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Apr 20, 2019 · Moroccans are often referred to casually as moros. Technically, this is the Spanish term for the historical Moors, but Spaniards use moro to refer to Moroccans, and occasionally to all migrants or all Muslims. (African Muslims are also sometimes referred to as Africanos or Negros).
"Moro" comes from "Mauritania", which was what the Romans called the northern region closest to the Iberian Peninsula. Most times it's used disparagingly but could also be correct used in proper context
The Spanish considered the Moros a threat to their Catholic mission in the Philippines and worked to prevent the spread of Islam throughout the archipelago. In fact, the name “Moro” is a Spanish term for “Moors,” referring to the Muslims who ruled the Iberian Peninsula from 711-1492.
The ethnic Moro population of the southern Philippines resisted both Spanish and American colonization. The Moro areas of Western Mindanao have been the most rebellious areas in the Philippines along with Samar and the Bicol Region.
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
Oct 9, 2022 · The term Moro was not derogatory and pejorative when first used by the Spaniards. It was derived from the first four letters of country of origin of the conquerors of Spain – Morocco – “Moro” (singular or Moros - plural form), or “Moor” (singular and Moors – plural) in English.
Employing a designation used during the reconquest of the Iberian Peninsula, the Spanish colonists called Muslims in the Philippines “Moros,” a pejorative term, and the Muslims appear to have called themselves Islam.
