- This article is about the religion of Islam in the Philippines. For the Muslim ethnic group, see Moro (ethnic group).
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Islam is the oldest recorded monotheistic religion in the Philippines. Islam reached the islands between the 12th and 14th century with the arrival of Arab traders and Muslim settlers from several sultanates in the Malay Archipelago. Salafi/Wahhabi Arab missionaries from what is now Saudi Arabia brought Islam to what are now the Philippines, Indonesia and Malaysia and converted most tribes to Islam during that period. Today Muslims form 5% to 10% of the Philippine population, while the majority of the population are Roman Catholic, Protestant, non-religious, Buddhist, Animist and Hindus.
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History
In 1380 Karim ul' Makhdum the first Arabian Islamic missionary reached the Sulu Archipelago and Jolo in the Philippines and established Islam in the country. In 1390 the Minangkabau's Prince Rajah Baguinda and his followers preached Islam on the islands.[1] The Sheik Karimal Makdum Mosque was the first mosque established in the Philippines on Simunul in Mindanao in the 14th century. Subsequent settlements by Arab missionaries from Malaysia and Indonesia helped strenghtened Islam in the Philippines and each settlements were governed by Datu, Rajah and Sultan.Islamic states founded in the Philippines included the Sultanate of Maguindanao (16-19th centuries) and the Sultanate of Sulu (15-20th centuries).
Moro (similar to 'Moors') is the appellation inherited from the Spaniards, for ethnic Filipino muslims and tribes. The Moros seeks to establish an independent Islamic province in the Mindanao and Visayas. The term Bangsamoro a combination of the Old Malay-Spanish language word Moro inherited from al-Andalus in Spain. A significant Moro rebellion occurred during the Philippine-American War in 1899. Sporadic fighting has continued in the Philippines from pre-Spanish times up to the present.
Islam has seen great growth worldwide since the end of World War II. The Philippines was no exception. The Filipino Muslim community has built many new mosques and religious schools in the twenty-first century, and hajj pilgrimages have increased. [2]
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External links
- Fil-Mus Foundation
- Islam and Muslims in the Philippines
- [1] The first full Tagalog Translation of the Meaning of the Quran by Ustad Badie Saliao,Ustad Amin Rodriguez and other Filipino Muslim Teachers and Scholars in Saudi Arabia
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