MISSING BODY OF ALEEM BASHIER MURSALUN STILL NOT FOUND

MISSING BODY OF ALEEM BASHIER MURSALUN STILL NOT FOUND
By Gamson Jr Mawallil Quijano, RRT

Families and friends of Ustadz Bashier Mursalun of Zamboanga City are still exhausting all means to find his missing body after he was gunshot by still unidentified perpetrators in barangay Labuan, Zamboanga City. The shooting incident took place lately this afternoon, Monday, 21 January 2013.

Report says that indeed Ustadz Mursalun was gunshot and allegedly dies, however as yet the whereabouts of his body were remains hidden. Moreover, the motive behind the incident is still unknown.

Via Facebook message, Ustadz Abdulwakil Kasim, a religious elder in barangay Ayala, Zamboanga City, a nearby barangay where the incident transpired, says, “The Barangay Chairman of Labuan is still coordinating with the local authorities about the whereabouts of the body of Ustadz Bashier.” 

 “As for us, we cannot yet confirm the status quo of Ustadz Bashier since we haven’t seen yet his body. Meantime, the rest of Ulama in Zamboanga City and I are still closely monitoring Ustadz Basher’s whereabouts.” –Ustadz Kasim added.

The Darul Ifta Director General Shiekh Abdulwakil Tanjilil notifies the concern government authorities in Zamboanga City to aid in seeking the missing body of Ustadz Mursalun. 

Ustadz Bashier Mursalun was a well known Muslim preacher in Mindanao. He graduated his Islamic education major in Islamic Jurisprudence in Islamic University of Sudan.

A Muslim paralegal member of Philippine Alliance of Human Rights Advocates urges Muslims media to participate in the monitoring of the case. 

This happening has also been reached out to the National Commission on Muslim Filipinos Secretary Mehol K. Sadain and Commission on Human Rights ARMM Regional Director Atty. Laisa M. Alamia for adequate and expeditious action.