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Tuesday, October 24, 2017
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CEBU City – An imam (Islamic leader) hopes to see a cleaner and beautiful Marawi City after President Rodrigo Duterte vowed to rebuild the city following the devastation about by the almost five-month battle with local terrorists.
The 29-year-old Imam Mohamad Helmie of the Al-Khairiah Mosque in the city on Saturday said he believes in the President’s sincerity when he promised to make the city rise from the ruins of the armed conflict.
“First of all, on behalf of the Muslim community in Cebu, I would like to thank President Duterte for his grand plan to rehabilitate Marawi,” Helmie said. “Of course, everybody has his own opinion, but I believe the President will give so much effort in the rebuilding just as he did in the quashing of the terroristic movement in Marawi.”
He also expressed joy that the Mindanao State University (MSU) reopened, saying that it is a sign that peace in Marawi has returned.
“I once studied there. Hindi naman siguro i-open ang MSU kung hindi pa secure,” Helmie said.
Helmie still has reservations on the security and safety in Marawi, though.
“Dapat siguraduhing malinis na ang Marawi. Siguraduhing wala nang manggugulo, na wala nang mga teroristang natira before nila i-rehabilitate ang city,” he said. (PNA/PN)
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