Datu Mussolini Sinsuat Lidasan is Director of Al Qalam Institute for Islamic Identities and Dialogue in Southeast Asia, based in Ateneo de Davao University. Iqra means “to recite or to read” and it is the first verse revelation to Prophet Muhammad (SAW). SAW, the acronym for the Arabic words sallallahu alayhi wasallam that means “peace be upon him”, is a phrase Muslims utter upon hearing or speaking the name of any of the Islamic prophets.