aammar
23-01-2013, 07:10 AM
The story of Islam in the Philippines:
The Republic of the Philippines lies to the south-east from the southern coasts of China. It extends from Taiwan Island to the Moluccan Islands in Indonesia. It is located in the southeastern part of the Asian continent, bounded to the north by Formosa Island and to the south by Borneo Island, one of the Islands of Indonesia. It is bordered to the west by the China Sea and to the east by the Pacific Ocean.
The old name of the Philippines was "Maniolas" until it was conquered by the Spaniards who called it Philippines after King Philip II of Spain. The Philippines consists of about 7107 islands, but the number of these islands increases and decreases according to ebb and flow, which renders many of these islands uninhabited. The proportion of Muslims is 25% and their percentage in the islands of Mindanao and Sulu amounts to 85%.
Islam reached the Philippines through trade by the merchants of the Malay Peninsula and Indonesia. Perhaps the arrival of the first Muslims to those lands dates back to 270 AH. When they found them fertile and fitting for the message of Islam, callers to Allaah and preachers began to migrate to the Philippines. They moved to the central islands in the fifth century. The first mosque was built in the islands of Solo in 679 AH. More and more people embraced Islam and this was accompanied by an increase in the arrival of Muslim preachers and traders: Arabs, Indians, Malaysians, and Indonesians.
By the tenth century, all the islands came under the domination of the Muslim emirates there. The most notable of these emirates was that of Rajah Sulayman in the north, which had its base in Manila the current capital of the Philippines, despite the small number of Muslims in the north. As for the south, the local rulers were Muslims as well, and followed the Sultanate of Sulu.
The Republic of the Philippines lies to the south-east from the southern coasts of China. It extends from Taiwan Island to the Moluccan Islands in Indonesia. It is located in the southeastern part of the Asian continent, bounded to the north by Formosa Island and to the south by Borneo Island, one of the Islands of Indonesia. It is bordered to the west by the China Sea and to the east by the Pacific Ocean.
The old name of the Philippines was "Maniolas" until it was conquered by the Spaniards who called it Philippines after King Philip II of Spain. The Philippines consists of about 7107 islands, but the number of these islands increases and decreases according to ebb and flow, which renders many of these islands uninhabited. The proportion of Muslims is 25% and their percentage in the islands of Mindanao and Sulu amounts to 85%.
Islam reached the Philippines through trade by the merchants of the Malay Peninsula and Indonesia. Perhaps the arrival of the first Muslims to those lands dates back to 270 AH. When they found them fertile and fitting for the message of Islam, callers to Allaah and preachers began to migrate to the Philippines. They moved to the central islands in the fifth century. The first mosque was built in the islands of Solo in 679 AH. More and more people embraced Islam and this was accompanied by an increase in the arrival of Muslim preachers and traders: Arabs, Indians, Malaysians, and Indonesians.
By the tenth century, all the islands came under the domination of the Muslim emirates there. The most notable of these emirates was that of Rajah Sulayman in the north, which had its base in Manila the current capital of the Philippines, despite the small number of Muslims in the north. As for the south, the local rulers were Muslims as well, and followed the Sultanate of Sulu.