New lihal project

MYM distributing Qur'an for Moro children in Zamboanga City

Free Basic Education

 Pupils happy after receiving the free notebook and ball pen from "Free Basic Education Team" in Urban Poor, Kapuk, Upper Calirian, Zamboanga City. Philippines

 cute shot after the turn-over of the free note book

a post while visiting the Awal mosque in Kapuk

The "Free Basic Education Team"

...an endless march towards combating the literacy problem in Zamboanga City

This activity is supported by the MYM Pilar Majlis (chapter), Universidad de Zamboanga, 

and Tausug Network

A new Quran for a new morning

Ka' Dayang (Qur'an teacher) recieve new pieces of Qur'an for her murids in

 Urban-poor, Upper Calarian, Zamboanga City, Philippines 

TN/MYM spending Eid with streetchildren

PEACEsiabit media in action

Eid with street children

The Tausug Network and Muslim Youth Movement celebrated the Eidul adha 2010 with street children in Zamboanga City, Philippines

Hari Raya Hajj 2010

Crowed after prayer at Big Mosques, Hj. Ahmad Sakaluran compound, Kasanyangan, Zamboanga City, Philippines

PEACEsiabit an official publication of the MYM live streaming the Hari Raya Hajj 2010 via tausugnet.com 

Jamaa reading PEACEsiabit newsletter

 An MYM member distributed a PEACEsiabit weekly newsletter 

PEACEsiabit and Tausug Network Media team

Quran for Tri-people

The IRDT foundation receive Quran from Muhammad Abdel Azeem A. Moh. Siddiq faculty  member of the College of Asian and Islamic Studies - Western Mindanao State University and MYM pioneering member.  

Online social network receive Quran from MYM

Calbi Idjilani former Governor of the College of Asian and Islamic Studies - Western Mindanao State Univeristy, incumbent officer of the Muslim Youth Movement turn-over the Quran to Tausug Network for Tausug children in Sulu.

MYM visit Magay Mosque

Our Muslim brethren, in a battle for peace: MYM

By: Rena Joy C. Castigador

The University Digest

WMSU

Envision a typical group of school 'tambays', together with a several frat members organizing an outreach and feeding program. Or, better yet, a group of goon-looking guys clustering on the field reading and discussing the Holy Quran. Inconceivable? Not Quite!

I present to you a Muslim Youth Movement (MYM) – a newly organized group of Mulim students and youth organizations in our university where above mentioned scenarios are but common. Aiming for sustainable peace and development in the academe and community, the group had organized a variety of outreach, feeding, and training programs, collaborating with different campus youth organizations, which are aligned with their objectives.

How the org came to be

The escalating occurrence of misunderstanding, (e.g. group tensions and misunderstandings) among orgs within the academy led a group of concerned student leaders from different Muslim orgs to sit together on June 2008. They felt the necessity to discuss and come up with a way to reinstate the lost peace between Muslim students. They have brought into being an organization and dubbed it as the Muslim Youth Movement, which at present led by Muhamammad Ryan Jukupan acting Chairman along with Mr. Nurhasan Danial as adviser.

The organizations main purpose is to propmote sustainable peace and development in Zamboanga and other part of the region. They have organized several leadership trainings, feeding and outreach programs, with the collaboration of different organizations, for the war victims and unfortunate people.

Picking Members

MYM is largely composed of male Muslim students; however, they also have female and non-Muslim members. All applicants are screened properly and have to pass series of examinations that will test their intentions and dedication before they will be absorbed in the organization.

Programs/Advocacies

• Operation: Food for peace

MYM believes that one way of attaining peace in through feeding the ill-fated street children, poor Muslims, Lumads and Christians.

They had launched several feeding programs benefiting various people in the different barangays of Zamboanga City.

• Enlivening Lihal

MYM wishes to revive the "lihal" tradition in selected places – where the murids (pupils) ages 7 to 13 would read the Quran every morning before breakfast for their hearts' enlightenment. This simple act will help out in contributing peace in the country.

• Shura: Youth Consultative Assembly

A movement believes in the capability of the youth, MYM exercise the Youth Consultative Assembly – a way to heed the youth's voices. Through consultation, better understanding of the varied beliefs and culture may be fostered.

• Islamic Leadership Academy

This is the core program of MYM. Trainings are planned to cultivate its members into dynamic and productive elements of the community. This program is perceived to be the background of peace-building as it shall facilitate in shaping youthful minds into promising leaders of the future who will put into practice the Islamic manner of governance.

Peace for the others may be a five letter-word. But astonishingly, this five-letter word can craft countless organizations-making peace the sole basis of their existence. MuslimYouth Movement will keep on avocating for sustainable peace until it has been attained here on our community.