IN PHOTO- Thousands of MILF Forces assembled somewhere in Maguindanao
CAMP DARAPANAN, SULTAN KUDARAT, MAGUINDANAO. (September 22, 2017)- In a gathering of BIAF-MILF Base Commanders and their deputies somewhere in Maguindanao, they categorically told this writer that, “They will drive away at all cost any individual or radical groups that will step on their identified and controlled territories.”
“We will never allow them to enter our controlled territories and entice young Moros to join their ranks. That is why there are ongoing firefights between us and we pursue them anywhere they go”, said one base commander who requested anonymity”.
“They are the enemy within”, he added.
Another base commander who also refused to be named said, “The group of Abu Toraifie has wrong interpretation of ‘jihad’ in the Noble Qur’an. They are radicalized, and we belong to a moderate group, the MILF.”
He cited a verse in the Noble Qur’an, “War may become necessary only to stop or prevent evil to triumph in a way would corrupt the earth (Qur'an 2 :251). For Muslims to participate in war there must be valid justifications and strict conditions that must be fulfilled.”
The Islamic relationship between individuals or groups is one of peace. War is a contingency that becomes necessary at certain times and under certain conditions. Muslims should learn from the Qur'an that God's objective in creating human race in different communities was that they should relate to each other peacefully (Qur'an 49: 13 ).
It is unfortunate that the Bangsamoro Islamic Armed Forces (BIAF) is now fighting the enemy within, the ISIS inspired group of Abu Toraife " Jamaatul Muhajiren Wal Ansar, a breakaway group of Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Movement (BIFM).
The justifications on the part of MILF in fighting the ISIS-inspired extremist group is necessary to defend and protect its own people in the identified areas and communities from their violent ideologies by radicalizing the interpretation of the Qu’ran which is far from the true Islamic teachings and principles.
This contention is affirmed by religious ruling of Mufti Sheik Abu Huraira Udasan of Darul Ifta (House of Opinion) against violent extremism.
On the allegation that the Bangsamoro Islamic Armed Forces have a joint combat operation with the government troops in Marawi and Maguindanao, Chairman Mohagher Iqbal of MILF Peace Implementing Panel denied the same and commented, " It is very sad and unfortunate that these things happened within us but we are under obligation to defend and protect any threat that may endanger the lives and property of our people and our ‘Deen’. Our enemy is not the military nor the government but oppression. "
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