Muslims Condemn Philippines Airport Bombing

(WASHINGTON, D.C., 3/4/03) - The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), a Washington-based Islamic civil rights and advocacy group, today condemned a bomb attack outside an airport in the southern Philippines that left 19 dead, including one American.

In a statement, CAIR said:

"We condemn this murderous attack and all other attacks on innocent civilians by any individuals, groups or states. We call for the swift apprehension and prosecution of the perpetrators. No faith or ideology should support such barbarous actions."

In a statement, a member of the Islamic Information Office of Hawaii said:

"I Randy Fermo , a Moro in the United State of America condemned the recent bomb attack at the airport in the Southern Philippines. I also encourage all parties to go back to peace process as soon as possible and to start humanitarian relief for the over 900,000 Moros that are currently living at the slum areas in all parts of the Philippines. Violence has got to end and not a solution."