Sad Ramadhan...
Salaam! (Peace!) A lot of things have been happening in some of our neighbor municipalities and cities. Things that have caused panic and paranoia all over Mindanao. The past few days, we've been waking up to the sound of helicopters flying around us. Of course, everyone knows how, in some parts of Mindanao , the Armed Forces of the Philippines and the Moro Islamic Liberation Front have been killing one another off (a lot of deaths are not reported). As a result, thousands of innocent civilians are driven out of their homes. The sad thing about this is that for the Muslim civilians, they're fasting and doing all sorts of sacrifice in observance of the Holy Month of Ramadhan . Ramadhan is supposed to be a month of peace, reconciliation and forgiveness. But, what's happening in some parts of Mindanao is the total opposite. It's such a sad, sad plight these civilians- Muslims, Christians and Lumads alike- have. I cannot imagine being in the same situation, especially ...