Islam in the Philippines

4 Feb 2013

Al-Qaeda-linked Abu Sayyaf militants clashed fiercely with a larger rebel group they had long coexisted with, leaving at least 21 combatants dead in the southern Philippines, police said on Monday...

Hostage mayor freed in Philippines

7 Nov 2012

Suspected al-Qaeda-linked Abu Sayyaf militants in the Philippines have freed a mayor after seven months of captivity in a southern jungle.

Philippine government and MILF rebels sign peace pact

16 Oct 2012

Muslim rebels and the Philippine government put their decades of bitter hostility to one side yesterday to sign the preliminary peace pact which, it is hoped, will bring one of Asia's longest-...

Case of the vanishing witnesses

12 Aug 2012

When a widow of one of the 58 victims of the Maguindanao massacre told Philippine President Benigno Aquino that she feared for her life, Aquino ordered she be given protection.

Threat to split up south revealed

9 Sep 2011

Philippine Muslim rebel negotiators told American diplomats that their group could Balkanise the south if pushed and had been urged to conduct assassinations, according to a leaked US diplomatic...

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Massacre probe a final integrity test for Arroyo

The massacre of 57 people in a Muslim-dominated province of the southern Philippines leaves Philippine President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo with a political and moral dilemma: how strongly will she...

Voices of reason

Twenty-eight years ago, Rahib Kudto saw soldiers torture his two older brothers. 'They came down by helicopter to Kibenis village in Carmen town, North Cotabato,' he recalled.

Insurgent leader to face charges

Philippine authorities have begun preparing criminal charges against rebel commander Ameril Umbra in a move that could deal a new blow to the stalled peace process.

Manila set to hand control of south to rival rebel faction

The Philippine government is offering to hand control of a swathe of territory in the Muslim south to the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF), effectively voiding a 12-year-old peace deal that...

Islamic bank gives US$16m to Mindanao rebel group

The Islamic Development Bank has allocated US$16 million to a former Philippine rebel group whose leader is in detention, accused of leading a rebellion that killed 113 people.

Rebels embrace aid-driven peace bid

Japan's investment in Mindanao is credited with helping to prevent a full-scale war

As tit-for-tat clashes with Muslim rebels flare up in Mindanao, the anxious residents and the...