Tag: caliphate

Philippines mulls creation of Islamic state in its backyard as US prepares to bomb ISIS

September 12, 2014September 12, 2014 benign0 37 Comments

United States President Barack Obama announced on national television the other night that the US will be stepping up its military involvement in the Middle East to crush the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) — specifically “degrade and ultimately destroy” it. “I have made it clear that we will hunt down terrorists who…

Culture, Government, Politics, Religion

Philippine Army keeps cool as Malaysia goes on high alert against Islamic militants!

August 20, 2014August 20, 2014 benign0 38 Comments

For many Filipinos, the fight being waged by Islamic militants to re-establish a Muslim caliphate across vast swaths of the Arab world in North Africa and the Middle East has remained a mere peripheral issue. Recent events however have revealed disturbing insight into how much of the events over there may be resonating among the…

Culture, Government, Religion, The South