Islam in the Philippines - Wikipedia
Most Muslims live in parts of Mindanao, Palawan, and the Sulu Archipelago – an area known as Bangsamoro or the Moro region. [14] The Bangsamoro region is predominantly Muslim, with 91% of its 4.9 million inhabitants adhering to Islam. [ 1 ]
Moro people - Wikipedia
The Moro people or Bangsamoro people are the 13 Muslim-majority ethnolinguistic Austronesian groups of Mindanao, Sulu, and Palawan, native to the region known as the Bangsamoro (lit. Moro nation or Moro country). [ 4 ]
Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao - Wikipedia
The Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) was situated in mainland Mindanao in the southern Philippines and was created by virtue of the Republic Act No. 6734 which signed into law by President Corazon Aquino on August 1, 1989. The plebiscite was conducted in the proposed area of ARMM on November 17, 1989, in the provinces of Maguindanao, Lanao del Sur, Sulu, and Tawi-Tawi.
Factsheet on Islam in Mindanao | Philippine Statistics Authority
Sep 28, 2017 · Among the 28 provinces in Mindanao, Lanao del Sur has the largest percentage of Muslims with 94% of its population practicing Islam, contributing approximately 4.05% of the islands’ total population.
The Long Road To Muslim Bangsamoro: 10 Years On
Apr 1, 2024 · It has been a half-century since one of the most remarkable struggles for autonomy by a Muslim minority began, in what is now the Philippines’ southwestern region of Mindanao. Long inhabited by a collection of Muslim ethnic groups known collectively as Moros, this region had a history of Muslim autonomy and fierce resistance to outsiders.
Philippines gets ready for Muslim Mindanao autonomy by 2025
Jan 19, 2023 · COTABATO CITY, Philippines -- Authorities in the Philippines are working to establish an autonomous Muslim government on the southern island of Mindanao within the next two years. The creation...
Mindanao's Mosaic of Conflict: Understanding the Roots - ASEAN …
The city, predominantly Muslim in a country where the majority are Christian Catholics, stands as a poignant symbol of the complex interplay of religious, ethnic, socio-economic and socio-political narratives that define the Mindanao conflict.
THE PHILIPPINES: WILL THE MUSLIM MAJORITY OF MINDANAO …
Sep 29, 2021 · Mindanao is not only the largest island in the Philippines but a region that is home to 5-6 million Filipino minority Muslims (a.k.a Moros)-in a country that is predominantly Catholic.
The Unifying and Divisive Effects of Social Identities: Religious and ...
Jan 1, 2018 · The present study aims to examine the different social identities in Muslims in Mindanao, particularly their religious and ethnopolitical identities. We also examine the possible overlap between the Muslim's ethnic/tribal identity and …
Islamism in Mindanao, Southern Philippines: Moderates, Radicals …
By 1948, just two years after the Philippines gained independence, only 32 percent of the population of Mindanao were Muslims, a very sharp drop from 76 percent in 1903.