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Article: Ramadan wish list of Filipino Muslims.(Opinion/Editorial)
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- Manila Bulletin
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- January 8, 2001
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MUSLIMS all over the world, numbering more than one billion, have just celebrated Hariraya Puasa, the day ending the month-long fasting season of Ramadan.
In the Philippines, close to 10 million Muslims visited their mosques to pray for peace and prosperity, and justice for all.
The Filipino Muslims prayed for the full restoration of peace in Mindanao, specifically the cessation of hostilities which has resulted in human carnage in the southern islands these past years.
We, likewise, prayed for prosperity for the less fortunate, more employment opportunities for them, and government conscience in the treatment of Muslims by the Philippine ...