A Moro woman leader said there is a need to put up a rehabilitation center in
“We need to
save them, what will be their future if they turned insane because of drug
addiction,” Anisa Taha, Central Mindanao
regional chairperson of Muslim women organization, Noorus Salam, pointed out.
Taha and
other Moro women leaders who attended the consultative workshop on “The Role of
Women in Peace and Security” held in Cotabato City on January 16 noted the
increasing drug-related crime incidents in the Bangsamoro communities which
they described “very alarming.”
“We need to
rehabilitate the young victims of drug abuse and apprehend those who
proliferate that illegal substance (Shabu),” she stressed.
Taha said
such proposed rehabilitation center will provide an opportunity to victims for
faith reawakening that can turn them into good individuals.
She also
stressed that the rehab center should have separate units for girls and boys in
accordance to Islamic principles.
“It is good
that both the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) and the government now act
to address the problem on drugs,” she added.
The forum
participants noted the wider dissemination campaign of the MILF in the
communities mounting warning messages that call the people to abstain from
illegal drugs.
They also
warned that drug addicts who engaged in robbery are not reluctant to kill the
victims.
“Authorities
must be very serious in hunting the people who supply drugs because without them
there are no victims,” they said.
“Before,
we hear that drug addicts are coming from the youth but now even older people
are taking drugs,” Noraida Chio said.
Tarhata
Maglangit shared the initiative in Raja Muda where there is a program to help
the drug abuse victims. “The victims are taught to read the Holy Qur’an and
they receive Da’wah regularly,” she related and added that the parents just
simply provide their foods and other personal needs.
Taha hoped
stakeholders will help Noorus Salam to establish on rehabilitation center in Central Mindanao .
Noorus
Salam is a network of empowered Moro women which conduct planning and
community-based activities that address various issues affecting the Bangsamoro
people like human trafficking, human rights, women’s health issues and
security.
The forum
was organized by Philippine Center for Islam and Democracy, Pro Politics for
Peace, Institute for Autonomy and Governance, Local Government Development
Foundation, and Zabida with the support of Australian Aid.
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