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Angelina Jolie demands Myanmar ‘commitment’ to end anti-Rohingya violence

Agence France-Presse
Updated as of Feb 06 01:00 AM

Angelina Jolie, the celebrity envoy for the UN refugee agency, made the comments on the second day of emotional meetings with Rohingya. Read more »

Angelina Jolie visits Rohingya camps in Bangladesh ahead of funding appeal

Naimul Karim, Thomson Reuters Foundation
Posted at Feb 04 11:28 PM

DHAKA - Hollywood actress Angelina Jolie on Monday visited the world's largest refugee settlement, home to nearly one million Rohingya Muslims, in a bid to put their plight back in the headlines ahead of a United Nations $920 million funding appeal. Read more »

Suu Kyi's party clashes with military over proposal to change army-drafted charter

Shoon Naing and Poppy McPherson, Reuters
Posted at Jan 29 08:23 PM

Myanmar's ruling party clashed with military lawmakers on Tuesday as it proposed steps towards changing the constitution. Read more »

Muslims, Christians urged to join hands against terrorism after Jolo blasts

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jan 28 03:28 PM

"May all our religions of peace guide us in our quest for a brighter future for the peoples of Mindanao." Read more »

Philippines seeks peace with Muslim self-rule vote

Joshua Melvin, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jan 21 05:26 PM

COTABATO - A decades-long push to halt the violence that has claimed some 150,000 lives in the southern Philippines culminated Monday with a vote on giving the nation's Muslim minority greater control over the region. Read more »

‘God-fearing’ MILF leaders ready for Bangsamoro gov’t, says Jaafar

Patrick Quintos, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 20 04:28 PM

Decades of running a revolutionary government trained ground for “a few” Moro Islamic Liberation Front members to become “God-fearing” leaders of the proposed Bangsamoro government, the group’s vice chairman, Ghadzali Jaafar, said Sunday. Read more »

P1 million reward offered for capture of gunman who killed Baguio imam

Justin Aguilar, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 13 03:03 AM

BAGUIO - Muslims from Marawi said they have collected P1 million to serve as a reward for the capture of the gunman involved in the shooting of Imam Bedejim Abdullah. Read more »

MILF leaders release doves for Bangsamoro Organic Law campaign

Manman Dejeto, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 10 07:49 PM

Moro Islamic Liberation Front Peace Implementing Panel Chair Mohagher Iqbal (in blue) strikes the gong while MILF Chairman Alhaj Murad (in green, center) and other Bangsamoro leaders release doves during the formal launch of the campaign for the Bangsamoro Organic Law (BOL) plebiscite in Cotabato City. Read more »

Campaign for new Bangsamoro law begins

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 07 07:21 PM

Filipino Muslims hold a prayer rally at the Golden Mosque in Quiapo Manila on Friday in support to the Bangsamoro Organic Law during the first day of campaigning for the Bangsamoro Organic Law plebiscite. Read more »

ARMM youth favor Bangsamoro Organic Law: survey

Patrick Quintos, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Dec 07 01:47 PM

MANILA - Majority of youth voters in the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) are in favor of the Bangsamoro Organic Law (BOL), a peace advocacy group's survey showed. Read more »

Maranaos mark their properties

Mark Saludes, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 27 09:38 PM

A resident holds a placard with her name in front of her property on Tuesday in the most affected area of the war in Marawi City that ended a year ago. Read more »

Iran's Rouhani calls for Muslims to unite against US

Reuters
Posted at Nov 24 04:27 PM

DUBAI - Iranian President Hassan Rouhani called on Muslims worldwide on Saturday to unite against the United States instead of "rolling out red carpets for criminals." Read more »

Retiring military chief wants to be peace consultant

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 19 03:07 PM

The head of the Armed Forces of the Philippines on Monday said he wants to be a peace consultant after he retires next month.  Read more »

Bangsamoro Law can hurdle Supreme Court challenge, says MILF, military

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 19 03:00 PM

The Moro Islamic Liberation Front and military on Monday expressed confidence that a law granting wider self-rule to Muslims will survive its first legal challenge at the Supreme Court.   Read more »

MILF chair visits military headquarters in historic first

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Nov 19 07:18 PM

For the first time ever, the leader of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front set foot on Monday inside the military's headquarters in Quezon City, in a sign of improving ties after decades of hostilities. Read more »

China offers Myanmar support over Rohingya issue after US rebuke

Reuters
Posted at Nov 16 09:30 AM

China supports the Myanmar government's efforts to protect domestic stability and approach to resolving the Rohingya issue, Premier Li Keqiang told the country's leader Aung San Suu Kyi, after US Vice President Mike Pence offered a strong rebuke. Read more »

'Oppressing to the point of killing': Malaysia's Mahathir slams Suu Kyi over Rohingya crisis

Reuters
Posted at Nov 13 07:16 PM

Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad said on Tuesday Myanmar's de facto leader Aung San Suu Kyi was trying to "defend the indefensible" over alleged atrocities committed by the country's military against minority Rohingya Muslims. Read more »

'Oppressing to the point of killing': Malaysia's Mahathir slams Suu Kyi over Rohingya crisis

Reuters
Posted at Nov 13 06:40 PM

Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad said on Tuesday Myanmar's de facto leader Aung San Suu Kyi was trying to "defend the indefensible" over alleged atrocities committed by the country's military against minority Rohingya Muslims. Read more »

Myanmar's neighbors to call for 'accountability' in Rakhine crisis - ASEAN draft statement

Reuters
Posted at Nov 13 03:46 PM

Southeast Asian nations will call for those responsible for atrocities in Myanmar's Rakhine state to be held "fully accountable", according to a statement prepared for a regional summit, reflecting a stronger line being taken within the group. Read more »

Rohingya mark Eid, one year after Myanmar crisis began

Nick Perry, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Aug 22 01:19 PM

Nearly one million Rohingya Muslims marked Eid al-Adha on Wednesday in the world's largest refugee camp, almost a year to the day since a brutal military crackdown drove the persecuted minority from Myanmar in huge numbers. Read more »