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Ways to help out Marawi survivors:

If within the Philippines

Donate supplies or money. Things like 

Many of the evacuees are Muslim, so make sure foodstuffs are halal, allowable to their faith. Explanation here by Islamic Da’wah Council of the Philippines. Locally produced is better for reasons discussed below. If outside the Philippines: If possible, donate money. Find an organization that will accept money. Sending goods not made and sold in the Philippines may hurt the economy of the region even more. If you can’t confirm the legitimacy of any organization’s efforts and wish to send physical goods, consider buying things made and sold from the Philippines, especially from Mindanao. Social Products sells Mindanao black rice, for example. 

As always do your due diligence by researching the organizations you wish to donate to, so that you know that donations will actually go to the people who need help.

Relevant links: http://www.rappler.com/move-ph/170756-groups-call-donations-relief-operations-marawi

http://www.scoutmag.ph/section/culture/news/help-affected-fighting-marawi/

Marawi City Update: As of 2:24 pm local time

- People are still trying to evacuate the city on foot and vehicle, causing major traffic outside the city. Many have arrived in nearby Iligan, passing through the checkpoints and security.

- There is a report of hostages including a priest, a professor, and several parishioners.

- To prevent any potential violence in the city, Mayor Sara Duterte has proclaimed Davao City on lockdown.

- The Philippine Army are patrolling checkpoints out of the city. There are still reports of a continued presence in parts of Marawi of the terrorist group Maute, that are behind the attacks (they are a group that has pledged their allegiance to ISIS)

- President Duterte has left Russia and ended his talks with Putin early to come back to the Philippines after the events in Marawi. Further details of his announcement of Martial Law in Mindanao will continue once he arrives back into the country in the afternoon.

Guys, I’m not going to ask for your prayers - I myself am not religious, but I am going to ask you to signal boost this. Marawi City in the Philippines has been invaded by ISIS, they are bombing the city and a school zone, and setting detainees free from prisons. 

They say that this is a jihad, but anyone who even has a small understanding of Islam knows that Islam is not violent. 

This is terrorism.

The world needs to know. 

Update 1: They’re exchanging fire from both sides. Electricity is down. Friends are reporting that ISIS members are spotted in the schools and are giving them a few minutes to evacuate before they take over. Filipino media is silent. 

Update 2: Christian teachers are being held hostage. 

Update 3: Hospital staff being detained, ISIS flag has been raised in the city hospital. The fighting occurred not in the outskirts of Marawi, but on its streets, around the city hall and public market.

I’m sorry, I’m stringing together what information my friends are still giving me. I don’t know how long they can keep this up - a lot of them are saying that their phones are dying. 

Update 4: Armed Forces of the Philippines telling people to go underground, airstrikes coming. Mortars are being prepared too.

UPDATE 5: The Philippine President and his family are in Russia. The Palace remains silent. The military is trying to invalidate ground reports to cover up their fuckups. 

UPDATE 6: Philippine National Police and Armed Forces of the Philippines are not responding or have deployed extremely delayed support, according to the Marawi City Mayor in a phone interview. 

UPDATE 7: CNN Philippines has a livestream covering the entire thing, eyewitness reports are in, Military is still saying “we’re in full control” when that’s obviously not the case. 

https://web.facebook.com/CNNPhilippines/videos/1933243386915551/

UPDATE 8: reports in that terrorists are targeting cell towers now. 

UPDATE 9: GENERALS POINTING FINGERS AT EACH OTHER INSTEAD OF ACTUALLY TRYING TO HELP PEOPLE.

UPDATE 10: ARMED FORCES STILL LYING ABOUT THE SCALE OF THIS ATTACK. THEY SAY 15 MEN, WHEN ALL CORRESPONDENTS ARE SAYING THERE ARE AT LEAST 200.

