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7. "Moro" was a derogatory term used by Spanish colonizers to refer to the Islamized groups who resisted colonization and Christianization. “Moro” later evolved to signify the Moro people's continued defiance to colonization, institutionalized discrimination and state oppression. 8.
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). [6]
Dec 5, 2009 · I examine how the term “Moro,” which Spanish and American colonizers and Christian Filipinos used in a derogatory sense to refer to Philippine Muslims, was transformed and transcoded by the latter and now used in a positive way to refer to their identity.
- Vivienne Sm. Angeles
- angeles@lasalle.edu
- 2010
Jan 27, 2015 · ‘Moro’ was initially a derogatory term applied by colonizing Spaniards who, fresh from battling ‘Moors’ in Europe, implemented aggressive anti-Muslim policies. Over time, persecution became a uniting element, and ‘Moro’ was eventually embraced as an identifier after the 1960s.
- Oona Paredes
- 2015
Feb 8, 2021 · In an effort to dominate the Moro people, and their lands, the Spanish started linking the word Moro with derogatory terms such as “traitors,” “pirates,” “uncivilised” and so forth in order to get the Catholic majority of Filipinos to turn against them and alienate them.
They have collectively called themselves ‘Moro’ as derived from the Spanish derogatory term for the Muslims in Spain in order to rally on their fellow Muslims to join their struggle against to what they perceive as Filipino colonialism and oppression.
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Apr 1, 2010 · Spanish colonizers used the term “Moro” as a derogatory term for Muslims and portrayed them in negative terms mainly because of their resistance to Spanish colonial rule and Christianity.
