(Speech delivered by Dr. Ayesah Uy Abubakar at the Panel Discussion 2: Peace – Reality or Illusion?during the Launch of the AICHR Thematic Study on the Right to Peace, held on 1 July 2025 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Dr. Abubakar of Mindanao
It is my first time to attend a program of the BIMP-EAGA (Brunei-Indonesia-Malaysia-Philippines East Asean Growth Area). The Inaugural BIMP-EAGA Higher Education Summit 2017 was recently held in Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia (July 19-20), and I was fortunate to join
The development of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) has been wrapped in such a colorful history. To some extent, the MILF itself, as an organization, continues to be viewed in some mystery of what it is and what it
PENANG, Malaysia (MindaNews / 6 Nov) – In Mindanao, we have had too many wars and too many development programs that we still continue asking ourselves, what kind of development should be implemented? During the time of President Arroyo’s government,
(Note from author: This article was written with the purpose of showing the Malaysian public a glimpse of the peace proces as a whole. Parts of this article were used by the New Straits Times in their news article entitled
PENANG, Malaysia (MindaNews/26 Sept) – It has not always been easy to realise and accept that we come from a society that is angry, and to a certain extent, have turned physically violent towards others. In the young minds of
PENANG, Malaysia (MindaNews/29 August) — First of all, I claim to be no expert in the subject of Islamic governance and jurisprudence. However, the topic of Islamic State holds so much relevance and importance to ordinary Moros, like myself, who
PENANG, Malaysia (MindaNews/18 Nov) — It was the first conference organized by theSoutheast Asian Human Rights Studies Network (SEAHRSN). Last October 14-15, at least 300 HR students, scholars, activists and workers came together to present their work and ideas and
PENANG, Malaysia — It was unfortunate that in my childhood, I grew up having very little knowledge about Islam that it naturally caused me to be more afraid of it than feel safe and at peace. Such is the challenge
