Special Bond of Peace that Ties Mindanao and HWPL Together
“Our organization in Mindanao, Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF), has already signed a peace agreement with the government and we are already working for peace and working to have peace in our homeland. This will be our contribution to the struggle for world peace and we will welcome working together and cooperating with HWPL in order to achieve peace in our area and peace in the world.”
Al Haj Murad Ebrahim, the Chairman of MILF, who attended the 1st Anniversary of the September 18th HWPL World Peace Summit showed a firm determination to bring peace in Mindanao, Philippines. Since this time, he and the people of Mindanao have not stopped stepping toward peace; in fact, they completely put an end to a 40-year-long armed conflict that caused 120,000 casualties and have changed Mindanao into a land of peace.
After MILF made a peace agreement with the Philippine government in March 2014, they laid down their weapons and made an effort to establish the autonomous region. There was also behind the scenes support from HWPL, paving the path of peace that MILF has been taking. Before MILF and the government made the peace agreement, earlier that year on Jan 24th, Man Hee Lee, Chairman of HWPL, visited Mindanao and drew up a private peace agreement between the Islamic and Catholic leaders.
During an interview with Cheonji Daily News in 2015, Ebrahim, Chairman of MILF, stated that he heard from Esmael Mangudadatu, the governor of Maguindanao, about the peace agreement between the Islamic and Catholic leaders that was mediated by Chairman Lee. He also said, “Our organization negotiated with the government for 18 years but had not reached a settlement. The private peace agreement between the Islamic and Catholic leaders with the mediation of Chairman Lee in January 2014 helped to make the agreement between the government and MILF possible.”
“For those who want peace, please raise your hand.” The simple request by Chairman Lee in January 2014, created the hope in people’s heart that they can bring about the realization of peace. On that day, the peace that was found in each one raising their hands and in the glistening of their eyes has been leading Mindanao. We are greatly anticipating the day when Mindanao becomes a complete land of peace and people around the world rush to it in order to find peace.
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A beautiful, hopeful and somewhat miraculous post. How is that HWPL Chairman Man-hee Lee, who was in his mid-80s at that time, could mediate a cruel, bloody 40-year inter-religious conflict between Catholic and Islamic groups that had claimed 120,000 lives on the island of Mindanao - which no government agency or peacekeeping force could solve - yet so few media organisations report it? Thank YOU for reporting this news of peace. I hope more media outlets will do the same and I will do my part in spreading this news.
답글삭제Moreover, whether in Mindanao, Ukraine or the Middle East, war always hits the innocent the hardest, especially women, youth and children. What do you possibly say or do to a mother who loses her son to war? The DPCW is a legal instrument that Chairman Lee of HWPL, who is a 92-year-old Korean War veteran, has conceived and garnered support for from politicians, Heads of State, religious leaders, academic experts and educators, women and youth groups through 31 global peace tours and it proposes a clear solution to permanently ceasing all wars and leaving peace as a legacy for the next generation. I really hope it will be presented to the United Nations in late 2022 or early 2023 so that it can be enacted as international law so that peace can come as soon as possible. Again, thank you for your post, and kudos to Chairman Lee and HWPL.