In an Islamic world, Muslims do not kill Muslims. If at all, they kill based on the teachings of Islam. Killing is condemned and only allowed during times of war, or violations of rights. Killing by self-defense is allowed, just like in Christian states. When a Muslim kills scores of innocents, he does it against the [...]

This photo shows the real situation of Islam and Muslims in the Philippines. Islam is besieged here by a brutal state, who treats Muslims as second or even third class citizens.  It is a reality created by centuries of enslavement by foreign hands, an existence threatened by co-optation and offers of co-existence. How will Muslims in this [...]

Let us take a few steps back and offer our prayers to these three hostages being held by the Abu Sayyaf Group somewhere in the jungles of Sulu. Reports say, one or all of them have either been wounded or killed while the ASG was fleeing their camp in Indanan Sulu to a now undisclosed location. It [...]