Sulu,officially the Province of Sulu,is a province of the Philippines in the Sulu Archipelago and part of the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM).
The Moro people or Bangsamoro people are the 13 Muslim-majority ethnolinguistic Austronesian groups of Mindanao,Sulu,and Palawan,native to the region known as the Bangsamoro. As Muslim-majority ethnic groups,they form the largest non-Christian population in the Philippines,and comprise about 5% of the country's total population,or 5 million people.
The Moro National Liberation Front is a political organization in the Philippines that was founded in 1972. It started as a splinter group of the Muslim Independence Movement. The MNLF was the leading organization among Moro separatists for about two decades beginning from the 1970s.
Nur Misuari is a Moro Filipino revolutionary and politician,founder and leader of the Moro National Liberation Front.
The Moro conflict was an insurgency in the Mindanao region of the Philippines,which involved multiple armed groups. Peace deals have been signed between the Philippine government and two major armed groups,the Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF) and the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF),but other smaller armed groups continue to exist. In 2017,the peace council settled around 138 clan conflicts.
Yusop Jikiri was a Filipino politician,leader within the Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF) and governor (2001–2004) of Sulu Province in the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM). He also served as a representative from Sulu's 1st District (2007–10) and ran again in 2010,but lost to Tupay Loong. He was the beneficiary of shifting political alliances between the Tan and Loong families.
The Moro National Liberation Front Executive Council of 15 is a faction of the Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF) in which the group of 15 leaders forged a unity agreement with the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF). The agreement was signed in Kuala Lumpur and coincided with the Filipino President's visit. Muslimin Sema is the current chairman of the group. The government of the Philippines recognizes Sema along with Misuari as representatives of the MNLF despite the recognition of Nur Misuari as chairman by the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation,which the MNLF is an observer member to. Supposedly,Sema's group together with Habib Mudjahab Hashim's MNLF Islamic Command Council (ICC),somewhat agreed to reunite with the MNLF under Misuari.
Habib Tupay T. Loong was a Filipino politician who was a representative of Sulu's 1st congressional district in the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM). He is the older brother of Ben Tupay Loong,the current vice-governor,and himself served as Governor of Sulu for three terms. Together the "Loong Brothers" constitute a formidable political force in Sulu.
Muslimin Gampong Sema,also known as Mus Sema,is a Filipino politician who is the current minister of labor and employment of the Bangsamoro autonomous region,Philippines since March 8,2022. He has also been the former mayor of Cotabato City and a member of the Moro National Liberation Front.
Bangsamoro,officially the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao is an autonomous region in the Philippines,located in the southwestern portion of the island of Mindanao.
Ahod "Al Haj Murad" Ebrahim,better known as Al Haj Murad Ebrahim or "Kagi Murad",is a Bangsamoro,Moro - Filipino Moro Leader,former revolutionary leader currently serving as the first chief minister of the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao.
The Bangsamoro Republik,officially the United Federated States of Bangsamoro Republik (UFSBR),was a short-lived,self-proclaimed,unrecognized breakaway state in the Philippines. Nur Misuari,chairman of the Moro National Liberation Front,issued the Proclamation of Bangsamoro Independence on July 27,2013 in Talipao,Sulu and declared the capital of Bangsamoro to be Davao City.
The Bangsamoro are a majority-Muslim ethnic group occupying a range of territories across the southern portions of the Republic of the Philippines. On three occasions,a short-lived and unrecognized Bangsamoro state independent of the Philippines has been formally declared by the Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF). The first declaration was issued in 1974,amid the Moro conflict. Bangsamoro Land would be declared in 2012. In 2013,the United Federated States of Bangsamoro Republik was declared.
The Jeddah Accord was signed on January 3–4,1987 in Jeddah,Saudi Arabia by Aquilino Pimentel Jr.,representing the Government of the Philippines and Nur Misuari of the Moro National Liberation Front. The two panels agreed upon the continued discussion of the proposal of the grant of full autonomy to Mindanao,Basilan,Sulu,Tawi-Tawi and Palawan subject to democratic processes.
The 2001 rebellion of the Moro National Liberation Front Misuari faction against the Philippine government during the presidency of Gloria Macapagal Arroyo was led by Nur Misuari,the founder of the Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF). It began on November 19,2001,when members of a faction of the MNLF loyal to Misuari attacked a Philippine Army headquarters in Jolo,Sulu in the Philippines. The attack was meant to disrupt the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao elections scheduled for November 26 of that year,which eventually replaced Misuari as governor.
Hatib Hajan Sawadjaan was a Filipino militant affiliated with the Abu Sayyaf. He was the leader of the group which has associated itself with the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) since 2014. On July 6,2020,Hajan Sawadjaan was severely wounded during an encounter with the government troops in Barangay Bakong,Patikul,Sulu and died from his injuries a few days later. After the encounter with the government troops,he was found and buried by the group of his cousin Mundi Sawadjaan,an Abu Sayyaf sub-leader.
Abdul Raji Sahrin,also known as Hassan Jawali,was a Moro revolutionary and politician. He was a member of the Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF) and the Interim Bangsamoro Parliament. He was also the Deputy Chief Minister of Bangsamoro for the Islands.
The Bangsamoro Party (BAPA) is a political party based in Mindanao,Philippines,which is affiliated with the Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF).
Ustadz Abdulkarim "Kharz" Tan Misuari is a Moro Filipino who is a member of the Bangsamoro Transition Authority Parliament.
Nurredha Ibrahim Misuari is a Moro Filipino who is a member of the Bangsamoro Transition Authority Parliament.
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