points raised by the good Congressman, made not in bad faith, we would like to believe, but out of the lack of acquaintance with the Moro People’s History and the dynamics of Islam.

Enumerated in the Speech under Items Four, Five and Six are what the Representative say will result from the MOA – an allusion to the establishment of an anarchic, Afghanistan-style government, “an educational system teaching even undemocratic political values along with intolerant religious ideas,” “without any of the civilized limitations in the Bill of Rights, such as equal protection of the laws, due process, and the prohibition against such cruel and unusual punishments as stoning to death a woman taken in adultery or just suspected. Indeed, it shall possess absolute powers without any prohibition against the discrimination, abuse and enslavement of women, which happens in some Muslim states.”

We do not deny the fact that these occur in countries where Muslims are a majority (there are questions among Muslim authorities on the use of the term “Islamic State” as the claim of some countries to be such is still highly debated upon), but they are also occurrences in many non-Muslim nations. Yes there are Muslims who allege that these are Islamic teachings, but many Muslims believe that these are misrepresentations arising from conservative interpretation of Islam, contrary to the true essence of Islam as established in Qur’anic hermeneutical exegesis. We are not in the position to lecture on Islamic theology and we know that this is not the proper forum. However, allow us to share the following Rights prescribed in Islam:

1. BASIC HUMAN RIGHTS:

1. The Right to Life
2. The Right to the Safety of Life
3. Respect for the Chastity of Women
4. The Right to a Basic Standard of Life
5. Individual’s Right to Freedom
6. The Right to Justice
7. Equality of Human Beings
8. The Right to Co-operate and not to Co-operate

2. RIGHTS OF CITIZENS IN AN ISLAMIC STATE:

1. The Security of Life and Property
2. The Protection of Honor
3. The Sanctity and Security of Private Life
4. The Security of Personal Freedom
5. The Right to Protest Against Tyranny
6. Freedom of Expression
7. Freedom of Association
8. Freedom of Conscience and Conviction
9. Protection of Religious Sentiments
10. Protection from Arbitrary Imprisonment
11. The Right to Basic Necessities of Life
12. Equality Before Law
13. Rulers not above the Law
14. The Right to Avoid Sin
15. The Right to Participate in the Affairs of the State


3. RIGHTS OF ENEMIES AT WAR:

1. The Rights of the Non-Combatants
2. The Rights of the Combatants
o Right Against Torture with fire
o Protection of the Wounded
o The Prisoner of War should not be Slain
o No one should be tied to be killed
o No looting and destruction in the enemy’s country
o Sanctity of Property
o Sanctity of a Dead Body
o Return of Corpses of the Enemy
o Prohibition of Breach of Treaties
o Rules about Declaration of War

These Fundamental Rights were laid down by Islam six hundred years before the concept of human rights was said to be introduced in the Magna Carta of Britain. They are Rights due to every single being, regardless of race, sex or religion. Muslims are to uphold these Rights with utmost compliance because in the words of the Muslim scholar, Syed Maududi, “…when we speak of human rights in Islam we really mean that these rights have been granted by God; they have not been granted by any king or by any legislative assembly. The rights granted by the kings or the legislative assemblies, can also be withdrawn in the same manner in which they are conferred. But since in Islam human rights have been conferred by God, no legislative assembly in the world, or any government on earth has the right or authority to make any amendment or change in the rights conferred by God. No one has the right to abrogate them or withdraw them. Nor are they the basic human rights which are conferred on paper for the sake of show and exhibition and denied in actual life when the show is over. Nor are they like philosophical concepts which have no sanctions behind them.”

Furthermore, no less than the Prophet (S.A.W.) said, “On the day of judgment, rights will be given to those to whom they are due (and wrongs will be redressed…)

The violation by some Muslims of this decree does not justify the attribution of cruelty to all Muslims or to Islam in general.

We hope to have shed a speck of light on the issue of Islam, Human Rights and Democracy. Allow us now to clarify some points raised about the Moro People and our Struggle for Right to Self-Determination.

Rep. Locsin started his speech by saying it is easy for one (such as Rep. Dilangalen) to approach the issue calmly, for he stands to gain an entirely new country. May we remind or if indeed he is ignorant of the fact, inform his honor that the Moro’s struggle is not about GAINING a new country, but about REGAINING what was unjustly taken away from us. And in this particular agreement, this opportunity of regaining what is rightfully ours is not even without conditions.

The Moro people is not what he called new-minted citizens. Sir, we have been a civilized people long before the Spaniards came. We were a sovereign nation 448 years before the Philippines even became one. Our government had treaty relations with the Spaniards, the French and the Americans. Long before Magellan discovered the Philippines, Jolo was already serving as one of the international trading ports in the Malayan world, frequented by Arab, Chinese and other Asian traders. We had a defined land territory and we are not solely seafarers as mentioned.

Perhaps the good Congressman forgot, Manila started as a Muslim community ruled by Rajah Sulayman.

