Islam and Islamization of the Philippines

Islamization of Borneo, Sulawesi, Celebes, Moluccas

Islamization of Southern Philippines occurred with

Tausug

First to be won to Islam

Tarsila

Geneology

Tuan Mashai’ka

came to Jolo and married a chieftain’s daughter; raised children as Muslims

Sheik Karim ul Makhdum Masjid

Tuan Sharief Awliya; believed to have reinforced Islam that was already present among foreign Muslims and families

Raja Baguinda

came to Sulu from Menangkabaw; initiated himself into power by force using his being a Muslim as basis

Sayyid Abu Bakr

founded Sultanate of Sulu; Sultan Sharief ul Hashim

Sharief Muhammad Kabungsuan

said to have introduced Islam to Mindanao; won over Ilanun and Maguindanao

Sharief Awliya, Sharief Maraja

predecessors of Muhammad Kabungsuan

Sharief Awliya

Came to Mindanao in search of paradise and found a houri whom he married and had  a daughter with

Sharief Maraja

ancestor of dumato clan of Maguindanao

Shareif Alawi

carried Islam to Bukidnon and shores of lake Lanao

1. Appearance of Muslim Missionaries in the Cotabato area around the middle of  fifteenth century

2. Immigration of Islamic people and arrival of Sharief Muhammad Kabungsuan in Illana bay area in first quarter of sixteenth century

3. Additional contacts with other Muslim principalities (Sulu and Moluccas) during the  last quarter of the sixteenth century

4. Stiffening of Islamic attitudes in the face of Spanish attempts at colonization and Christianization around the beginning of seventeenth century

Main Stages of Islamization of Mindanao