page_title: Nur Misuari
section_title: Removal as ARMM governor
hierarchical_section_title: Nur Misuari / Personal life / Political career / Removal as ARMM governor
caption_attribution_description: English: This is the only picture taken Friday March 9 2007 of Governor Misuari. There were hundreds of press upstairs waiting for him in the 3rd floor of the Saudi embassy. They did not get to see him. Not one picture was taken by the press. I was the only one among the diplomats who were sweating for over half an hour in the parking lot negotiating for Nur to enter the building unsuccessfully. Being an amateur photographer always with a camera in my pocket, I took the only picture shortly before Misuary left the Saudi Embassy in Manila without being able to pray that day with the OIC Ambassador and other Moslem Leaders in the country. Had Nur Misuari been allowed to enter the building and the dozens of photographers had taken his picture ..my picture would have been a dime a dozen as they say...but since I was the only one...who had the only picture...it was precious...it was the most memorable picture I have ever taken as an amateur photographer...it was priceless!....so what do you do when you have something that is beyond value?...you give it to the news....and Wikipedia...que sera sera. I don't normally do that...but Governor Nur looked so good..so hopeful...so optimistic...so positive despite the immediate problem with the escort...so cool despite the pressure he was facing in the parking lot of the Saudi embassy...I could feel his energy and managed to capture it in this one picture...through his car window. I had to share his picture with the world...in my six years in the diplomatic circles I have taken hundreds of thousands of pictures ..they have all been for me and for friends who were in my pictures.. this is the first time I felt I had to make a picture public...and I just know Governor Misuari will like it. Joseph Felix Assad the Consul of Lebanon to the Philippines.
context_page_description: Nur Misuari is a Moro revolutionary and politician, founder and leader of the Moro National Liberation Front.
context_section_description: After he was installed as the region's governor in 1996, his rule ended in violence when he led a failed rebellion against the Philippines government in November 2001, thus illegally escaping to Sabah, Malaysia. During his time there, his third wife Tarhatta together with their three children were allowed to visit by the Malaysian government. The Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) regional chairman suggested the Malaysian government send Misuari to Saudi Arabia or Libya to avoid "political persecution" by the Philippine government. However the Malaysian leader at the time, Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad resisted by saying; "We cannot entertain asylum as Misuari had not used his powers correctly although we provide support for him in the past for his bid on autonomy that saw the creation of the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM)". He was then deported back to the Philippines, and removed from his office by President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo in 2001 before being arrested in 2007 on charges of terrorism. On December 20, 2007, he was denied a petition for bail and remained under house arrest in Manila. The Philippine court however, granted the bail petition of Misuari's seven co-accused, at 100,000 pesos. On April 25, 2008, he was allowed to post bail, upon the instructions of the Cabinet security cluster. According to Moro sources, Misuari is a "charismatic leader" who held considerable sway over the indigenous people in Mindanao but lost this backing because of his mismanagement and the corruption of his officials during his tenure as governor for the ARMM.
caption: Misuari in 2007
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