Baguio City, Philippines (ENI). A Filipino army officer, who served in the line of fire in the fight against Muslim secessionist rebels in southern Philippines, says he realised that somehow the cycle of violence must end, so he helped pioneer Project I.S.L.A.M., or I Sincerely Love All Muslims. “I have seen how militarism has failed to address the armed conflict now raging again in southern Philippines,” army Lt Col Johnny Macanas, a Roman Catholic, told Ecumenical News International. “And I have noted how prejudice and our lack of understanding about Islam have helped separate us from our Muslim brothers and sisters.”