If we have become the lowly people that we are now, bereft of civility and dignity as many see us to be, we can only point to a stepmother who has forsaken us after forcibly taking us along with our legitimate inheritance into her custody. From the very beginning, the Moro people were not remiss in their resistance against inclusion in the Philippines. But despite pleas, petitions and clamors in every means imaginable, the interest of the Moro people was never sufficiently addressed or at the very least heard. In the drafting of the 1935 Constitution, a group of Moros wrote a letter to the Constitutional Convention, asking for a guarantee of their political, economic and socio-cultural survival as a people. This found no space in the said Constitution. The letter was not even read. It is said that in protest of this injustice, a Christian Filipino delegate from Lanao, Hon. Tomas Cabili did not sign the Constitution.

But despite these, many of us grew up to be loving, respectful and obedient children of this nation. But just like illegitimate children, we are forever challenged to prove our loyalty, to struggle in order to gain respect and acceptance or even just to belong. We are eternally striving to prove our worth and to at least get the attention that we deserve but never had. And in times when we cry, longing for our identity in our own home, we are called insurgents, rebels, traitors and dealt with as such.

The Filipino nation has not and from the recent debacles about the peace process, will never be able to accept us unconditionally for who and what we are. Yet, the Filipino nation denies us, even a glimpse of hope to regain our lives. What can be more cruel than that?

This is not to serve the interest of the peace process, more so push for the contentious Memorandum of Agreement. Public debates on the issue are everywhere. This is a mere attempt to provide an alternative perspective on what has been said, particularly in the subject Privilege Speech, which we know, represents the feelings and insights of many of our Christian Filipino brothers and sisters.

Lastly, the said Speech also questioned the intervention of the Malaysian government. We cannot speak in behalf of Malaysia. But this we can say, the Moro People’s Right to Self-Determination is a universally upheld Right. Between Malaysia, who recognizes this right, and one who is not aware of, much more support this right, who now is bereft of the spirit of human rights, democracy and justice?


Source: http://blog.wyzemoro.com/on-being-a-moro-and-a-muslim/

Blast hurt 4, damage bridge in Mindanao

Philippine Daily Inquirer

First Posted 22:52:00 04/20/2009

Filed Under: Explosion, Security (general)

ILIGAN CITY, Philippines—A powerful blast ripped through a bus terminal in North Cotabato on Monday, wounding four people, Army spokesman Major Randolph Cabangbang told reporters.

Blaming the attack on a rogue faction of Moro guerrillas, Cabangbang said the explosion, believed to have been caused by a crude bomb, also shattered glass panels of nearby commercial establishments in the province.

“Nobody specializes in such terrorist operations other than the lawless Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) group,” Cabangbang said, adding it was the second bombing attack on Monday in Mindanao.

Two crude bombs also exploded at dawn near Iligan City, damaging a 100-meter (328-foot) bridge linking the Catholic-dominated urban center to Muslim-dominated towns on Lanao Del Norte.

No casualty was reported.

Colonel Benito de Leon, head of the Army’s 104th Infantry Brigade, said the bombs were planted on the right side of the bridge in Sitio (sub-village) Fuentes in Barangay (village) Ma. Cristina.

He said investigators were still determining the make and type of the bombs and the identities of the perpetrators.

The blasts damaged the railings of the bridge, prompting authorities to close it to vehicles, De Leon said.

Traffic had to be rerouted but the alternate bridge in Barangay Ditucalan, which was temporarily used, can only accommodate light vehicles, according to Mayor Lawrence Cruz.

Cruz urged residents to be vigilant in the wake of the fresh attacks, which, he said, occurred at the height of bomb threats in the city and the explosions that hit power distribution facilities of the National Transmission Corp. (Transco).

Last year, a city mall was bombed, killing at least three people and wounding more than 40 others. Authorities had blamed MILF rebels for the attacks, but the group denied involvement.

On Friday, the Bangsamoro Center for Just Peace in the Philippines urged the government and the MILF to resume peace negotiations, saying that other groups could still create scenarios that could worsen the conflict.

Reuters; Richel Umel and Edwin Fernandez,

Inquirer Mindanao

Catatan Wartawan - Misi Mindanao

'Manisnya' liku-liku ujian Allah ke Mindanao

Azamin Amin azaminamin@yahoo.com

Fri Dec 19, 08 7:46:29 pm MYT

SETELAH 20 tahun lalu menunaikan umrah di Mekah, 10 tahun kemudiannya mencari rezeki di Singapura, menyusup masuk ke Golok, Thailand atas urusan kerja dan bercuti ke Medan, Sumatera terasa amat janggal dan kekok ketika diminta untuk bertugas ke luar negara, apatah lagi pertama kali menyertai misi bantuan kemanusiaan Yayasan Amal Malaysia (AMAL) ke Mindanao, Filipina.

Harakah meminta saya untuk turut serta bersama 12 anggota rombongan bantuan kemanusiaan AMAL yang diketuai oleh Presidennya Husin Ismail untuk melakukan Qurban dan Aqiqah di sana selama 6 hari bermula 7 sehingga 12 Disember sekaligus menyampaikan sumbangan dana dan memberi rawatan kesihatan percuma kepada pelarian perang Mindanao yang kini sudah mencecah 600,000 orang.

