At Last, Peace came to Mindanao, the Philippines

 Mindanao was an area of constant religious conflict in the Philippines for more than 40 years. Because of this endless religious dispute, about 140,000 victims are dead, there was no archbishop or any other religious leader who dispatched to Mindanao survived.

The circumstances of Mindanao island is similar to South Korea. Also, Mindanao was abode of Muslims. When the United States ruled the Philippines in the past, Catholics moved to this island, and the endless religious conflict began. 

From 1970s, people living in Mindanao insisted secession from the Philippines that most people are Catholics, and religious strife was getting worse.

However, this conflict finally put an end by a Korean peace advocate  Man Hee Lee who is a representative of private peace movement organization across the world. 

He made Islam and Catholic leaders to make an agreement about peace, and they conclude a peace treaty at last. 

The religious conflict of Mindanao is a big obstacle of world peace in whole world. However, the ceaseless problem solved through this agreement in Philippines. The former president of the Philippines,  Fidel V. Ramos, thanked for the peace advocate Man Hee Lee’s work. He tried to make peace in the Philippines, and this Korean peace leader finally realized his incessant dream. The national broadcast in the Philippines (PTV) broadcasted this remarkable event continuously.

With this agreement, peace came true to Philippines. All conflicts indeed end through this settlement. I hope that peace in the Philippines last forever and become a foundation of world peace.