Bangsamoro: The Moro Homeland

In the existence of diversity, we cannot deny the fact of idealism that separates each culture from one another. The Philippines for one is a multi-cultured archipelago enriched with religious beliefs and customs, and that hasn’t changed as far as history can remember. There is however one speck in the history that is worth remembering by our fellow countrymen - the undying peace talk between the Philippine Government and the Moro Islamic Liberation Front.        

  

Liberation in its political context is over rated by socio-economic interest, the oppressed, and the hungry for power, thereby creating conflict that leads to upholding of armed forces causing chaos. The peace talk in Mindanao depicts the controversy of the stronghold of the Moro people protecting their homeland. The evolution of this controversy is basically rooted upon the heart of the Islam community who became the minorities of the region after nurturing the land for how many centuries. The preservation of the ancestral domain is the main reason why we are dealing with these peace pacts, cease-fire agreement and many more by laws that this subject has been into. It has brought to everyone’s attention the rebellion and terrosrism because of the rise of the autonomous Mindanao, thus, creating a dilemma of the countless innocent civilians who became victims of this peace process. The independent state of the Bangsamoro “ The Moro Homeland”, is the key to a lasting peace of the disturbed land. Apart from the political discrimination, the lumad indigenous people of the Bangsamoro are protecting a piece of heritage that was passed on from generations, and until today they are fighting for that piece that should remain within the boundaries of Bangsamoro domain- their ancestral homeland. For whatever reason why it took so long for the Philippine government to appease this war between political points of view, the Philippine government leaders are doing their best to put everything to its proper place and we all know that everything is done for the best of the Filipino people.  

Sultan Haji Hassanal Bolkiah Masjid - The Sultan Haji Hassanal Bolkiah Masjid also known as the Grand Mosque is the largest mosque in the Philippines.

I may not be a political analyst nor do I belong to an Islamic social orientation, but there is only one reason why I am writing a constructive article pertaining peace talk in Mindanao, and is because we only need respect to understand what this is all about. It is more complicated than what we think it is and it would take to become a scholar to understand every parts of it, but all we need is acceptance and love to one another, regardless of one’s political, religious, and social orientation. In this way we can achieve good governance for the common good.