Moh Saaduddin

Mohammad Ibrahim Saaduddin, better known as Moh Saaduddin, was a peace activist and a Maranao journalist writing for The Manila Times and an outstanding regional newsman of Mindanao Examiner[1] in the Philippines. He wrote about current events and positive developments in Mindanao, particularly in Maguindanao province from 2014 to 2018. He authored investigative reports about events relating to the Daesh-Inspired group in the southern Philippines known as the Maute group in Lanao del Sur, Philippines. He was also a provincial information officer of the Province of Maguindanao last October 8, 2019.

Moh Saaduddin
Saaduddin in the Manila Times office
Born
Mohammad I. Saaduddin

c. 1985
Lanao del Sur, Philippines
DiedOctober 8, 2018 (aged 32–33)
Matalam, Cotabato, Philippines
Cause of deathMotorcycle accident
Burial placeGadongan, Poona Bayabao, Lanao del Sur, Philippines
EducationMindanao State University
OccupationJournalist
Home townPoona-Bayabao, Lanao del Sur, Philippines

Saaduddin died on October 8, 2018 in a motorcycle accident along the road in Matalam, North Cotabato going to Kidapawan City. The accident happened after he covered an event in the Regional Office of the Autonomous Region of Muslim Mindanao in Cotabato City, Philippines.[2][3][4][5][6][7]

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.[8]

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 asthma.

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 Maute group, Ansar Khilafa Philippines, Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters and Abu Sayyaf.

Saaduddin had interviewed extremists from the southern Philippines with European journalist Lennart Hofman of De Correspondent.[9][10] 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.[11]

References
  1. "Outstanding Mindanao newsman dies in road mishap". Mindanao Examiner. October 9, 2018.
  2. Beñez, Rhoderick (October 10, 2018). "Reporter ng Manila Times patay sa road mishap!". Philippine Star.
  3. Fernandez, Edwin (October 9, 2018). "Manila Times correspondent dies in highway crash". Philippine Daily Inquirer.
  4. JANNARAL, JULMUNIR (October 8, 2018). "UPDATE: Manila Times correspondent dies in motorcycle accident in Cotabato City". The Manila Times.
  5. Fernandez, Moh (October 9, 2018). "Manila Times prov'l correspondent dies in highway crash". Philippine News Agency.
  6. Jacinto, Al (October 9, 2018). "Journalist, dedo sa road crash". Mindanao Examiner.
  7. Cancel, Cielo (October 8, 2018). "Manila Times correspondent dies in motorcycle accident in Cotabato City". Manila Informer.
  8. Bashir, Kamil. "Kamel Bashir Legal Translation". Kamil Bashir Translation.
  9. Hofman, Lennart (November 21, 2018). "Islamic State can revive in the Philippines". Dateliners News / De Correspondent.
  10. Hofman, Lennart (November 20, 2018). "Islamitische Staat kan op de Filipijnen weer herleven". De Correspondent.
  11. Hofman, Lennart (September 17, 2016). "We gingen op zoek naar IS. En toen vond IS ons". De Correspondent.
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