By Jong Cadion
ZAMBOANGA
CITY (May 13, 2017) - Muslim religious leaders, national government
agencies, foreign and local stakeholders from the various parts of the country
convened in a summit to counter terrorism, which was organized by the Office of
the Regional Governor and the Regional DarulIfta of the Autonomous Region in
Muslim Mindanao (ARMM), in Cotabato City on Friday (May 12).
Western Mindanao
Command (WestMinCom) Information Officer Cpt Jo-Ann D. Petinglay disclosed that
the Ulama Summit against Terrorism was officiated by Lieutenant General Carlito
G. Galvez, Jr., Commander, Western Mindanao Command; ARMM Governor Mujiv Hataman;
Atty. Cynthia Guiani-Sayadi, Mayor of Cotabato City; Sheikh Abdulrahman Udasan,
Mufti Darul-Ifta Bangsamoro; Prof. Alzad Sattar, Undersecretary of the ARMM
Bureau of Madaris; and other religious leaders.
Cpt. Petinglay
said, around 300 Ulama and Ustadzes from all over the country attended the very
important event which was conceptualize after Daesh groups were monitored
recruiting in the different areas of Mindanao especially among the youth.
Lieutenant General Carlito G Galvez, Jr, the Commander of the Western Mindanao
Command as a guest speaker, discussed terrorism and security in the Southern
Philippines.
"Security
is a shared responsibility that needs sustainment of partnership between the
different stakeholders, security sectors, the local government units, the
academe, and religious sectors, and other stakeholders to defeat the threat of
terrorism in Southern Philippines,” said LtGen. Galvez.
"There
is a need to unite all our efforts to win the war against Islamic extremism and
terrorism in our region. We must condemn all terror actions of international
and local terrorist groups,” added LtGen. Galvez.
The Ulama
summit is a three-day activity held at the Shariff Kabunsuan Cultural Complex
in Cotabato City. The activity intends to have one stand
and one voice among all sectors in the fight against the terrorism and
extremism.
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