Islamic City of Marawi (20 September) -- More than 5,000 Bangsamoro people gathered here Sunday and staged a rally to denounce the burning of the Qur'an, the most sacred and holiest book of Islam.
Participated in by various Moro groups and sectors based in the city, the mass rally dubbed as "Bangsamoro Action against Islamophobia" aimed to condemn in the strongest terms the recent spate of Qur'an burning in various states in the United States (US) to mark the ninth anniversary of the 9/11 attacks.
In a manifesto given to the media, the demonstrators called on the US government to immediately arrest Reverend Pastor Terry Jones and all those who participated in the so-called 'Burn a Qur'an Day.'
They also demanded that the people responsible for this outrage should publicly apologize to the Muslim world and for the American media to censor all forms of hatred directed against Islam and the vilification of Muslims to minimize the spread of Islamophobia.
In addition, they also urged fellow Muslims to remain calm and not to resort to violence that will harm innocent Americans and Christians.
However, if real intention of the blasphemous act is to unite all Christians and wage war against Islam, the Bangsamoro people, they said, will fight to the death alongside their brothers and sisters in the Muslim world.
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