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Group wary of discrimination vs Muslims in urban areas after Mindanao bombings

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<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img src="http://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2019/business/02/01/20190201-eild-l-adha-091216.jpg"/><figcaption>FILE PHOTO: Filipino Muslims flock to Luneta Park in Manila to celebrate Eid al-Adha early Monday morning. September 12, 2016. <em>Basilio H. Sepe, ABS-CBN News</em></figcaption></figure></div><p>MANILA - Muslims in urban areas may face discrimination after Islamic State-inspired terrorists were tagged in the deadly bombings in Mindanao, a peace-building organization said Friday.</p><figure class="op-interactive"><div id="IVS_ABS_Body_Video_1_Container"> <ivs-player id="IVS_ABS_Body_Video_1" data-ivs-spid="3001339" data-ivs-key="e8c22c015ca9eafa76f1e3edfa03c603" data-ivs-vid="1392736" data-ivs-floating="1"></ivs-player> <script src="https://player.ivideosmart.com/ivsplayer/v4/dist/js/iframe-parent.js"></script> <script src="https://player.ivideosmart.com/ivsplayer/v4/dist/js/loader.js"></script> </div></figure><div class="iwantbar">Watch more in <a href="//www.iwantv.com.ph/">iWantv</a> or <a href="//tfc.tv/">TFC.tv</a></div><p>International Alert Philippines Project Officer for Women and Youth Program Nina Bahjin Imlan told ANC&#x27;s Early Edition that Muslims in cities outside Sulu and Zamboanga, the site of recent bombings of worship sites, would likely experience discrimination. </p><p>&quot;That discrimination against Muslims will most likely be felt in urban centers outside of Sulu and Zamboanga,&quot; she said.</p><p>She said Muslims within the two areas were safe from discrimination &quot;because of the long history of good relations among the peoples of Sulu and Zamboanga.&quot; </p><p>&quot;The demographics of Sulu have always been a combination of people with different religious and cultural backgrounds. Christians, Muslim, Chinese, Tausugs. These people have never identified themselves according to these divides,&quot; she said.</p><p>Citing International Alert&#x27;s findings, Imlan said some Muslims have been &quot;forced to remove their hijabs in schools or in their workplace just to conform to the uniformity&quot; or &quot;change Muslim-sounding names in their resumes just to get a shot at being interviewed or considered for jobs.&quot;<br/> <br/>Several school administrators and employers do not realize that asking Muslim women to remove their hijabs &quot;are discriminatory acts,&quot; she said.</p><p>Public and private institutions may help counter the stigma attached to Muslims by holding &quot;anti-discrimination&quot; activities or including inter-religious talks in their curriculum or office policies, she said.</p><p>&quot;The hardest part is getting them to empathize with Muslims. They do not empathize because they do not understand,&quot; she said.</p>

<p>MANILA - Muslims in urban areas may face discrimination after Islamic State-inspired terrorists were tagged in the deadly bombings in Mindanao, a peace-building organization said Friday.</p>

MANILA - Muslims in urban areas may face discrimination after Islamic State-inspired terrorists were tagged in the deadly bombings in Mindanao, a peace-building organization said Friday.