The Bureau of Immigration (BI) is set to deport a Canadian national within the week after he was classified as “undesirable alien” in connection with the reported recruitment of locals to conduct terrorist activities.
BI Commissioner Siegfrid Mison said Abu Ameenah Bilal Philips was the second foreign national to be deported over alleged links with Islamist militants, after an Australian Islamic preacher caught last July in
The BI chief said they are continuously verifying raw intelligence reports that about 100 Muslims from Mindanao had left the country to be trained in response to the global calls of Islamist militants to fight for
"Based on various sources of information, he (Philips) was supposed to be inciting and recruiting people to conduct terrorist activities," Mison said in a chance interview with reporters.
Reports claimed that Philips is scheduled to give lectures to selected Muslims in
"He was also barred from entry into
To date, the BI had blacklisted 40,000 Filipinos and foreigners, including Islamic militants, fugitives and members of criminal gangs.
Reports gathered claimed that Philips is a professional instructor of Islamic and Arabic studies in
Mison admitted that they only rely on information of international community as they are having a hard time keeping Islamist militants out of the country.
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