MARAWI CITY—Around 500 Maranao youth braved quarantine restrictions and gathered in a covered court in Matampay village here on Friday morning for a prayer rally in solidarity with the besieged Palestinian people.
Half of their faces covered by face masks, the participants were mostly women students of Jamiatu Muslim Mindanao (JMM), raising placards and banners that bore messages of solidarity and a call to end the violence.
“Stop killing Muslims,” read one placard. “Save Gaza,” read another.
“Justice for Palestine,” still another placard read. “End the Zionist occupation.”
Maranao activist Drieza Lininding, one of t…
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