By Arjay L. Balinbin, Reporter
Terrorist network Islamic State (ISIS) is currently targeting Mindanao because of the “many infidels” there , President Rodrigo R. Duterte said on Sunday.
“If you are a leader of the ISIS, how would you choose or what place would be the best for you to thrive? It could not be Malaysia, it’s a Muslim country. It could not be Indonesia, Muslim [also], nor Brunei,” the President said in his speech during the groundbreaking ceremony of a housing project for the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) and the Philippine National Police (PNP) in Talisay City, Negros Occidental, on Sunday afternoon, May 20.
He added: “If they come here in Southeast Asia, which place would you go to? Where would be the place to hibernate and to start a base? It’s Mindanao. Because in Mindanao, there are many infidels: the non-Muslims or fundamentally the Christians.”
He said the terror group has “corrupted” the Islam religion. “They only know two things: how to kill and destroy,” Mr. Duterte said.
The President also urged his Cebuano audience to cooperate with his administration’s fight against “terrorism, criminality, illegal drugs, and corruption.”
“Together, let us work relentlessly in overcoming these obstacles on our way to become a more progressive and comfortable society,” he said.
Mr. Duterte on Saturday, the Presidential News Desk (PND) said, had met with the two police officers who were abducted in Sulu by the Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG), an Islamist terrorist organization.
“The two policemen were identified as Police Officer (PO) 2 Benierose Alvarez and PO1 Dinah Gumahad. They were abducted in Patikul town on April 29 by 11 armed men believed to be members of ASG,” the PND added.

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