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| Date of birth: | 1942 |
| Place of birth: | Jolo, Sulu, Philippines |
| Major organizations: | Moro National Liberation Front |
Nur Misuari (born 1942 in Jolo, Sulu in the Philippines) is a Filipino politician and former leader of the Moro National Liberation Front. He completed his education through academic scholarships in the University of the Philippines and became a student activist. Misuari was a lecturer at the University of the Philippines in political science and in the 1960s, he established the Mindanao Independence Movement which aimed to organized an independent Islamic state in the southern Philippines. The Mindanao Independence Movement formed the Moro National Liberation Front (M.N.L.F.). which sought political reforms from the Government of the Philippines. Unable to gained reforms, the M.N.L.F engaged in military conflict against the Philippine government and its supporters between 1972 to 1976 under the leadership of Misuari and challenged former Philippine president Ferdinand Marcos which ended in failure. He departed to Saudi Arabia in exile and travel back to the Philippines after Marcos was removed from office during the People Power Revolution in 1986.
Misuari supported his protest on the non-implementation of the Tripoli Agreement which included the peace agreement signed by former Philippine president Fidel Ramos in the 1990s. He was removed from his government when Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo became president in 2001 and was sent to prison in 2007 on charged of terrorism. On December 20, 2007 he was denied a petition for bail and remain under house arrest in Manila. The Philippine court however, granted the bail petition of Misuari's seven co-accused, at 100,000 pesos.[1] On April 2, 2008, former rebel leader, Muslimin Sema and mayor of Cotabato City replaced Misuari, as the leader of the M.N.L.F.[2] On April 25, 2008, he was allowed to post bail, upon the instructions of the Cabinet security cluster.[3]
Publications
- César A. Majul, "The Contemporary Muslim Movement in the Philippines" (Berkeley: Mizan Press, 1985).
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