Please be assured that instead, I will direct the MPD Salaam Police to conduct a meeting with the Muslim student leaders in Manila City to accomplish the projects and activities for the Muslim community,” he said. “This kind of profiling oppresses and ostracizes our Muslim youth, and creates a rift between the Muslim community and a police force that is duty-bound to also protect us as Filipinos,” he added. The Bangsamoro Transition Authority (BTA) said the PNP campaign “targets young Muslims who enjoy the intended safe spaces” provided by schools. Putting lives at riskAmirah Ali Lidasan, spokesperson for Suara Bangsamoro, said the memorandum “puts at risk the lives of the Muslim youth. Profiling has no place in a nation that respects and draws strength from the diverse beliefs of its people.

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer February 21, 2020 21:22 UTC