Riwaya

08/03/2026

Paying Homage to All Mothers and Empowered Muslimah on International Women's Day 2026

TULUS IHLAS means Spirit of Volunteerism.

In March 2024, Warina Sushil Bint Ismuraji painted this entry to Sining Filipina Arts Competition as a symbolical tribute to her 81-year old empowered superwoman, INAH who gave birth to and nurtured all of her eleven healthy children on the BALUY (Tausug Indigenous mat of Laminusa/Ungus Matata), which is a witness to birth, wedding, honeymoon, aqiqa, dua salamat, seeking ilm, even in death.

Warina Sushil redefines empowered women through “e.t.HEReaL to the nth Power” painting, which depicts strength, infinite possibilities, empowerment, timelessness of real women transcending beyond norms, beyond seen and unseen barriers.

The water lily-cum-lotus follows the brilliant sun pathways depicted in Habul Tyahian or embroidered malong. It describes her 24-year personal journey as a Bridging leader.
She paints it as a similitude of bleeding heart dove or non-violent Kalis. The tiny colorful flowers symbolizing her fellow CSOs collaborative partners
regardless of Faith, gender and age.

P*s Syabit symbolizes airwaves, [her "SŪG ALUN LIMAYA: Sulu Waves Unbound" radio program with DXMM (927 AM) radio station, Sulu-Tawi-Tawi Broadcasting Foundation]; pen, tunyuk: guide to conscientize in the context of Human Security Framework.
For Warina, the iconic P*s syabit, Baluy, Habul Tyahian, pays homage as one to the nameless, faceless empowered Bangsa Sūg women borne from the 634-year-old cultural heritage of Lupah Sug!

TULUS IHLAS: e.t.HEReaL to the nth⁰
Mixed media: oil / acrylic
36x24 Framed
Artist: Warina Sushil A. Jukuy, 2024
NFS but bequeathed TO:
SHAIKHA HASSAN of Dubai, UAE in 2025.

08/03/2026

A man need not proclaim to the world the status of his "erectile reaction" be it mental or physical or even his proclivity to indulge in "sexual fantasies"- he need not positively identify the specific woman who is the object of his mental lasciviousness unless he is consciously "courting" trouble. But if he still opts to publicize "his right to wayward imaginations" albeit "infringing the right of his object of lust" then, he must be ready to suffer or repel the consequences.

07/03/2026

A Compelling Painting by Tausug Artist Warina Sushil Bint Ismuraji 2025

SIUNUGAN 1974
[ Maglutu Kasanyangan Ha Abu sin Bunuh]
36 x 24
Mixed Media
Oil & Acrylic

Description:
Poignant memoirs of a child during 1974 Burning of Jolo, Sulu. Trekking the coastline from Tinda Laud to Tanjung, to Batu-Batu, to Siunugan and finally to Kalang, Sulu. Random memory hangers about putlih mandi, crashing waves, crystal brook, cowries, seahorses, corals, hopscotch, balatin, syanglag; and tyulah itum rendered in symbolical colors of its ingredients. obscuring the trauma of aerial, naval bombardment to oblivion. Yet, emerging resilient purified of hatred and prejudice.

06/03/2026

Manila?

✨ PHENOMENAL NEWS, everyone! ✨

Alhamdulillāh! 🌿

📚 Dakwah Bookstore will be at Tolerance Turkish School this March 07, 2026 — and we're genuinely SO excited for this!

This is not just a bookstore visit… this is an opportunity. An opportunity to invest in ‘ilm (knowledge), in health, and in growth — for ourselves, our families, and our future generations.

And what makes it even more special? 💐
We will be joining our beloved Muslim Doctors from ITQAN 🤍 — professionals who dedicate their skills not just to healing bodies, but to serving the Ummah for the sake of Allah.

Come and explore:
* Educational books that nourish the mind
* Quality supplements that care for your body (because our bodies are an amanah from Allah)
* Health wearables that help you stay mindful of your well-being

Remember, the first revelation was “Iqra” — Read. Seeking knowledge is an act of worship. Taking care of your health is part of shukr (gratitude) to Allah. Strengthening yourself — mentally and physically — empowers you to serve the Ummah better.

Wallāhi, there is something so beautiful about surrounding ourselves with tools — and people — that bring us closer to excellence in dunya and in ākhirah.

Let’s show up. Let’s support. Let’s grow. May every book you purchase become sadaqah jāriyah, every supplement a means of strength in worship, and every step toward learning a step toward Jannah. 🤍

See you there, in shaa Allah.