Ringkasnya, mereka menjadi mangsa akibat peperangan menuntut Wilayah Islam daripada kerajaan Filipina. Perjuangan ini dimulai oleh mujahidin daripada Bangsamoro yang menamakan diri mereka Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) yang mengangkat senjata memerangi kerajaan kerana kegagalan pemerintah memberi autonomi kepada wilayah tersebut.

Bukan mudah untuk menolak saat akhir kerana ianya merupakan tugasan pertama setelah berpindah jawatan selaku Penolong Pengarang Harakahdaily 1 Disember lalu, apatah lagi perjalanan saya telah dibiayai sepenuhnya oleh Harakah sendiri.

Begitu berat ujian dan dilemanya saya ketika itu kerana dua hari sebelum berangkat, ibu dikasihi pula berada dalam keadaan uzur dan terpaksa dibawa ke klinik oleh penduduk kampung.

"Kalau untuk jalan Allah, mak redha...pergilah," sebaris kata ibu itu, cukup untuk memercikkan air mata.

Ujian makin perit apabila putera sulung saya pula Fariz Aqhar, 6 dalam keadaan demam teruk dan muntah-muntah. Seingat saya kali terakhir dia keadaan begitu, sewaktu tahun 2006 dan dimasukkan ke hospital selama lima hari.

Jangan bimbang saya ada dan berserah pada Allah, kata isteri mententeramkan dada saya.

7 DISEMBER 2008 - Sehari sebelum Hari Raya Haji

Betapa goncangnya hati untuk melangkah pergi namun, ujian ke jalan Allah saya sedar penuh liku. Ketika para penyelamat sedang bertungkus-lumus mencari mangsa tanah runtuh di Bukit Antarabangsa, Hulu Kelang, Selangor kira-kira 4 kilometer daripada rumah saya, 7 Disember jam 3.00 pagi saya pula menuju ke Terminal Tambang Murah (LCCT) di Sepang untuk berada 3 jam lebih awal walaupun waktu berlepas kapal terbang hanyalah jam 7.00 pagi.

Ujian liku seterusnya bermula apabila rombongan AMAL itu terbahagi kepada dua kumpulan yang mana salah satu daripadanya perlu transit terlebih dahulu ke Singapura sebelum terus ke Manila, Mindanao.

Dan seperti dijangka, saya 'terpilih' dalam kumpulan itu bersama dengan Dr Ahmad daripada Persatuan Perubatan Islam Ibnu Sina (Papisma) dan aktivis sepenuh masa yang juga daripada Ketua Penerangan Teras Pengupayaan Melayu Negeri Sembilan (Teras) Suhaire Sulaiman.

Kami bertiga tiba di Singapura jam 8.30 pagi dan 'terkandas' sehingga jam 12.00 tengah hari untuk berlepas ke Manila pula. Dalam kebosanan kami mencari tempat senggang yang selesa untuk bersembang dan Dr Ahmad mencadangkan sebuah cafe berhampiran di dalam Changi Airport, Singapura tersebut.

Selama empat jam saya sungguh senang dengan kedua-dua 'watak' yang baru dikenali ini.Berkongsi pengalaman dan bertukar-tukar pendapat. Bezanya saya dengan mereka berdua hanya satu, ditaja dan dibiayai oleh Harakah manakala Dr. Ahmad dan Suhaire menanggung perbelanjaan mereka sendiri.

Dr Ahmad seorang pakar ENT (Ear Nose and Throat) yang dikira berkemampuan, menceritakan bahawa beliau telah mengikuti beberapa misi kemanusiaan antaranya di Acheh dan ini merupakan antara sumbangannya kepada umat Islam yang terpencil di luar selain membantu yang sedia ada dalam negara.

Menariknya, beliau sanggup meninggalkan cuti santainya bersama keluarga tambahan pula menyambut Aidiladha di rantau orang untuk kerja sukarelawan.

Katanya setiap kali berada di luar negara untuk misi kemanusiaan, beliau akan meninggalkan wasiat kepada isterinya antaranya berbunyi :"Redhalah..jenazah abang hendaklah ditanam di mana sahaja abang meninggal...dan tidak perlu bawa balik.."

Kagum mendengarnya, kerana beliau sudah bersedia untuk menghadapi kemungkinan mati di jalan Allah.

Watak Suhaire juga tambah menarik apabila sebagai orang kampung, mempunyai inisiatif sendiri mengutip dana daripada masjid-masjid dan orang perorangan untuk menyampaikan sumbangan zakat ataupun Qurban Aqiqah untuk umat Islam di Mindanao sehingga berjaya mengumpulkan sejumlah RM8,000!

Beliau juga membawa dua buah beg, salah satu daripadanya dipenuhi oleh pakaian yang terpakai yang disumbang penduduk kampungnya dan beberapa bungkuan gula-gula untuk anak-anak yatim di sana. Wah...sungguh bersemangat!

