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Displacement in Time of COVID-19 and Ramadan

April 20, 2020

Blog post by Diane LimMore from Diane Lim Barangay Kitango in the Municipality of Datu Saudi Ampatuan, Maguindanao is home to several business and is known as a host for frequently displaced persons from neighboring communities such as Pikig, Malangog, Bagong Upam, Dapiawan, and Elian to name a few. Armed conflict is usually at a halt […]

Moros hold simultaneous prayers for Marawi

June 21, 2017

Wednesday, June 21, 2017 Moros from different parts of the southern Philippines held a simultaneous tarawee for Marawi on Tuesday, June 20, marking World Refugee Day. The tarawee is special prayer recited before midnight during Ramadan. In the final, holiest days of Ramadan, the Al Mujadilah Development Foundation, a Marawi-based nongovernmental organization composed mostly of Muslim […]