Mohagher Iqbal

Mohagher Iqbal
Mohagher Iqbal
Member of the Bangsamoro Transition Authority Parliament
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 29 March 2019
Nominated by	Moro Islamic Liberation Front
Appointed by	Rodrigo Duterte
Chief Minister	Murad Ebrahim
Bangsamoro Minister of Basic, Higher and Technical Education
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 26 February 2019
Personal details
Born	Cotabato City, Philippines
	Military career
Allegiance	MNLF (formerly); MILF
Years of service	1972-1977 (MNLF); 1977- (MILF)
Battles/wars	Moro conflict

Mohagher Iqbal is the nom de guerre[1] of the member of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front who serves as chair of the group's peace panel.

Education

Igbal was born in Cotabato City[2] and grew up in Datu Odin Sinsuat, Maguindanao. Iqbal attended the Manuel L. Quezon University where he obtained both his bachelor's and master's degree[3]

Career

Igbal joined the Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF) in August 1972 after he returned from Manila. Later he joined the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF), then known as the New MNLF Leadership. He served in various posts in both the MNLF and MILF.[3]

Iqbal is a member of the MILF Central Committee, and chair of MILF committee on information. He is also the peace negotiating panel of the group since July 2003.

When the Bangsamoro Transition Commission was formed he was nominated by his group to serve as chair of the peace commission.

Names

Iqbal said that "Mohagher Iqbal" is just one of his alias which he said is natural of those who are part of revolutionary organizations.[1]

His real name along with Murad Ebrahim's became an issue for former DILG secretary, Rafael Alunan III, who says that they travel using a Malaysian passport when travelling to Malaysia for peace talks, disputing their citizenship. Iqbal said that the government are aware of their true names while Miriam Coronel-Ferrer insists they are Filipino citizens.[4]

His real name claimed to be "Datucan M. Abas" by Senator Alan Peter Cayetano but in April 2015, Iqbal says that he will neither confirm or deny the claim by Cayetano and says he will reveal his real name at the “proper time and proper venue.” and questioned the motives of the senator saying it might be an attempt to derail the peace process.[5]

Iqbal also authored books under the pen name, Salah Jubair.[4] Among his works are the Bangsamoro: A nation under endless tyranny and The Long Road to Peace: Inside the GRP-MILF Peace Process which are about the Moro conflict.[6]

References

Cabacungan, Gil (9 April 2015). "Iqbal: Yes, I have many aliases". Philippine Daily Inquirer. Retrieved 27 February 2016.
Casauay, Angela (16 March 2015). "Iqbal releases copy of Philippine passport". Rappler. Retrieved 27 February 2016. The passport – issued by the Department of Foreign Affairs Office in Cotabato City – shows that his nationality is Filipino and he was born in Cotabato City
"Transition Commission - Members' Profiles" (PDF). Office of the Presidential Adviser on the Peace Process. Retrieved 27 February 2016.
Magno, Alexander (16 March 2016). "MILF is not sincere, says former DILG chief Alunan". CNN Philippines. Retrieved 27 February 2016.
Sabillo, Kristine Angeli; Nawal, Allan (16 April 2016). "Iqbal refuses to confirm or deny he is 'Datucan M. Abas'". Philippine Daily Inquirer. Retrieved 27 February 2016.
Arguillas, Carolyn (28 November 2007). "Salah Jubair is Mohagher Iqbal, the MILF peace panel chair". Darapanan, Sultan Kudarat: MindaNews. Retrieved 27 February 2016.

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[manyalias-1] Cabacungan, Gil (9 April 2015). "Iqbal: Yes, I have many aliases". Philippine Daily Inquirer. Retrieved 27 February 2016.

[2] Casauay, Angela (16 March 2015). "Iqbal releases copy of Philippine passport". Rappler. Retrieved 27 February 2016. The passport – issued by the Department of Foreign Affairs Office in Cotabato City – shows that his nationality is Filipino and he was born in Cotabato City

[opapp-3] "Transition Commission - Members' Profiles" (PDF). Office of the Presidential Adviser on the Peace Process. Retrieved 27 February 2016.

[notsincere-4] Magno, Alexander (16 March 2016). "MILF is not sincere, says former DILG chief Alunan". CNN Philippines. Retrieved 27 February 2016.

[5] Sabillo, Kristine Angeli; Nawal, Allan (16 April 2016). "Iqbal refuses to confirm or deny he is 'Datucan M. Abas'". Philippine Daily Inquirer. Retrieved 27 February 2016.

[6] Arguillas, Carolyn (28 November 2007). "Salah Jubair is Mohagher Iqbal, the MILF peace panel chair". Darapanan, Sultan Kudarat: MindaNews. Retrieved 27 February 2016.