Bagasi 'hilang' di Airport
Dalam pada itu teringat pula betapa ramai rakan yang memarahi saya kerana lewat memberitahu untuk ke Mindanao supaya mereka juga dapat menyumbang sama. Maklumlah saya pergi dalam 'minit-minit akhir', itupun sempat juga saya 'announce' di surau Harakah dan berjaya mengumpulkan 'derma kilat' sejumlah RM230.00 sejurus selepas solat zuhur dan Ketua Pengarang Kumpulan Harakah Ahmad Lutfi Othman juga turut menyampaikan wang tunai RM3,000 hasil sumbangan orang ramai ke Tabung Harakahdaily Dot Com.

Malu juga saya 'berkawan' dengan Dr. Ahmad dan Suhaire kerana datang dengan tujuan yang ikhlas dan atas belanja sendiri sedangkan saya kerana memenuhi tuntutan tugas dan dan dibiayai. Insaf saya seketika.

Tepat jam, 12.00 hari kami pun ke balai berlepas untuk check in. Rupanya timbul pula masalah terknikal, dimana pihak berkuasa Changi mahukan secara terperinci butiran tiket kami pergi dan balik. Namun butiran itu ada pada Husin yang sudah pun berlepas bersama kumpulan satu lagi ke Manila.

Mahu tidak mahu, kami diminta ke kaunter Tambang Murah untuk mendapat butiran kami dan untuk ke sana kami terpaksa menaiki 'train-transit' seperti Monorel di Kuala Lumpur. Aduhai...saya sudah hampir pitam kerana tidak tidur sejak malam semalam.

"Ahmad, Suhaire Sulaiman, Muhammad Azamin..." nama kami bertiga berkumandang di Changi Airport kerana Kapal Terbang Philipines Airlines bakal berlepas dan masih menunggu kami.

Kami di 'escort' segera oleh seorang pegawai untuk memudahkan pemeriksaan dan terus ke perut kapal.

Selesai satu penyakit, getus hati saya. Dalam kapal saya tidak duduk sekali. 'Seat 17-B' menempatkan saya di tengah antara seorang lelaki Filipina dan seorang lelaki Eropah berdasarkan rupa mereka, dan saya tidak berupaya untuk berkenalan kerana keletihan yang amat sangat dan hampir pitam...dan terlena ketika kapal terbang sudah berada di ruang udara.

Kira-kira satu jam perjalanan, saya terasa amat lapar namun makanan yang disediakan amat diragui. Terpaksa dijamah juga seketul roti yang disedaikan untuk melapik perut saya daripada terpaksa menjamah nasi ayam berkuah...yang menyebabkan kembang anak tekak!

'Mabuhay' laung pramugari genit nan jelita yang bermakna 'Selamat Datang' sewaktu kami tiba di Nino Aquino International Airport Manila jam 4.30 petang. Kami bertiga merasa lega walaupun penerbangan tiga jam tadi menempuh awan mendung sehingga beberapa kali gegaran kuat dirasai di dalam kokpit.

Dengan tidak semana-mena sekali lagi nama kami bertiga kedengaran di corong pembesar suara Lapangan Terbang itu.Separuh tagalog, separuh melayu."Azamin...!" Apalagilah musibahnya, soal saya. Seorang pegawai dikenali sebagai James Malugun merapati kami lalu membawa kami ke satu kaunter sejurus selepas pasport kami dicop.

Katanya beg kami bertiga telah 'hilang' dan menjelaskan bagasi tersebut telah dimuatkan di dalam kapal terbang yang berlainan dengan yang kami naiki. Nyarislah kapal terbang itu juga tiba ke destinasi sama, lalu kami diminta mengisi borang dan mengikut arahan-arahan tertentu.Lebih syahdu, untuk mengambil bagasi kami itu, terpaksa menaiki sebuah van untuk ke sebuah terminal tambang murah kira-kira 4 kilometer daripada lapangan terbang yang kami tiba.

"Tak pelah...biarlah beg kita tu, yang penting kita solat dulu," kata Dr Ahmad mengingatkan saya dan Suhaire. Saya dengan pantas bertanya pegawai tersebut "Where's prayer room?" (mana tempat sembahyang) "No!" kata pegawai itu.

Solat di kali lima Lapangan Terbang Manila
"Tak pe Azamin, kita ambil wuduk dulu nanti kita cari tempat yang sesuai," jelas Dr Ahmad lagi akhirnya menunai solat jamak takhir di kaki lima Lapangan Terbang Manila itu sambil diperhatikan oleh ramai orang yang lalu-lalang kerana merasa aneh dengan perbuatan kami itu. Kami perlu solat segera kerana jam 5.30 petang suasana di Manila sudah di ambang senja, melewati waktu Maghrib.

Setelah selesai mendapatkan bagasi kami terus ke tempat penginapan di Baclaran, Manila yang jauhnya setengah jam perjalanan daripada lapangan terbang. Baclaran, sebuah kawasan terpencil di dalam bandar Manila yang dihuni oleh penduduk Islam. Mudah untuk makan dan menginap.

Di situ, Baclaran Lodge kami bertemu semula dengan Husin dan ramai ahli rombongan lagi.
Rupanya Azhan Atan, Juara Akademi Nasyid TV9 juga ada.Beliau mewakili Unit Amal Johor Begitu juga dengan bekas wakil rakyat PAS ADUN Belanja Perak yang menang pilihan raya tahun 1999, Kapten (B) Dr Faizol Fadzil Mohamed.

