DISQUS

Always On Watch · 5 months ago

I try to keep up with the jihad in the Philippines as I have several friends from there. Each of those friends is always surprised at my knowledge of the matter as they have found that so few Americans realize the ongoing jihad there. I've learned that many of my Philippine friends, all Roman Catholics, fled that region precisely because of Islam.

Of course, the Moslems in the Philippines are even more emboldened every time the Philippine government grants a concession -- be that concession land or "understanding."

Angry Infidel · 5 months ago

TX for all your comments, AOW, they're very appreciated.

Well, it's worrying that there are JI's operatives (that is, directly AQ) infiltrating there. The MILF is violent enough to have these other guys there too.

"be that concession land or "understanding.

Or directly your new "Islamic State in the south"

The Philippines government will push for the creation of a federal Islamic state in the country's troubled south as part of efforts to forge a peace agreement with Muslim separatist rebels, an official said Wednesday.
Jesus Dureza, presidential adviser on peace talks with insurgent groups in the Philippines, said the government will seek amendments to the country's constitution to allow the establishment of 'a federal Bangsamoro (Muslim nation) governance unit.'

They recently backtracked from that, I think I read somewhere, but in the end it's just the same... When you promise the terrorists something like that, they really believe they are going to get it. If MILF is now weaker that it was, the presence of JI's terrorists can suggest they are going to take control, with a possible boost in violence in the country.