The anatomy of terrorist financing

Mobile payments discussed here in: Manila Times, The anatomy of terrorist financing "Experts say the threat of mobile payment systems being used by terrorist groups within the Philippines is rooted in the absence of a national ID system. Currently, all telecom companies accept any one valid ID for registration purposes."

Philippines jihadis

Robert Windrem, NBC News, ISIS Recruits Fighters for the Philippines Instead of Syria " The seven-minute, English-language video, released by the official ISIS media operation late last month, includes messages from several fighters in the Southern Philippines, and scenes from battles with government troops near the city of Marawi, including the pillaging of a Catholic church."

New Photo of Kidnapped Australian posted on Facebook

Yahoo! News, New Photo of Kidnapped Australian posted on Facebook, 31 Jan 2013 "The photo was reportedly posted on Facebook by a group called Al Harakatul Al-Islamiyyah, believed to be a reference to the name of terrorist group, the Abu Sayyaf."

Qur’an project for Filipinos launched

arabnews.com, Qur’an project for Filipinos launched, 30 Dec 2011 "The Industrial City Dawa Office will print 20,000 copies of the Qur'an translation and commentary in Tagalog for distribution among the Filipino community in Saudi Arabia and elsewhere in the world, said Fuad Kawther, general manager of IDCO. "“We'll also set up a website on the Internet for this Qur'an project, so that Tagalog speakers all over the world can access this great work,” Kawther told Arab News."

Philippines: Facebook helps education

sunstar.com.ph, Facebook helps send Zamboanga kids to school, 16 Jun 2011

"THANKS to Facebook -- coupled with concerned netizens of the World Wide Web, 34 poor Christian and Muslim kids in Zamboanga City are going to school as scholars this year and thousands more will get to read books, use free computers and study in a private library in a far-flung place hardly reached by the Internet."

Marawi City, Philippines and the net

Louise G. Dumas, Business World Online, Long way to go to perk up reading in only Islamic city, 27 Apr 2010 ""If before, the problem was the literacy of the Maranaos since many can only read in Arabic, now digital forms of media have taken the attention of the younger generation. They update themselves through text messages, through the Internet, and other digital devices," she said.

"Aside from the use of electronic devices, the people of Marawi have what they call the Banggolo Congress. It is an area at the public market where one could just stand and listen to discussions going around."

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Moro Islamic Liberation Front hacked

abs-cbnnews.com, MILF Web site restored after being hacked "The Web site of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF), www.luwaran.com, was restored Saturday after it was reportedly hacked and offline for seven days.

"MILF chief negotiator Mohagher Iqbal confirmed Saturday that their Web site was hacked by unknown individuals last October 4. He described that upon visiting the site, only an empty screen was seen." luwaran.com is now functional

Al Jazeera, Manila blast death toll rises, 20 Oct 07, "Norberto Gonzales, the president's security adviser, said they had received an intelligence report that Abu Sayyaf was trying to raise funds abroad using the internet site YouTube and the blast could be used as part of this campaign."