Islam menyentuh tepi jalan Kepulauan Filipina sebelum penjajah Amerika dan Spanyol tidak (AI-Attas: 1969).
The Islamization of the Philippine Archipelago was part of the spread of the religion in the Southeast Asian region. Islamisasi kepulauan Filipina merupakan bagian dari penyebaran agama di kawasan Asia Tenggara.
Islam is not merely a religion, as noted by many Muslim scholars but is as well a way of life (Doi: 1984). Islam bukan hanya agama, seperti dicatat oleh para sarjana Muslim tetapi juga cara hidup (Doi: 1984).
Thus, when Islam spread throughout the country, it also introduced a system of government and a sophisticated culture. Jadi, ketika Islam tersebar di seluruh negeri, juga memperkenalkan sistem pemerintahan dan budaya yang canggih.
Islam introduced a highly developed political structure, the Sultanate. Islam memperkenalkan struktur politik sangat maju, Kesultanan. The traditional Muslim social structure in the Philippines was headed by a sultan who assumed both religious and secular authority. Struktur Muslim tradisional sosial di Filipina dipimpin oleh seorang sultan yang dianggap baik otoritas agama dan sekuler. The Datu assumed communal leadership, providing aid and arbitration through agama courts under his leadership. Para Datu diasumsikan kepemimpinan komunal, memberikan bantuan dan arbitrase melalui pengadilan Agama di bawah kepemimpinannya. The wealth amassed by the conquests of the Datu is provided to his subjects for aid, employment, and protection when needed. Mengumpulkan kekayaan oleh penaklukan dari Datu disediakan untuk rakyatnya bantuan, ketenagakerjaan, dan perlindungan bila diperlukan. Interestingly, the Datu is not determined by his wealth but by the number of his followers. Menariknya, Datu tidak ditentukan oleh kekayaan, tetapi dengan jumlah pengikutnya. Further, the holy Qur'an, the source of both secular and religious precepts and laws of Muslims, provides a sense of oneness and fraternal bond between Muslims as an Ummah or Islamic Nation (21:92). Selanjutnya, Al-Qur'an, sumber kedua ajaran sekuler dan agama dan hukum Islam, memberikan rasa kesatuan dan ikatan persaudaraan antara Muslim sebagai umat atau Islam Bangsa (21:92). Islam changed the country's once fragmented nature into a single nation (Bangsa Tungga). Islam merubah sifat negara sekali terpecah menjadi bangsa yang tunggal (Bangsa Tungga).
Thus, when the colonizers came and threatened the growth of their government, much resistance was felt, especially in Southern Philippines where Muslim communities were most concentrated. Jadi, ketika penjajah datang dan mengancam pertumbuhan pemerintah mereka, banyak perlawanan terasa, terutama di Filipina Selatan di mana komunitas Muslim paling terkonsentrasi. The Spanish assimilation only succeeded in creating rifts between the Christianized Filipinos under Spanish rule and the Muslim communities that refused subjugation (Majul: 1973). Asimilasi Spanyol hanya berhasil menciptakan perpecahan antara Filipina dikristenkan di bawah kekuasaan Spanyol dan masyarakat Muslim yang menolak penaklukan (Majul: 1973). It was the same during the American Regime, if not worse, wherein they employed a process of extermination through military troops when the Muslims refused subjugation and resisted the exploitation of resources within the Mindanao region (Tan: 1977). Hal yang sama selama Rezim Amerika, jika tidak lebih buruk, di mana mereka dipekerjakan proses pemusnahan melalui pasukan militer ketika umat Islam menolak penaklukan dan menolak eksploitasi sumber daya di wilayah Mindanao (Tan: 1977). The Americans realized then that the process was futile and assumed a strategy for winning the Muslims, through the establishment of a special bureau for their affairs and concerns (Gowing: 1983). Amerika menyadari bahwa proses itu sia-sia dan dianggap strategi untuk memenangkan umat Islam, melalui pembentukan biro khusus untuk urusan mereka dan keprihatinan (Gowing: 1983).
However, through these years, from the American initiative to integrate Muslim communities with the majority of the Filipinos, divisiveness in culture and religion has spread and grown into social unrest and conflict situations. Namun, melalui tahun-tahun ini, dari inisiatif Amerika untuk mengintegrasikan masyarakat Muslim dengan mayoritas dari Filipina, perpecahan dalam budaya dan agama telah menyebar dan berkembang menjadi kerusuhan sosial dan situasi konflik. The Muslims remained isolated from the developments provided by the government in the northern regions of the Philippines, separatist movements grew, and resentments between Christians and Muslims developed (Fernando: 1979, Rahman: 1954). Kaum Muslim tetap terisolasi dari perkembangan yang disediakan oleh pemerintah di daerah utara Filipina, gerakan separatis tumbuh, dan kebencian antara Kristen dan Muslim dikembangkan (Fernando: 1979, Rahman: 1954).
The Philippine government in several instances tried to address the issues of the country regarding Muslim separatist movements through policies and the creation of several offices. Pemerintah Filipina dalam beberapa mencoba untuk mengatasi masalah negara tentang gerakan separatis Muslim melalui kebijakan dan penciptaan beberapa kantor. The Tripoli Agreement was developed to grant political autonomy for two Muslim regions, and recognition of their "cultural values, traditions, and customary and Islamic laws, in the formulation of State policies." Perjanjian Tripoli dikembangkan untuk memberikan otonomi politik untuk dua wilayah Muslim, dan pengakuan mereka "nilai-nilai budaya, tradisi, dan hukum adat dan Islam, dalam perumusan kebijakan Negara."
Several agreements have been signed since, and still much has yet to Beberapa kesepakatan telah ditandatangani sejak, dan masih banyak yang belum diselesaikan.
Sumber: Konsultan CPRM. (June 2004). (Juni 2004). Institutional Strengthening of the Shari'a Justice System: (Phase I). Penguatan Kelembagaan Sistem Peradilan syariat: (Tahap I). Final Report on the SC-UNDP Project: PHI/01/001. Laporan Akhir Proyek SC-UNDP: PHI/01/001. Submitted to the Supreme Court of the Philippines Diserahkan kepada Mahkamah Agung Filipina
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