UPDATE 11: generals trivializing the situation, saying “they don’t feel like it’ll last the night,” when people are literally saying that the fighting still continues. CNN just cut their livestream, will be back in 30 minutes, most are being left in the dark about what’s going on. 

at this point, i’m at a loss for words. most friends have stopped updating 30 minutes ago. sporadic updates remain. 

Update 12: NEW CNN LIVESTREAM LINK

https://www.facebook.com/1515763818663512/videos/1933414370231786

UPDATE 13.

REPORTS FROM LOCALS:

“They’re beheading the teachers from Dansalan College and displaying their heads in the highway.”

Numerous other tweets suggest the same thing. 

UPDATE 14: 

DECLARATION OF MARTIAL LAW FOR THE ISLAND OF MINDANAO CONFIRMED.

source: http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/898913/duterte-declares-martial-law-in-mindanao

i am terrified. our country’s history with martial law is dark, and i never thought i’d live to see this day. 

MARAWI CITY IS A MUSLIM DOMINANT CITY. THESE TERRORISTS PEOPLE ARE ATTACKING MUSLIMS RIGHT BEFORE RAMADAN. SHUT THE FUCK UP. THIS IS NOT ABOUT ISLAM BEING EVIL. ISLAM IS NOT EVIL. PEOPLE ARE EVIL. 

IDEOLOGIES, GOOD OR BAD, ARE ONLY IDEOLOGIES UNTIL SOMEONE DECIDES TO ACT ON THEM. YOUR ISLAMOPHOBIA IS DISGUSTING. 

According to someone with family there (I’m afraid of posting sensitive information, so no screenshot), Maute is blocking exits, and now civilians can’t flee out of the city. Vice Gov Adiong advises to the civilians still there: lock your doors and gates, stay inside, and drop to the ground if you hear gunshots. We’re all hoping for your safety, mga kababayan.

I can’t link because I’m on mobile but if you want to follow what’s happening in marawi then I’d recommend going to the cnn philippines facebook page and watching their livestream. it’s mostly in english so you can follow even if you don’t speak tagalog. so far I haven’t seen many western media outlets taking notice of this (although the filipino media isn’t much either) but this livestream is the best source I’ve found so far

HERE IS THE LIVESTREAM LINK

Guys, I’m not going to ask for your prayers - I myself am not religious, but I am going to ask you to signal boost this. Marawi City in the Philippines has been invaded by ISIS, they are bombing the city and a school zone, and setting detainees free from prisons. 

They say that this is a jihad, but anyone who even has a small understanding of Islam knows that Islam is not violent. 

This is terrorism.

The world needs to know. 

Update 1: They’re exchanging fire from both sides. Electricity is down. Friends are reporting that ISIS members are spotted in the schools and are giving them a few minutes to evacuate before they take over. Filipino media is silent. 

Update 2: Christian teachers are being held hostage. 

Update 3: Hospital staff being detained, ISIS flag has been raised in the city hospital. The fighting occurred not in the outskirts of Marawi, but on its streets, around the city hall and public market.

I’m sorry, I’m stringing together what information my friends are still giving me. I don’t know how long they can keep this up - a lot of them are saying that their phones are dying. 

Update 4: Armed Forces of the Philippines telling people to go underground, airstrikes coming. Mortars are being prepared too.

UPDATE 5: The Philippine President and his family are in Russia. The Palace remains silent. The military is trying to invalidate ground reports to cover up their fuckups. 

UPDATE 6: Philippine National Police and Armed Forces of the Philippines are not responding or have deployed extremely delayed support, according to the Marawi City Mayor in a phone interview. 

UPDATE 7: CNN Philippines has a livestream covering the entire thing, eyewitness reports are in, Military is still saying “we’re in full control” when that’s obviously not the case. 

https://web.facebook.com/CNNPhilippines/videos/1933243386915551/

UPDATE 8: reports in that terrorists are targeting cell towers now. 

UPDATE 9: GENERALS POINTING FINGERS AT EACH OTHER INSTEAD OF ACTUALLY TRYING TO HELP PEOPLE.