Så fik verden endnu en muslimsk stat. Muslimske indvandrere har kæmpet i årtier fra deres parallelsamfund mod staten for retten til at løsrive sige. Efter 150.000 døde, fik de endelig deres vilje:
The Philippines on Monday offered Muslim rebels waging a decades-long insurgency the prospect of autonomy, but warned they must first lay down their arms and a peace pact was likely years away.
The offer was contained in the government’s proposal for peace with the 12,000-strong Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) at the start of three days of talks in the Malaysian capital of Kuala Lumpur.
“This proposal presents the possibility of a more empowered, more workable and thus, more genuine autonomy of a Bangsamoro (Filipino Muslim) region,” the government said in a statement summarising its offer.
The government did not make public all the specific details, but hinted the area could expand and improve the existing Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM), which groups five Muslim provinces in the country’s troubled south.
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An estimated 150,000 people have died in the conflict, which began in the 1970s.
At an earlier round of peace talks in Kuala Lumpur, the MILF outlined its demands, including the creation of a “sub state” and the larger share of profits from exploiting the region’s resources.
MILF spokespeople were not immediately available to give their reactions to the government’s latest proposal.”
