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22
2007
| Women in Veil Behind Bars: What Can We Do? |
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| Written by Rina Morados | |||||||||||||||||
| Monday, 22 January 2007 | |||||||||||||||||
Page 2 of 15 What is then the real problem? Why is this happening to the Muslim Sisters? In my view, this issue is intertwined with some other social problems faced by the Muslims in Metro Manila, particularly Muslim women. I would like to deal some of the basic issues. First, issue on abject poverty. Some of these women come from the province whose families were affected by the war in Mindanao. Young women came to Manila with the hope of landing good job abroad. They stayed in the residence of their recruiters for several months. Life in their recruiters is hard because food served on limited basis and aside from their basic needs. Some tried to find work but mostly did not finish high school so some just stayed at home. Those who are degree holders cannot also land good job because of discrimination and tough competitions. Women wearing hijab and having Muslim sounding names have the least opportunity to find job --unless Aminah has to change her name to Amy and drop her hijab--NO job for her. Life in Manila is difficult and our young women are mislead by their false hope and sometimes left with no other option than go abroad as domestic helpers without realizing the danger. We easily forgot what happened to Sarah Balagan and hundreds of cases involving abused and maltreatment of women. The second issue needs the immediate attention of the government and concerned agencies. The illegal arrests done by the police officers and the raids conducted without search warrants added the congestion of innocents Sisters placed under detention. Stories attesting the incidents involving illegal arrests of innocent Sisters call for immediate action not only from the government side but also from Muslim leaders and organizations as well. Just last Friday night—January 12 of this year another incident of illegal arrest happened in Salam Compound, Culiat, Quezon City involving an 18-year old lady and 1 14-year old boy. The two “suspects” were brought to the Police Station at Barangay Talipapa, Quezon City. January 13---I went to the police station with some Muslim friends including the Auntie of the girl..We arrived at the police station around 7:00 AM. I tried to talk to the girl and the boy who were detained. And I set appointment with the Station Commander as well as the arresting officers. It was a long wait….I was able to talk to the arresting officers past 2:00 PM. Finally, I met the guy who introduced himself as the team leader of the arresting officers, “who are you by the way?”, he asked me before saying anything. I told him that the case was referred to me that is why I came to verify facts relating to the arrests of the suspects. Initially, I asked him if he could show to us the search warrant and police report. He insisted that there was evidence. But cannot produce the documents. He said what happened was a “ bust operation” that turn into “hot pursuit”. |
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