By: Rachel Bergen Laela Tambawang was born into an interfaith family in West Papua, Indonesia, so it’s no surprise she eventually participated in ICF’s School of Peace. “I’m Muslim but my mom is Christian until she became Muslim,” Laela explains. “My grandma is Christian and helped me learn about my own religion. She taught me…
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“Call Me Manobo”
By Rachel Bergen Rene Bundozan’s identification paperwork shows he is a Filipino Christian. That’s because there is no option to declare himself by his Indigenous spirituality. The 25-year-old hails from North Cotabato in Mindanao and comes from the Ilianen Manobo Indigenous community in southern Philippines. At an early age Rene became a Christian and lost…