Thread: ISIS Takes Over City in the Philippines Martial Law Declared
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Old 05-24-2017, 10:45 PM  
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Originally Posted by Barry-xlovecam View Post
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sultanate_of_Maguindanao

It's just not that simple -- before Spanish colonialism Mindanao was a Sultanate so in the eyes of the Muslims the land was taken from them. The Philippine government has been at war with communist guerrilla fighters there for years also.
The religion of peace was the first to invade them.
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