Jam sudah menunjukkan jam 7.30 malam. Perut terlalu keroncong, kami pun terus ke kedai menjamu selera, nasi 'padi huma' berlaukkan ayam dan sup. Supnya sungguh sedap daripada Tomyam manakala ayam di sini dipanggil 'Manok'. Jumlah dibayar untuk 9 orang makan hanyalah 420 Peso (matawang Filipina), kira-kira RM35.00 sahaja!

"Azamin jangan lupa, esok subuh subuh jam 4.30 pagi manakala solat Aidiladha jam 7.00 pagi. Lepas solat kita akan naik 'flight' ke Cotabato,Mindanao selama sejam. Tiba di sana kita akan lakukan penyembelihan di sebelah petang," kata Husin kepada saya dan rakan-rakan yang lain.

Ketika berada di bilik penginapan, salah seorang rakan yang juga menjadi jurubahasa dan penunjuk jalan kami di sini, Anwar Abdullah sedang khusyuk menonton tv 'Unang Balita' yang bermaksud 'Fisrt News' dalam bahasa Tagalog. Beliau adalah Bangsamoro dan menetap di Marawi City, tempat yang bakal kami lawati dua hari lagi. Anwar merupakan mahasiswa jurusan Ilmu Wahyu Universiti Islam Antarabangsa (UIA) di Gombak.

"Berita apa itu?," tanya saya berbahasa Inggeris dengannya. "Ini berita tentang kemenangan wira kami, Paciyaou dari Filipina yang menjadi juara tinju dunia. Menang hari ni di Las Vegas menewaskan peninju Mexico.

"Sejak pertarungan tinju itu yang turut di tonton Arroyo Macapagal dan juga Mike Tyson, jenayah di Filipina berkurangan secara mendadak. Semua tertumpu dengan perlawanan," kata Anwar berbahasa Inggeris sepatah-sepatah sehingga saya pun sudah tidak mengerti butirannya kerana tersengguk-senguk mengantuk melintasi jam 1 pagi.

Sebelum tidur, sempat juga saya mengirimkan sistem pesanan ringkas (sms) kepada sahabat di Kuala Lumpur Mohd Khalil untuk menjadikannya berita sekaligus disiarkan di dalam Harakahdaily.net. Ya memang ada kafe siber di sini namun dinasihatkan tidak menggunakan kemudahan itu di waktu malam atas faktor keselamatan.

8 DISEMBER 2008 - Aidiladha
Kami solat Aidiladha jam 7.00 pagi di Lorong Bacralan berhampiran sebuah masjid yang tidak dapat menampung ratusan penduduk Islam di situ. Masjidnya adalah sebuah bangunan seperti rumah kedai. Tiada masjid sebiji-sebiji di sini.

Sekitar kawasan itu jauh lebih 'kronik' pemandangannya jika dibandingkan dengan Jalan Alor, Lorong Haji Taib, Petaling Street atau Chow Kit, namun tuntutan agama diteruskan juga.Tanpa lengah selepas selesai mendengar khutbah kami bersiap-siap untuk ke Cotabato Airport.

Sedang saya berbual-bual tentang album sulung Azhan dan penubuhan Fan Clubnya, tiba-tiba Husin memanggil saya ke kaunter tempat bagasi di timbang dan dimasukkan ke kabin kapal terbang. Pihak Imigresen Filipina meminta sebahagian barang-barang isteri Husin, Rosemunainah yang turut serta dalam misi itu, dipindahkan ke dalam beg saya. Ini untuk mencukupkan kuota timbangan.

"Fuh...apa punya bala..." bisik hati saya yang mula bosan dengan karenah pihak berkuasa di situ yang tak sudah-sudah. Tidak cukup dengan itu kami semua diminta membayar harga timbangan beg-beg anggota AMAL kira-kira 2,000 Peso (RM150) dan dipaksa menanggalkan kasut untuk pemeriksaan.

Kata bekas tentera Tajuddin yang turut serta dan banyak pengalaman, pemeriksaan sangat ketat khususnya jika kita ke kawasan yang mempunyai risiko tinggi dan berlaku konflik seperti di Mindanao. Lebih mendebarkan salah seorang anggota AMAL membawa sebilah parang daripada Malaysia.

Bila ditanya pegawai Imigresen, Ismail Amar dari Unit Amal Johor menjelaskan yang parang itu untuk tujuan sembelihan. "Slaughter-slaughter, Qurban-qurban." Nasib baiklah dilepaskan.

Perjalanan sejam, dirasakan cukup cepat tahkala kapten kapal mengumumkan pendaratan ke Cotabato, Airport jam 12.00 tengah hari. Ketika tayar kapal terbang berjaya mencecah lapangan, kedengaran para penumpang yang rata-ratanya asal penduduk Mindanao bertepuk tangan dan bersorak sebagai tanda kapal terbang berjaya 'landing' dengan selamatnya.

