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Admitted to the Philippine Bar in 1935, Macapanton Abbas of Marawi blazed the trail in the legal profession for the Bangsa Moro in the Philippines...
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MALITA, the town my great-grandparents built
There are just so many #FakeNews or #MisInformation or #DisInformation widely disseminated through the World Wide Web that one should not believe anything anymore, even in official sites. Some may be harmless or may seem harmless, but it is harmful to Truth.
So many sites explain how my mother’s hometown Malita in Davao Occidental, formerly Davao del Sur, got its name. Accdg. to these sites,…
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It’s my mother’s birthday, today. Do they celebrate birthdays in the Afterlife?!
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https://jamalashley.com/2024/03/31/remembering-jun-abbas/
At the University of the Philippines, he was Grand Archon of the Sigma Rho fraternity, the President of the Inter-Fraternities and Sororities, captain of the debating team which won the national championship, etc.
He was also the President and later Secretary-General of the National Union of Students of the Philippines and Secretary-General of the World University Service. On the Moro front, he was the “brain” of the Moro revolution. He submitted evidence of torture and genocide of the Moro people to the Organization of Islamic Conference in Jeddah in 1972. On the strength of his petition before then OIC head Tengku Abdul Rahman and other OIC leaders, the OIC took cognizance of the Moro struggle.In the early 70s, he was the publisher of the only Moro newsletter in Manila, the Dawat ul Islam, where the atrocities of the Christian vigilantes and Philippine armed forces were exposed.
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Remembering Jun Abbas
It’s the birth anniversary of my eldest brother Macapanton Rashid Yahya Abbas, Jnr. In our family, he was also called Limahong because of his Chinese features. We younger siblings would not dare call him such, except when he was not around. Our parents loved giving their children nicknames, mostly silly ones.
When I was in grade school, when my father had already passed away, Jun became nearest…
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Islamophobia
Because of the #GazaGenocide, most of the world now understand what Islamophobia means, if they still haven’t understood it despite decades of the West’s “War on Terror” (read War on Islam).
According to Wikipedia, “Islamophobia is the fear of, hatred of, or prejudice against the religion of Islam or Muslims in general, especially when seen as a geopolitical force or a source of terrorism.”
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Battle of Bayang in Moroland, Battle of Karbala in Iraq and my great-grandfather
Is there a connection between the Battle of Bayang in Lanao, Bangsa Moro in 1902 and the Battle of Karbala in Iraq in 680 CE?In May 1902, some 1,200 American soldiers attacked two Mranao cottas in the pangampong (state or principality) of Unayan. There was fierce fighting. American newspapers at the time described the fight as “the fiercest battle of the entire Philippine insurrection.”1
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#Battle of Bayang#Battle of Karbala#Hashemites in Yemen#Imamate#Sheikh Yahya ibn Hadi#Shi&039;a#Yemen
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Macapanton Abbas, Sr. as a Young Man
When my father was born, a bayok or Mranao epic song was composed. The song began with the word Macapanton. That was his name. His full name would be the whole bayok.The year was 1910. Less than 20 years earlier, the Spaniards decided to finally attack Lanao, more than 200 years after they first tried attacking the Pat a Pangampong ko Ranao (the Confederated Principalities of Lanao) during the…
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#alauya alonto#block voting#datu sinsuat balabaran#diosdado macapagal#domocao alonto#duma sinsuat#ibra gundarangin#Macapanton Abbas#moro lawyers#national assembly#pan malayan people&039;s union#philippine commonwealth#philippine law school#tomas cabili#us occupation of mindanao#wenceslao vinzons#young philippines party
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Misinformation, Disinformation, or Lack of Research ?
With the explosion of Information Technology, the amount of misinformation and disinformation multiplied since it can now be shared and distributed worldwide with just a click on the keyboard. And it remains in cyberspace, perhaps forever. Seemingly innocuous information could easily pass for facts.I just saw on the Internet such misinformation about my father. Actually, I’ve read it more than 20…
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#Cotawato#Dayawan#Disinformation#Fact-Checkers#Fake News#Lanao#Macapanton Abbas#Maranaws#Minformation
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The Life and Times of Judge Macapanton Abbas
When my father was born in 1910, a bayok or Mranao epic song was composed. The song began with the word Macapanton. That was his name. His full name would be the whole bayok.Before 1910
Less than 20 years earlier, the Spaniards decided to finally attack Lanao, more than 200 years after they first tried .Unlike the Christianized natives or indios of Luzon and Visayas, the Moros were never really…
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My father as a Young Man
August 3, was the death anniversary of my father. I was just 5 and a half years old when he passed away, so I don’t really know much about him, esp. when he was a young man. For whatever I remember of him, he was already an old man. He was already starting to have grey hairs. He used to ask me to pull out his grey hairs and I would be paid 10 centavos per silver strand.All I know of him as a…
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Hamlet (1996): The Unabridged Film Version
Just saw this marvelous Shakespearean movie — HAMLET — starred and directed by Kenneth Branagh. I am so amazed that the producers agreed to do a full 4-hour version of Shakespeare’s play. Yet it was shown only in very limited number of theaters. I didn’t even know it existed until a few days ago.
It is a spectacular adaptation — with great performances by the two Shakespearean actors Branagh and…
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37 years after #EDSA '86, the other half of the Conjugal Dictatorship is back in power through her son Marcos, Jr., the country's President. Was EDSA 1986 all for naught?!
Here's what I wrote in 2008 and an update in 2011...
#EDSARevolution #EDSA1986
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Looks like FB is against Free Speech... Does the main FB HQ know sbout it?
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