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| The signing of the commitment against Islamic militancy in Marawi City capped off Sunday's commemoration in Lanao del Sur and its capital, Marawi City, of the International Human Rights Day. Philstar/Bing Maps | By John Unson |
MARAWI — Sectoral leaders signed on Sunday a manifesto committing support to government programs preventing the spread of Islamic militancy in Lanao del Sur and Lanao del Norte.
Among the signatories to the manifesto were Lanao del Sur Gov. Soraya Alonto-Adiong and local officials led by Marawi City Mayor Majul Gandamra, now together trying to resolve domestic security problems through diplomacy and by flexing their limited security powers stated in the Local Government Code.
The signing of the commitment, written on a tarpaulin, capped off Sunday's commemoration in Lanao del Sur and its capital, Marawi City, of the International Human Rights Day.
Salma Jayne Tamano, Lanao del Sur's provincial information officer, said representatives of different peace advocacy blocs and non-government organizations helping push the Mindanao peace process forward also affixed their signatures to the manifesto.
In a message, Adiong urged leaders in Marawi City and in all of Lanao del Sur's 39 towns to fuse ranks and address the security problems hounding the province, including the wanton attacks on communities by the Maute terror group.
Adiong, a first-termer provincial governor, said public cooperation is essential in addressing the Maute group, whose presence in Lanao del Sur is now a serious concern for local authorities
The Maute group, also known as the Dawlah Islamiya, boasts of allegiance to the Independent State of Iraq and Syria and has been using the black ISIS flag as its revolutionary banner.
More than 3,000 ethnic Maranaw peasant families were displaced by a series of attacks by the group in Butig town in Lanao del Sur last November.
Also present in the activity last Sunday at the provincial capitol was the popular Zimbabwean Islamic theologian Ismail Menk, who has been frequenting Mindanao to preach on religious tolerance and the importance of harmony among people regardless of races and religions.
The Maute group, led by the full-blooded Maranaw siblings Omar and Abdullah Maute, is fomenting animosity toward Christians.
The group has also been enforcing a ruthless Taliban-style justice system in far-flung areas in Butig which local residents detest for being primitive and barbaric.
The provincial government of Lanao del Sur has enlisted the help of moderate clerics in Marawi City and nearby towns in preventing the spread of Islamic militancy in the province.
Among the signatories to the manifesto were Lanao del Sur Gov. Soraya Alonto-Adiong and local officials led by Marawi City Mayor Majul Gandamra, now together trying to resolve domestic security problems through diplomacy and by flexing their limited security powers stated in the Local Government Code.
The signing of the commitment, written on a tarpaulin, capped off Sunday's commemoration in Lanao del Sur and its capital, Marawi City, of the International Human Rights Day.
Salma Jayne Tamano, Lanao del Sur's provincial information officer, said representatives of different peace advocacy blocs and non-government organizations helping push the Mindanao peace process forward also affixed their signatures to the manifesto.
Adiong, a first-termer provincial governor, said public cooperation is essential in addressing the Maute group, whose presence in Lanao del Sur is now a serious concern for local authorities
The Maute group, also known as the Dawlah Islamiya, boasts of allegiance to the Independent State of Iraq and Syria and has been using the black ISIS flag as its revolutionary banner.
More than 3,000 ethnic Maranaw peasant families were displaced by a series of attacks by the group in Butig town in Lanao del Sur last November.
Also present in the activity last Sunday at the provincial capitol was the popular Zimbabwean Islamic theologian Ismail Menk, who has been frequenting Mindanao to preach on religious tolerance and the importance of harmony among people regardless of races and religions.
The Maute group, led by the full-blooded Maranaw siblings Omar and Abdullah Maute, is fomenting animosity toward Christians.
The group has also been enforcing a ruthless Taliban-style justice system in far-flung areas in Butig which local residents detest for being primitive and barbaric.
The provincial government of Lanao del Sur has enlisted the help of moderate clerics in Marawi City and nearby towns in preventing the spread of Islamic militancy in the province.
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