Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) Governor Mujiv Hataman is disappointed about the costume that Eat Bulaga! hosts Senator Tito Sotto and Joey De Leon wear during the halloween special of the said noontime show on Saturday, October 31, 2015.
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The veteran hosts wear a thobe, which is usually worn by male Muslims during their time of prayer like Eid'l Fitr.
In a statement published yesterday, November 1, in Minda News, the government wants Eat Bulaga! to apologize for this incident.
Gov. Hataman said, "On Behalf of the Filipino Moro people, we demand the producers and hosts of the noontime show issue a public apology...This display betrays an insensitivity by these hosts, as they equated the Muslim garb as a costume to be feared, in the way that zombies and ghouls are to be feared."
Hataman also added, "We remind the hosts and the producers of the show of how Muslims are quite often discriminated against our society, often stereotyped as troublemakers and terrorists.. What Eat Bulaga! did in its Halloween special was a mockery of and an affront to the image of the Muslim, apparently in the name of entertainment."
As of this writing, there's no official statement yet released by the producers of the said noontime show.
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