Pernahkah yang tak berjayakah 'landing' sebelum ini? Soal hati saya pula sambil memerhati di persekitaran yang cukup asing bagi saya. Kiri-kanan dan dari pelbagai sudut kawasan lapangan terbang itu dipenuhi oleh tentera dan polis Filipina yang berbaju celoreng dan siap bersenjata M16 dan 'short gun'.

"Insya-Allah selamat," tepuk seorang yang tidak dikenali ke bahu saya sambil tersenyum. Rupanya dia sudah lama menunggu kedatangan pasukan misi AMAL. Namanya Imran Abdullah dan merupakan seorang aktivis yang aktif menjalankan kerja-kerja amal dalam Bangsamoro Development Agency (BDA).

BDA ini adalah sebuah badan berkanun yang ditubuh untuk memberi bantuan dan perhatian kepada mangsa pelarian perang Bangsamoro yang semakin ramai akibat peperangan yang tercetus antara pejuang mujahidin daripada tentera Filipina sejak Ogos 2008 lalu.

Sembelih Qurban pertama kali...alamak!
Perang tercetus, kerana kerjaan Filipina membatalkan perjanjian damai Wilayah Islam Mindanao pada bulan itu dan menafikan hak umat Islam untuk mendapatkan kemerdekaan di wilayah tersebut.

Ironi dan uniknya walaupun wujud sengketa di antara MILF dan kerajaan namun kedua-dua pihak bersetuju menubuhkan BDA untuk memastikan nasib dan kelangsungan hidup umat Islam Mindanao khususnya Bangsamoro terjamin serta selamat akibat daripada perang itu, jelas Imran serba ringkas kepada saya sewaktu kami dalam perjalanan menuju ke tempat penginapan.

Setelah melepasi lebih 10 sekatan jalan raya oleh tentera menuju tempat penginapan di Cotabato, kami menguruskan diri masing-masing dengan solat, makan dan melunjur kaki seketika kemudian memulakan tugas penyembelihannya kira-kira jam 3.00 petang. Kami dipecahkan kepada tiga kumpulan memandangkan tempat sembelihan lembu dan kambing berada di puluhan lokasi yang berbeza.

Saya menaiki pacuan empat roda jenis Mitsubishi yang dipandu penduduk tempatan Nasir bersama Husin, Dr Faizol, Siti Fatimatuz Zahra (pelajar undang-undang), Rosemunainah dan Norzira Mamat (mewakili Pasti Terengganu) menyelusuri kawasan kampung yang sesetengahnya saling tak tumpah seperti perkampungan orang asli di negara sendiri.

Lokasi pertama, di balai Moro Youth Religious Organization Inc (MYROi) di kampung Sipinuh Cotabato City di mana Husin melakukan sembelihan yang pertama dengan diikuti oleh imam yang hanya dikenali sebagai Ahmad. Di situ dua ekor lembu dikorbankan. Kami berangkat pula ke sebuah kampung yang lain dan meninggalkan kerja melapah dan mengagihkan daging lembu kepada penduduk di situ.

Kami tiba di Balikatan jam 4.00 petang untuk menyembelih dua ekor lagi lembu. Selesai sahaja menyembelih seekor,Husin menyerahkan parang kepada saya lalu bersuara:'Nah Azamin, belajar sembelih seekor.... Ambil peluang setahun sekali ini,"

Berdegup laju jantung saya laksana pengantin baru bernikah. Cuba 'control macho' saya menyahut cabaran Husin, walaupun dalam hati gundah-gulana. Mana taknya, kambing pun tak pernah inikan pula lembu. Ayam dan ikan banyaklah...dalam hati saya berkata-kata.

Kira-kira 15 orang penduduk kampung Balikatan memerhati sahaja langkah saya yang tak tentu arah dan dua daripada mereka telah 'menjatuhkan' lembu di kaki jalan untuk saya menyempurnakan korban. Husin memberikan tujuh nama kepada saya sebagai syarat bahawa saya mewakili mereka.

Lembu berwana putih dan gebu itu sudah berada di kaki lutut saya dan nampaknya 'redha' dan jinak. Tiada ada aksi meronta atau naik minyak.Hanya diam menunggu saat saya menujah parang ke lehernya.

"Bismillahhi Allhuakbar!" saya bertempik lalu 'syrrappp'...satu hirisan kasar ke leher lembu dan dengan pantas darahnya menyimbah ke muka saya.Wah! Tragis sungguh. Kalau yang pakar sembelih, darahnya memancut ke bawah tetapi bagi amatur macam saya inilah natijahnya.

Sudah Azamin, sudah..." teriak Husin kerana saya begitu 'bersungguh-sungguh' menyembelih lembu sehingga hampir putus lehernya saya 'kerjakan'.

"Dah putus urat marih pun, yang engkau hiris sampai ke tulang tu kenapa?," soal Husin ketika saya membersihkan darah di muka.

"Aaa...saya takut lembu tu hidup dan bangkit balik, tak kes naya nanti," jawab saya sambil diketawakan oleh Husin dan rakan-rakan yang lain.

Inilah pengalaman paling mahal yang tak pernah dimimpikan yang telah 'dihadiahkan' oleh Harakah dan AMAL kepada saya, dan mudah-mudahan Allah merestui kerja amal saya ini.