06/03/2026

Bud Dahu In Retrospect : The Lone Vertical Truth
by Warina Sushil A. Jukuy, 22 April 2006

A single conical peak
Bud Dahu emerges as the very
Tombstone of Allah’s Elevated
Witnesses of Yesteryears

Where Human Dignity willingly died
In the Battle of the Clouds
That it may live eternally
Under the Sovereign Power and Mercy
Of Allahu Subhanahu wa taala

Today, I watched you in 3-D
Nagging thoughts and feelings
Unknown to me unfolded
Hidden,
locked,
for centuries

Today, I heard you from foreign lips
Resonating sorrow, were they borrowed?
Words painted you in syllables subdued
Failing graphic symbols

Mumbling in morbid rumbling
Within the cardiac mazes of this heart
Held captive in random access memory
Six centuries, a decade and five

Today, I saw you through graceful bodies
Swaying to the flitting flute notes
gongs resounding through ears
Long deafened by your muted wailings

Martyred bodies like tongue of flames
Fierily recounting untold stories of old
Awakening memories in peace has lain
Like ghastly shadows foretelling Truth

Breathless the music in stacatto fused
Into my senses vibrating alive
Punctuated by cannon bombs
Synthesizing this callus mind

In horror those faces alarmingly
Pallor-filled took flight to fight
Valor colored Tausugs defended
The Lone Vertical Truth

Riddled with deathly sounds
Turned into carcasses elevated
By heavenly ivory angels
Who witnessed such martyrdom

Gold coins bought sovereignty
Holy blood redeemed Lost Glory
“Let Da-huu be…” is the crescent souls’
endless symphony.

Cowards cringed from slander
Betrayal infused their doom
Alienated from the creed of Honor
(s)Wallowed in murky depths of Shame

Today, I tasted you blandly
But from what I’ve watched
Heard and seen through eyes
Ears and tongues not mine

There lingers this aftertaste
Of juvenile wine candies
Bursting of scotch, cognac
Bourbon that burn acerbic
Against my ethnic throat!

O! Like pilgrims they revisited peace
Heels treaded on hallowed ground
In solidarity…gingerly
Disturbing grasses, stones, soil
Even the veneer air that we breathe…

A single conical peak
Bud Daju protruded as the very
Tombstone of Allah’s Elevated
Witnesses

Where Human Dignity willingly died
In the Battle of the Clouds
That it may live eternally
Under the Sovereign Power and Mercy
Of Allah subhanahu wa taala

To Him
We, like Them,
Shall Surely All
Return…
inna lillaahi wa inna ilayhi rajiun...
:)
(30)

06/03/2026

President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. Reappoints SABUDDIN N. ABDURAHIM as Secretary of NCMF.

Alhamdulillāhil lathee bi'nihmatihi tattimmus saalihat!

Today I offer my heartfelt thanks to ALLAH Subhanahu wa Ta’Ala as I congratulate Sheikh Sabuddin Napii Abdurahim on his reappointment by President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. as Secretary of the National Commission on Muslim Filipinos. Yet, he still remains humble as ever without any trace of arrogance in his heart.

For many of us who walk this path of service, your “bilhikmah bis’sabr leadership” opened what I can only describe as a priceless portal of opportunity — to work, to serve, and to dedicate our efforts for the sake of Allah.
I remain proud and honored to be working under your leadership.
You taught many of us a simple but profound truth:
“Trabaho ko. Ibadah ko.”
My service is my worship.

In your journey, Allah سبحانه وتعالى has written rare milestones:

• The first NCMF Secretary endorsed by six governors.

• The first Secretary who is not a lawyer but a Murshid — a Sheikh whose leadership is guided by spiritual stewardship.

• The first Secretary reappointed for two consecutive terms.

• The first NCMF Secretary invited to join the sacred ceremony of wiping and cleaning the Holy Kaaba.

• The first NCMF Secretary to lead the Ummah as Imam and Khatib in an open-field congregational Salah.

• And In shaa Allah, the first to serve as Amirul Hajj for not only for 3 years now but in shaa Allah for five years — bi’idhnillah.

These are not merely milestones of position.
They are footprints of amanah, written across the path of service.

For those of us who believe that leadership is not power but responsibility before Allah, your journey reminds us that faith and public service can walk together.

May Allah Subhanahu wa Ta’ala continue to guide your steps, strengthen your resolve, and place barakah in every effort you undertake for the Ummah and the nation.

On a personal note, I am proud of you, Secretary Dandin, and your parents since you were an adolescent because of your intelligence, humility and piety
And in your parenthood for bringing up highly professional and equally pious offsprings with your priceless treasure your pious wife Chairwoman Deweratna Hassan Abdurahim at your side; as well as your own blood and alter ego Chief of Staff Atty Hassanal H. Abdurahim.

And now as Secretary of NCMF for two terms and alter ego of the 🇵🇭President and as AMIRUL HAJJ for the 3rd time - our entire CLAN is proud of you as a Role Model of Success of a Pious Muslim to emulate…

May Allah sustain your bilhikmah bissabr kind of exemplary leadership and guide you towards JUSTICE every step of your lifetime's journey... I wish you and your ahli al Afiyyah 🌹🤗
Baarakallaahu fiykum wa jazaakumullaahu khayran!

