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Philippines Muslim separatist chief dies
Salamat Hashim, the chairman of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) died on July 13 in Butig in the southern province of Lanao Del Sur, said the MILF political affairs chief, Gazali Jaafar.
“Chairman Salamat died of acute ulcer on July 13 and was buried on the same day,” he told a church radio station, DXMS, in Cotabato City. “The MILF central committee decided to delay the announcement to inform the relatives officially,” he added.
Hashim, 68, is to be succeeded by the MILF’s vice-chairman and military chief Murad Ebrahim, who will also lead peace talks with the government, Jaafar said.
“The death of brother Salamat will not stop the MILF from pursuing a peaceful, political and comprehensive agreement with the Philippine government,” Jaafar said.
The MILF has been waging an insurgency in the southern Philippines for the last 25 years to create a new Muslim state in the southern third of the largely Roman Catholic Philippines.
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Salamat (C) is seen with his Salamat Hashim (Maguindanaon pronunciation:[salaːmathaːʃɪm]; Jawi: سلامت حاشم; July 07, 1939 - July 13, 2003), also known as Hashim Salamat, was a Filipino militant who served as leader of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front. He is the founder of the group. Hashim was born in Midsayap, Cotabato (now Pagalungan, Maguindanao) on July 7, 1939, to a religious family, one of seven siblings. At age six, he was taught by his mother how to read the Quran. In the 1950s, Hashim received formal elementary and high school education and was an honor student.[1] In 1958, Hashim joined the Hajj and decided to stay in Mecca to be mentored by Sheikh Zawawi. He was a regular attendee of the halaqat at the Masjid al Haram. He also underwent studies at the Madrasat as-Sulatiyah ad-Diniyah.[1] The following year, Hashim moved to Cairo to pursue further studies. He enrolled at Al-Azhar University, where he earned a bachelor's degree in theology, majoring in Aqeedah and Philosophy in 1967, and a post-graduate masters ZAMBOANGA CITY, 6 August 2003 — Hashim Salamat, the reclusive leader of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF), has died of complications from a heart ailment and an acute ulcer, the separatist group finally confirmed yesterday. MILF officials admitted that Salamat died on July 13 and that he was was buried on the same day in the town of Butig in Lanao del Sur province, about 900 kilometers south of Manila. MILF spokesman Eid Kabalu said Salamat, the founder of the MILF, had been bed-ridden for three weeks. “He was 70 years old. That’s just an estimate because we don’t celebrate birthdays,” Kabalu said. Salamat left behind a wife and five young children, the spokesman said. Ghazali Jaafar, the rebel group’s vice chairman for political affairs, said it took them long to announce the death because the MILF’s leaders had to choose a successor and inform Salamat’s relatives first. Jaafar said that after a weeklong meeting, the Front’s central committee chose the group’s military chief of staff, Al-Haj Murad, as the new MILF chairman. Copyright ©boottry.pages.dev 2025 |