Kami kemudiannya ke Kampung Sultan Kudrat Simog untuk menyampaikan sumbangan dana dan zakat kepada anak-anak yatim yang mendiami Madrasah Ibnu Tamiyah. Sumbangan disampaikan oleh Husin kepada penjaga mereka, Sulaiman.

Katanya anak-anak yatim ini ada antaranya terdiri daripada keluarga atau ayah mereka yang syahid ketika bertempur dengan tentera manakala pusat pengajian madrasah itu ditutup sejak wilayah itu bergolak dengan peperangan.

Setelah merakamkan gambar anak-anak comel dan tidak berdosa ini kira-kira 20 minit, kami memecut laju untuk bersama dua kumpulan kami yang lain di Pejabat BDA Medical Society jam 7.20 malam kerana diraikan di dalam satu majlis makan malam oleh Presiden Bangsamoro Medical Society John Maliga.

Di situ kami bertukar-tukar pengalaman dan cerita dengan Dr. Ahmad yang menyembelih lembu di lokasi lain bersama Shuhaire (Teras), Tajuddin (bekas Tentera), Ismail Amar (unit Amal Johor), Mat Amin Sidek (Ketua Kampung Batu 8, Sabak Bernam) dan Azhan (Penasyid).

Perjalanan bahaya di medan tempur
"Mereka ketawa tengok kita bawa pisau dan parang kecil. Diaorang guna pedang samurai atau parang ang begitu panjang untuk sekali 'tebas', sekali sentap sembelihan. Bukannya memusing keliling leher lembu macam kita," kata Dr Ahmad.

"Kalau kambing, seorang sahaja yang buat..dia buat macam ayam je. Kalau kita tiga empat orang tahan kambing tu sampai tak bernafas.Lembu pun macam itu juga, dua atau tiga orang sahaja kerja kan. Kita satu pasukan bola rentap lembu tu sampai tumbang," katanya sambil kami ketawa sesama sendiri menghilangkan kepenatan yang mula merangkak lewat malam.

Esok 9 Disember ujiannya cukup mencabar dan mendebarkan bagi pasukan Misi AMAL apabila Imran menyatakan bahawa kami akan melalui kawasan medan tempur antara tentera Filipina dan pejuang mujahidin di Tatapan, Cotabato. Tugas kami di sana adalah untuk mengagihkan makanan dan memberi rawatan kesihatan kepada lebih 4,000 keluarga di khemah pelarian di Talayan dan Duta Piang, Cotabato.

Ya..untuk ke Duta Piang yang memakan masa sejam, kami mesti menempuh kawasan medan perang."May Allah bless you...Insya-Allah" kata Imran ringkas kepada kami sudah tentunya tidak dapat tidur lena mengenangkan perjalanan bahaya esok.
BERSAMBUNG...-azm

(Catatan di atas turut dimuatkan dalam keluaran Harakah edisi Isnin, 22 Disember dan bakal bersambung di Edisi Jumaat, 26 Disember untuk siri yang kedua)

Misi Kemanusiaan Gabungan NGO-NGO Islam ke Mindanao

7 Dis 2008 - Alhamdulilah hari ini, saya berkesempatan untuk bersama dengan Deligasi Kemanusiaan Mindanao yang bertujuan untuk melaksanakan sumbangan Ibadah korban rakyat Malaysia yang prihatin di sana.

Menurut Ketua Deligasi yang juga Presiden Yayasan Amal Malaysia, Cikgu Hussin Ismail sebanyak 32 ekor lembu dan 80 ekor kambing akan dikorbankan di sana hasil dari derma dan sumbangan orang ramai. Selain dari itu menurut beliau, bantuan perubatan juga akan dilakukan kerana bersama rombongan ini terdapat beberapa orang Pengamal Perubatan

Peserta Misi Mindanao Anjuran Yayasan Amal Malaysia

Yang menariknya di antara peserta yang turut serta adalah Juara Akademi Nasyid 2008 (TV9) Sdr Azhan Atan.Beliau ditugaskan untuk menghibur kanak-kanak yang mengalami trauma akibat banjir besar baru-baru ini dan juga mangsa peperangan.

Sdr Azhan Atan, Sdr Azmin (Wartawan Harakah) dan sukarelawan

Deligasi pada kali ini akan berada di Cotabato Mindanao selama 6 hari bermula dari 7hb -12hb Disember 2008 dan ia mencatatkan satu sejarah yang baru dalam misi kemanuasiaan bila bergabungannya NGO-NGO Islam (Yayasana Amal Malaysia, ACT & CIMMA Teras) untuk membantu rakyat Mindanao yang ditimpa kesusahan.Menurut Presiden ACT Dato' Mustafa Kamal sumbangan yang diterima pada kali ini adalah berganda dari kebiasaan dan ini menunjukkan petanda baik.

Turut menghantar rombongan ini adalah Presiden ACT Malaysia, Dato' Mustafa Kamal, Ketua Bantuan Kemanusiaan YAM, YB Dr Abd Rani Osman dan Pengerusi CIMMA Teras Negeri Sembilan Sdr Shamsul Kamal Hj Idris.

