Mohammad Ibrahim Saaduddin, better known as Moh Saaduddin, was a peace activist and a

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journalist who wrote for ''

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'' and the '' Mindanao Examiner'' in the Philippines. He wrote about current events and positive developments in Mindanao, particularly in Maguindanao province from 2014 to 2018 with his brother, Jii Saaduddin, a social engineer consultant.. He authored investigative reports about events relating to the Daesh-Inspired group in the southern Philippines known as the

Maute group The Maute group ( or ), also known as the Islamic State of Lanao, was a radical Islamist group composed of former Moro Islamic Liberation Front guerrillas and foreign fighters led by Omar Maute, the alleged founder of a ''Dawlah Islamiya'', or ...

in Lanao del Sur, Philippines. He was also a provincial information officer of the Province of Maguindanao last October 8, 2019. Saaduddin died on October 8, 2018, in a motorcycle accident along the road in

Matalam Matalam, officially the Municipality of Matalam ( hil, Banwa sang Matalam; ceb, Lungsod sa Matalam; tl, Bayan ng Matalam; mdh, Inged nu Matalam, Jawi: ايڠايد نو ماتلم), is a 1st class municipality in the province of Cotabato, Ph ...

, North Cotabato going to

Kidapawan City Kidapawan, officially the City of Kidapawan ( ceb, Dakbayan sa Kidapawan; hil, Dakbanwa sang Kidapawan; Maguindanaon: ''Kuta nu Kidapawan'', Jawi: كوتا نو كيدڤاوان; Obo Monuvu: ''Ingod to Kidapawan''), is a 3rd class component c ...

. The accident happened after he covered an event in the Regional Office of the

Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao The Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao ( tl, Rehiyong Awtonomo ng Muslim Mindanao; ar, الحكم الذاتي الاقليمي لمسلمي مندناو ''Al-ḥukm adh-dhātī al-'iqlīmī li-muslimī Mindanāu''; abbreviated as ARMM) was ...

Cotabato City Cotabato City, officially the City of Cotabato ( Maguindanaon: ''Kuta nu Kutawatu'', Jawi: كوتا نو كوتاواتو; Iranun: ''Bandar a Kotawato'', بندر ا كوتاواتو; fil, Lungsod ng Cotabato), is a third class independent c ...

, Philippines.

Early life

In 2002, Saaduddin graduated from high school at Jamiatu Muslim Mindanao. In April 2006, he earned a Bachelor of Science in International Relations (BSIR) at Mindanao State University. After a year, he married Anisah Macabalang, the eldest daughter of Ali G. Macabalang. From 2007 to 2012, he worked abroad as an English-Arabic translator for Kamel Bashir Legal Translation in the United Arab Emirates. He had two sisters and three brothers. He had three daughters and two sons. His eldest son, Mohammad Jr., died at the age of three in 2009 caused by

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Journalism

Saaduddin's desire to become a journalist began in his college years. As a journalist he encountered difficulties in the Philippines that spurred him to write about what he saw as differences between the Islamic Way of Life and the ideology of the

, Ansar Khilafa Philippines,

Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters The Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters (BIFF), also known as the Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Movement, is an Islamist militant organization based in Mindanao, the Philippines. It is a smaller player in the overall Moro insurgency in the Phili ...

and

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. Saaduddin had interviewed extremists from the southern Philippines with European journalist Lennart Hofman of

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. He took responsibility for the safety of European journalists during their reporting in September 2018 in Patikul, Sulu, Philippines. His activities sought to bring about peace in troubled areas in Mindanao.

References

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