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    Philippine Vote on Muslim Self-Rule Puts Christians on Edge

    Philippine Vote on Muslim Self-Rule Puts Christians on Edge

    What could go wrong with this? This is a Muslim majority area of the Philippines - the Philippines as a whole is overwhelmingly Catholic.

    A Muslim-majority region in the Philippines voted on a proposal for greater self-determination, a pivotal attempt at peace that tests the fragile relationship between Muslims and a Roman Catholic minority concerned about creeping Islamic authority.

    To most of the four million people in the Muslim areas of the southern island of Mindanao, the vote offers a hopeful end to decades of conflict between armed groups and the government in this overwhelmingly Catholic country of 100 million people. The fighting claimed more than 100,000 lives over the years and extremist groups backed by Islamic State and al Qaeda were able to thrive.



    Voters braved the threat of terrorism Monday, with more than 20,000 soldiers and police deployed to protect them. Large crowds swarmed polling stations in Cotabato, a city of about 300,000 people, where both sides have alleged vote-buying, intimidation and violence.




    Just outside the city, Murad Ebrahim, the leader of the paramilitary Moro Islamic Liberation Front, which negotiated the surrender of its weapons in exchange for self-rule, cast a vote for the first time in his life.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Peter1469 View Post
    Philippine Vote on Muslim Self-Rule Puts Christians on Edge

    What could go wrong with this? This is a Muslim majority area of the Philippines - the Philippines as a whole is overwhelmingly Catholic.
    I would say to the Catholics as well as to the Muslim females . GET THE HELL OUT OF THAT AREA NOW!

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    Quote Originally Posted by donttread View Post
    I would say to the Catholics as well as to the Muslim females . GET THE HELL OUT OF THAT AREA NOW!
    The moderate Muslims there have been fighting alongside government forces against the extremist Muslims in that region.
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