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Though she worked with local charities, her broader position involved acting as a liaison between the local Muslims and the Philippine government. She and her aunt, Dayang Dayang Hadji Piandao performed this job together. [5] In Jolo, Kiram established a Muslim-Christian women's club whose main mission involved performing charity work.
Like the empire of the Bruneian Sultanate, Sulu and other Muslim sultanates in the Philippines were introduced to Islam through Chinese Muslims, Persians, and Arab traders. Chinese Muslim merchants participated in the local commerce, and the Sultanate had diplomatic relations with Ming China. As it was involved in the tribute system, the Sulu ...
As a senator for eight years, Rasul authored, co-authored, and/or sponsored important legislation concerning women's rights, Muslim affairs, family, and gender equality. An important legislation that she co-authored with Senator Raul Roco was Republic Act No. 7192 or the Women in Development and Nation-Building Act of 1992. [ 2 ]
Islam continued to spread in Mindanao, from centers such as Sulu and Cotabato. [30] The Muslims seek to establish an independent Islamic province in Mindanao to be named Bangsamoro. The term Bangsamoro is a combination of an Old Malay word meaning nation or state with the Spanish word Moro which means Muslim.
However, the Muslims did not know that the Treaty of Paris, which had ceded the Philippine archipelago to the Americans, included their land as well. After the Philippine–American War, the Americans established direct rule over the newly formed "Moro Province", which then consisted of five districts—Zamboanga, Lanao, Cotabato, Davao, and Sulu.
The Yakan people are among the major Filipino ethnolinguistic groups in the Sulu Archipelago. Having a significant number of followers of Islam, it is considered one of the 13 Muslim groups in the Philippines. The Yakans mainly reside in Basilan but are also in Zamboanga City.
This category includes articles of people who are Muslim (followers of the religion of Islam) from Philippines. May not necessarily be from the Moro ethnic group. Contents
Nur-Ana "Lady Ann" Indanan Sahidulla is a Filipino politician. She was a representative of Sulu Province's 2nd congressional district in the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) from 2010 to 2013. She is a close ally of Abdusakur Mahail Tan.