Well, you live in the Phillipines and obviously know it better than those of us in the States.
But as I said a few years back, I dated a girl from Bohol in the Phillipines for almost 2 years. She said that Muslims are centered on the island of Mindanao, and that they regularly are involved in violence against the Christian islands of the Phillipines, and in kidnappings and so forth. During the W. Bush years, I recall a kidnapping of Americans there, who were in captivity for a long time, a year or more. And I recall the U.S. sending military forces to train the Phillipine army to combat Islamic terrorism.
But then, I also had an Israeli girl in one of my classes, who said despite what's on TV news, Islamic violence is pretty rare for most Israelis there.
Remind me not to show up in the Phillipines looking like a rich caucasian tourist!
