Mujiv Hataman on Saturday scored the proposal of the police and military officials in Central Luzon to issue mandatory IDs to more than 26,000 Muslims in the region to flush out terrorists. In a statement, Hataman said his region “expresses alarm over reports” that the Paniqui local government in Tarlac is implementing a Muslim-only ID system. In justifying their plan, police and military officials in Central Luzon said Thursday the ID could help Muslim communities identify suspicious individuals so they could be reported to the authorities. They said the practice of issuing IDs was a way of distinguishing long-time residents from new arrivals who could be terrorists. “IDs will eventually be really necessary for the entire nation,” Abella said.

Source: The Standard July 08, 2017 16:18 UTC