Islamic converts ‘threaten Manila curbs on terror’
A small but well connected group of militant Islamic converts could spoil the Philippine government’s efforts to curb terrorism and to conclude a peace deal with Muslim separatists in the southern Philippines, an influential think-tank has warned. The International Crisis Group also urged Manila to improve its tactics and avoid sacrificing human rights to what it called “careless counter-terror measures” that generated more sympathy and recruits for the extremists’ cause. Full Story