Presiden ACT Malaysia Dato' Mustafa Kamal, Ketua Bantuan Kemanusiaan

YB Dr Abd Rani bersama Cikgu Hussin ketika menyampaikan taklimat kepada peserta

(Gambar dari http://khidmatmeru.blogspot.com/)

Menelusuri Derita Umat Islam di Mindanao

November 8, 2008 oleh pencuit minda

Selepas terkesan dengan beberapa berita tentang penderitaan saudara seislam di Filipina/ Mindanao, akhirnya diizinkanNya untuk menjejak kaki di negara jiran yang suatu waktu dahulu juga merupakan tapak kepada pemerintahan kerajaan Islam.

Perjalanan menggunakan Cebu Pacific Airways melalui Manila, membawa rombongan kami ke Cotabato. Seterusnya dapat kami menyaksikan sendiri kem kem pelarian yang penuh kedhaifan dan kesengsaraan penghuninya.

Lebih lima ratus ribu menjadi pelarian selepas diusir dari rumah. Sesetengah rumah pula di bakar. Sumber mengatakan hampir 60% daripada tentera Filipina bertumpu di Mindanao, khususnya di selatan.

Pasukan Pengaman (IMT) dianggotai oleh tentera daripada Malaysia, Brunei, Libya dan Jepun telah melakukan yang terbaik selama 4 tahun berada di sana, namun segalanya seakan sia sia selepas 5 Ogos lepas.

Bagi mengurangkan beban yang ditanggung oleh mereka, Yayasan Amal Malaysia akan mengadakan program Qurban di sana bermula tahun ini ( RM220 sebahagian untuk lembu, RM350 kambing), di samping khidmat kesihatan dan beberapa program amal yang lain. Sukarelawan juga diperlukan untuk menjayakan program ini.

Segala sumbangan boleh disalurkan melalui akaun Yayasan Amal 553010122090 (Maybank). Sila sms detail untuk tujuan rekod kepada saudara Jamal, 019 6644796.

Berada di salah satu kem pelarian berhampiran Cotabato

Memasak nasi dengan menggunakan dapur.

Kadang kalanya hanya berlaukkan garam

Sesekali berselisih dengan trak tentera Filipina dan termasuklah kereta kebal ini!

Sumber dari http://forumpemuda.wordpress.com/

"Keprihatinan NGO-NGO Islam atas nasib Umat Islam di Mindanao meningkat". Pihak moderator Muslim Minoriti-CIMMA mengalu-alukan usaha murni ini.

Kepada sesiapa yang berminat sila hubungi jurucakap :

1.CIMMA-Teras : Sdr Suhaire Hj Sulaiman (019-2998345)

2.Yayasan Amal Negeri Sembilan : Sdr Mohd Sufian Ibrahim (013-3589328)

3.Yayasan Amal Malaysia : Sdr Jamulidin Elias (019-6644796)

Tahniah : NGO-NGO Islam mulai prihatin akan nasib golongan minoriti

"Keprihatinan NGO-NGO Islam atas nasib Umat Islam di Mindanao meningkat".Pihak moderator Muslim Minoriti-CIMMA mengalu-alukan usaha murni ini. "Kepada sesiapa yang berminat sila hubungi jurucakap :

1.CIMMA-Teras : Sdr Suhaire Hj Sulaiman (019-2998345)

2.Yayasan Amal Negeri Sembilan : Sdr Mohd Sufian Ibrahim (013-3589328)

Yayasan Amal akan lancar misi kemanusiaan ke Mindanao
Wan Nordin Wan Yaacob Tue Nov 11, 08 7:29:58 am MYT

KUALA LUMPUR, 11 Nov (Hrkh) - Yayasan Amal Malaysia akan mengadakan misi kemanusiaan dan program korban di wilayah bergolak Mindanao, Filipina pada Hari Raya Aidiladha ini.


Ini berikutan keadaan umat Islam di Mindanao yang tertekan kerana tindakan ketenteraan yang dilakukan kerajaan pimpinan Gloria Macapagal Arroyo.

Pasukan peninjau Yayasan Aman yang baru pulang buat tinjauan mangsa perang di Mindanao mendapati keadaan mangsa amat teruk dan lebih 600,000 menjadi pelarian berikutan rumah mereka dibakar selain tanah dirampas.

Yayasan Amal memaklumkan bahawa bantuan di peringkat antarabangsa cukup minima malah bantuan NGO asing sangat minima.

"Yayasan Amal akan buat Program Korban dan Bantuan Perubatan semasa Hari Raya Haji ini. Lembu sebahagian RM 290 , kambing RM 320. Pakat bantu umat Islam Moro yang dianiaya,"kata jurucakap Yayasan Amal, Haji Husin.

Sementara itu, Yayasan Amal Negeri Sembilan pula akan turut melancarkan kutipan derma bantuan sempena program bantuan kemanusiaan di Mindanao.

Maklumat lanjut hubungi Pengerusi Yayasan Amal Negeri Sembilan, Sufian Ibrahim (013-3589328). - mks. _