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Assemblyman Zia Alonto Adiong said that forced conversions are prohibited in Islam. Marawi Bishop Dela Pena said there was no confirmation of the conversion. He also added that such cannot be considered a "full conversion" when the act was done under duress and remarked that the
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occurred in the United States, there was a greater need for
Muslims to assert Islam as a "religion of peace" and said that this need is an opportunity for Muslims and Christians to "work together". The bishop described the timing of Soganub's arrival in Marawi as "just at the right moment".
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Muslims and Christians. He also expressed his views on the similarities of Christianity and Islam believing that both adherents of the religion follow
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on the eve of May 23, 2017 while they were preparing for a celebration of the Feast of Mary Help of
Christians which was to take place on the next day. The church was later burned by the militants. Within the month, he appeared in a
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teacher who was also taken hostage escaped early morning of
September 17, 2017 from their captors and were found by the military who rescued them near the Bato Ali mosque. According to Presidential Peace Adviser Secretary
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He, along with other hostages were fed by the militants with food from grocery stores, but their captors experienced a shortage as fighting increased. The hostages, Suganob included, were
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as well as in aiding victims of human trafficking in the province. He served as the Vicar
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for his life as well as the lives of reportedly hundreds of others. He also echoed the demands of his captors to withdraw government forces from Marawi.
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to Islam. Suganob also narrated how he was tasked to transport arms for the militants which were to be used against government troops.
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