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- Moro, the Spanish name for the Muslim Moors of Spain, is the name by which Filipino Muslim ethno-linguistic groups are usually known. Moros comprise roughly 5 per cent of the total Filipino population and are a significant minority not only because of their numerical strength but also because of their long fight for independence from Manila.
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Dec 5, 2009 · In recent times, ethnic Filipino Muslims have appropriated the term Moro to symbolize instead their determination to chart their destiny as a nation and their rich political and cultural heritage. This recasting of the Moro image is reflected in contemporary Muslim writings in both print and electronic media.
- Vivienne Sm. Angeles
- angeles@lasalle.edu
- 2010
Moros, Filipino Muslims, represent roughly 5% of the population of the Philippines. As a diverse community of various ethnolinguistic groups, Moros are marginalized by the state and have longstanding grievances dating back to the Spanish colonial period.
Apr 10, 2019 · The Bangsamoro Parliament held its first session on March 29, and the setup of this body is the first of its kind in the Philippines. The new regional government is a product of almost two decades of peace negotiations between the Philippine government and the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF).
This chapter explores the changing relations of the state and Muslim Filipinos by taking a long historical view, analyzing the historical vicissitudes of the meanings of the term Moro over the more than four centuries from the Spanish colonial period to the present-day militant and separatist MNLF.
In 1968, the Muslim Independence Movement (MIM) was launched by radical Islamic leaders calling for independence from the Philippines and the creation of a Bangsa Moro, or Moro nation. This, and local 'Christian' countermeasures, led to full-scale revolt.
Because of their Islamic faith (introduced from Borneo and Malaya in the 14th century), the Moro have remained outside the mainstream of Philippine life and have been the object of popular prejudice and national neglect.
The Moro (the preferred term for ‘Muslims’ in the Philippines) people’s struggle for national self-determination has placed under critical interrogation the hallowed theories of cultural pluralism,...
