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The Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (Filipino: Rehiyong Awtonomo ng Muslim Mindanao; Arabic: الحكم الذاتي الاقليمي لمسلمي مندناو Al-ḥukm adh-dhātī al-'iqlīmī li-muslimī Mindanāu; [3] [4] ARMM) was an autonomous region of the Philippines, located in the Mindanao island group of the Philippines, that consisted of five predominantly Muslim provinces ...
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.
The Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) was the only autonomous region in the Philippines, until it was superseded by Bangsamoro; as such it is the sole region with a regional government as prescribed by the Constitution of the Philippines. [1]
It is the oldest mosque in Western Mindanao. Taluksangay was the first center of Islamic propagation in the Zamboanga Peninsula. Muslim religious missionaries from Arabia, India, Malaysia, Indonesia and Borneo have been flocking to this village. A representative of the Sultan of Turkey (Sheik-Al Islam) visited this place in later part of 1914.
Guangzhou (Canton) received a ship from Ma0i in the Philippines in 982 [25] Various makhdum (masters) preaching Islam arrived in Sulu such as Sayyid un-nikab Amin-ullah in Bud Agad, Jolo and Karimul Makhdum [26] [27] Shurafa (Sayyids) and Makhdumun (Makhdums) came to the Philippine archipelago from Zatyun in China after the Ispah rebellion and ...
The Jamiatu Muslim Mindanao (JMM) (lit. ' University of Muslim Mindanao ' ) is one of the oldest and biggest Madaris in the Philippines . [ 4 ] It was established with the financial backing from the Agama Islam Society in 1956 by the late Sheikh Ahmad Bashir , his devoted companions from the Ulama ( Ustad ) and Traditional (Cali) Group. [ 5 ]
Islam is the country's second-largest religion, with 6.4 percent of the population in the 2020 census. [530] Most Muslims live in Mindanao and nearby islands, [527] and most adhere to the Shafi'i school of Sunni Islam. [535]
The overwhelming majority of Tausūgs follow Islam, as Islam has been a defining aspect of native Sulu culture ever since Islam spread to the southern Philippines. They follow the traditional Sunni Shafi'i section of Islam, however they retain pre-Islamic religious practices and often practice a mix of Islam and Animism in their adat. A ...