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Date : 2014-01-12 20:42
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[Interfaith Dialogue and Cooperation Project in Mindanao]
Mindanao, an island in the Southern Philippines
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Mindanao, an island in the Southern Philippines, is currently going through
the world's second longest civil unrest. The centuries of colonial invasion
created a culture of resistance and violence among the indigenous Muslims. After
the colonial domination, there has been armed confrontation between the
Philippine government and the Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF). Mindanao is
notorious for being a melting pot of political unrest and religious animosity.
Religion cannot be said to be the main cause of the conflict but is certainly a
very important part of the current unrest.
In order to make a
breakthrough for local peace and development, Archbishop Capalla and the late
Mahid Mutilan, president of the Ulama League of the Philippines, launched the
Bishop-Ulama Conference (BUC) in 1996 as an interfaith group for Mindanao
bishops and Muslim religious leaders in Mindanao.
IPCR decided to help
BUC in its earnest effort to bring peace to the region and initiated Interfaith
Dialogue and Cooperation Project. There are numerous tribes in the island and
they preserve their own unique cultures and languages. Linguistic differences
make it hard for people in the region to communicate with each other, to say
nothing of any talk on peace. Reflecting on this reality, IPCR set up a
Formation Center for Interfaith / Intercultural Dialogue and Peace, where
selected youth from each tribe are trained to become interpreters for not only
the languages but also cultures of other tribes, which will facilitate
communication among the tribes, foster mutual understanding and cooperation, and
eventually bring sustainable peace in the region. The duration of the project is
three years from September 2009 to August 2012. |
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