Persecution of the Day

From International Christian Concern:

Moro rebels drive 1,200 Christians from Mindanao rice farms

COTABATO, Philippines — Armed Moro rebels forced some 1,200 Christian settlers from a rice-farming village in the southern Philippines, authorities said Friday.

Around 300 gunmen confiscated the farmers’ rice harvest and demanded that the residents give them food, said local mayor Rodolfo Garcia.

Reference the Pact of ‘Umar: We shall give board and lodging to all Muslims who pass our way for three days.

A police unit dispatched to the village on the island of Mindanao backed off to avoid a potential confrontation with the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF), he said.