{"id":115242,"date":"2017-08-31T05:36:51","date_gmt":"2017-08-31T09:36:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=115242"},"modified":"2017-08-31T05:36:51","modified_gmt":"2017-08-31T09:36:51","slug":"duterte-calls-for-unity-sacrifice-in-eidl-adha-message","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2017\/08\/31\/duterte-calls-for-unity-sacrifice-in-eidl-adha-message\/","title":{"rendered":"Duterte calls for unity, sacrifice in Eid&#8217;l Adha message"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_115246\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-115246\" style=\"width: 1350px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/PH6-king6.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-115246\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/PH6-king6.jpg\" alt=\"President Rodrigo Duterte (Malaca\u00f1an Palace\/Presidential Photo)\" width=\"1350\" height=\"900\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/PH6-king6.jpg 1350w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/PH6-king6-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/PH6-king6-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/PH6-king6-1024x683.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1350px) 100vw, 1350px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-115246\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">President Rodrigo Duterte (Malaca\u00f1an Palace\/Presidential Photo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>President Rodrigo Duterte on Thursday called for unity and solidarity among Filipinos to attain \u201cgenuine and lasting peace\u201d amid \u201cadversities the Philippines faces as a nation.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLet us bring forth the spirit of solidarity in our shared hope of attaining genuine and lasting peace,\u201d Duterte said in his message for the observance of Eid\u2019l Adha or Feast of Sacrifice of the Muslim communities on Friday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMay this occasion invigorate you to remain steadfast in our task of ensuring triumph against elements that perpetuate discord and violence,&#8221; Duterte added.<\/p>\n<p>Duterte, who hails from Mindanao region where government troops continue to combat threats of terrorism, urged Muslim Filipinos to commemorate Ibrahim\u2019s obedience to Allah even if he will sacrifice his sin Ishmael as an opportunity to the Muslims \u201cto renew their faith and reaffirm their devotion to the virtues of Islam.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIbrahim\u2019s admirable act of obedience to the will of Allah is a reminder to us all of the value of sacrifice necessary in our lives. It also exemplifies the necessity to surrender personal comfort for the greater good,\u201d the president said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTogether, let us become catalyst of unity and harmony in our respective communities as we firmly strive for the realization of our collective aspirations for our nation,\u201d Duterte added.<\/p>\n<p>Duterte on Tuesday declared September 1, which falls on a Friday, as a regular holiday nationwide in observance of the feast.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President Rodrigo Duterte on Thursday called for unity and solidarity among Filipinos to attain \u201cgenuine and lasting peace\u201d amid \u201cadversities &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":115246,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16,95],"tags":[6054,22228,12592],"class_list":["post-115242","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-news","category-news-ph","tag-duterte","tag-eidl-adha","tag-muslims","mauthors-carlo-jacob-molina","mauthors-philippine-canadian-inquirer"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/115242","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/33"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=115242"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/115242\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/115246"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=115242"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=115242"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=115242"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}