Muslim Commission exec calls for end of Marawi atrocities

TACLOBAN CITY, June 8-- An official of the National Commission on Muslim Filipino (NCMF) reiterated her call to stop the atrocities in Marawi City citing the impact of conflict to innocent civilians.

NCMF Commissioner Analiza Flores-Malayang, who was in this city on Thursday, said extremism has led to the destruction of lives and properties. 

“The victims of such atrocities are civilians who have nothing to do with whatever positions these extremists are fighting for,” Malayang said.

NCMF has been doing its best to show Muslims are not terrorists and they don’t tolerate violent acts of extremists since “Muslim is a religion of universal peace, love and justice,” Malayang said.

“I am calling for the end of violence in Marawi especially that we are celebrating Ramadhan, this is a violation of the sanctity of this month of fasting in Ramadhan, which is the third pillar of Islam faith,” Malayang told PNA. 

As of June 6, the Marawi siege has already killed 38 government troops, 134 terrorists, and 30 civilians, according to the Armed Forces of the Philippines. More than 180,000 have been displaced by the conflict since the crisis started on May 23.(Lizbeth Ann A. Abella/PNA)