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(left) Gruesome
atrocities
committed
against Chadian
civilians.

this issue, due to incidents taking place in Palestine, and perceived
political alliance with Israel as a betrayal of Palestine. Meanwhile, the
Muslim cadre in the government assumed a stance against Israel, but this
policy cost the Muslim ministers their positions in government. One
morning, all of them were ousted. Many were arrested, imprisoned and
their properties confiscated. These incidents led to an era of repression of
Muslims and a subsequently unsuccessful uprising that claimed the lives
of one thousand people and left thousands wounded.

The Philippines
In the early 20th century, the Philippines came under US control and,

in 1946, it was granted independence. Following the withdrawal of
America from the island, Filipinos who were subservient to the interests
of the US came into power and the Muslims came under their rule.
Fundamental to the regime of the Filipinos was their policy of
confiscating the lands of Muslims, based on their strategy of
consolidating power on the island. To this end, a law was issued
regulating the allocation of lands among Filipinos and Muslims.
According to this law, a Muslim could receive only one third of the land
to which a Filipino was entitled. This policy ensured the settlement of 3.5
million Filipino immigrants on Muslim lands, thereby sparking clashes
between Muslims and Filipinos. Muslims, in pursuit of protecting their
rights, wanted to compromise with President Ferdinand Marcos but did
not succeed. The Marcos regime launched an operation to assimilate