May He safeguard you and your family from the evil eye, and surround your leadership with sincere hearts and righteous companions.
Aameen Ya Rabbal Alameen.

I remain always to you,
Indahrina🥰🇵🇭🫡
Warina Sushil Bint Ismuraji

24/02/2026

Khutbah: RAMADAN - "Month of Forgiveness & Repentance"
by Sh. Amrollah Diambangan
Bin Zaid Center (Fanar) - Doha, Qatar

03/02/2026

🇵🇭The National Commission on Muslim Filipinos Supports World Hijab Day 2026

Thru Cultural Presentation: The TAUSUG Traditional Wedding directed by Warina Sushil Bint Ismuraji

Highlighting the ADAT/TRADITION & PANSALIHAN/ANCESTRAL CULTURAL HERITAGE
Including PANGALAY DANCE
By
AZZIZZA ASTAPAN ROSALIA
ABDULLA of Gagandilan Mindanao Women Inc. & council member of National Anti-poverty Commission (NAPC)
VIOLINIST: WEE, NCMF ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES
Playing BUD TUMANTANGIS song composed by:
Dr Benj Bangahan
And participated by
BJMP MUNDING ABDURAHMAN

Theme: “Celebrating Identity, Empowering Women, and Advancing Inclusive Growth”
organized by the Office of Honorable Sittie Shahara “Bai Dimple” I. Mastura, Chairperson of the Committee on Muslim Affairs and Representative of the Lone District of Maguindanao del Norte with Cotabato City

In Collaborative Partnership with:
National Commission on Muslim Filipinos (NCMF)
and
Department of Trade and Industry

Special Guests
H.E. Dato Abdul Malik Melvin Castelino, Ambassador of Malaysia
EX-PGMA GLORIA MACAPAGAL ARROYO

esteemed officials of the National Commission on Muslim Filipinos led by
Commsr DALISAY N MACADAWAN representing the NCMF Secretary
commemorating Republic Act No. 12224, declaring every first day of February as the National Day of Awareness on Hijab and Other Traditional Garments and Attire

17/01/2026

☝️🇵🇭🫡They took the risk to operate JUST TO BE ABLE TO LIVE AND NOT BEG DOLE-OUTS FROM THE GOVERNMENT.☝️🇵🇭🫡
By Warina Sushil Bint Ismuraji

" " in kapatut sin parinta mag order hipatambul in sin mag-uusaha.

Bang in sabab pasal
wayruun
•^license to operate^ or •wayruun ^business permit^
or
•pasal hikamudarat pa mahadjanah
•or hikamudarat pa pasihat sin mahadjanah
Nahhh
manjari padlockan 🔐 or hipatambul. 💔

In pangasubu, subay tunguran atawa bayaran sin parinta in pagpalubuh ha mga kadday ie structures?🏘

Dih laung kailu bang bukun da isab bat kawaun nila for "expropriation" ha maksud awun hinangun dan atawa building usalun sin public.

Sah bang , nah subay tunguran. Subay bayaran.

Makaulung sa laung in mag-uusaha. Bang hipatambul na in kadday atawa usaha nila. 💔💔💔

Bayriin na in kabuhianan nila? Bayriin na in himahangad hulat kanila?
Karukkaan dakula in dumagpak kanila.

Sana in parinta dihilan sila:

• due process of law [no person shall be deprived of life, liberty, property without due process of law]

•alternative places to operate- if possible

• grace period magtambul amun makatanam tanam na sila bukun bigla na sadja in usaha nila malubu yaun

•subay tuud kailu bayaran atawa tunguran - dakula tabang na yadtu kailuh

• misan pa bihadtu ha pamarinta ADIL subay awun 💗 ulung kasilasa pa mag uusaha 🥰 bawgbug kanila
Pasal maytah?

Timuyuh sila timulahad
Umusaha
Lumawag kabuhianan
Magnafaka pa ahli nila

Sila ini in part of the solution
Not part of the problem

Nagtuyuh nag-usaha
Way nangdupang
Way nag ganda-riba
Way nanakaw
Wayruun nangholdap
Way nangidnap for ransom
Sagawa nagtabarru
Nag sacrifice
Nagtuyuh
Nag struggle bat makausaha
Sussih
Dayng ha hulas sangsah nila.
☝️They took the risk to operate JUST TO BE ABLE TO LIVE AND NOT BEG DOLE-OUTS FROM THE GOVERNMENT.☝️

Let us promote
Support our local entrepreneurs in the Philippines
Luzon
Visayas
Mindanao
BARMM
&
Sulu.



Qaddarullaahi wa ma shaa afa Ala
^Inna lillaahi wa inna ilayhi rajiun ^
Fa inna maal usri yusra
Inna maal usri yusra



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