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A SHORT SYNOPSIS OF FILIPINO HISTORY
http://www.puc.edu/Faculty/Milbert_Mariano/MANO/history.html The Phillipines consists of some 7100 islands who, over time, have had several waves of migrations from the Islands of Borneo, Sumatra, and Sarawak [part of the Indonesian Republic]. About 95% of area and population currently live on 11 largest islands.
The Malay peoples of the Phillippine islands, were mostly hunters, fishers, and unsettled cultivators when first visited by Europeans. There was also evidence of a rich culture that included skills in weaving, ship-building, mining and goldsmithing.
The archipelago was visited by Magellan, 1521. The Spanish colonized Cebu in 1565 then founded Manila as the new capital in 1571. The islands were named for King Philip II [Son of Charles V] of Spain and were illegally ceded by Spain [along with Guam, Cuba and Puerto Rico] to the U.S. For 20 Million Dollars following the Spanish-American War in 1898. U.S. troopes suppressed a guerrilla uprising in a brutal 6-year war from 1899-1905.
In 1934, the U.S. Congress passed an act which made the Phillipines a U.S. Commonwealth. The first president of the Commonwealth was Manuel L. Quezon.
On December 8, 1941, Japan occupied the islands during WWII.
On July 4, 1946, independence was proclaimed in accordance with an act passed by congress by the U.S. Congress in 1934. A republic was established and Manuel Roxas became the President of the Republic of the Phillipines.
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There was actually a Muslim Sultanate ruling the islands at the arrival of the Spainiards ...
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Islam in the Philippines
By: Wadja K. Esmula
Writen by: Muhiddin Batara Mutia
The periods following the demise of the Prophet Muhammad - led to the expansion of Islam to Europe, Africa, and Southeast Asia.
In Southeast Asia, Islam was promulgated by three methods: by Muslim traders in the course of peaceful trade; by preachers and holy men who set out from India and Arabia specifically to convert idolaters and animist and increase the knowledge of the faithful; and by war waged against heathen states.
Trading served as a strong factors in spreading Islam in Southeast Asia, with Muslim merchants interested not only in the commercial aspects of life, but in the spiritual as well, providing Islamic knowledge to the uniformed through religious missions.
It was in North Sumatra that the trade route from India and the west reached the archipelago, and Islam first obtained a firm footing in Southeast Asia. Malacca , the main trading center of the area in the 15th century, became the great stronghold of the faith, from where it spread out. In the 10th century, Islam's influence intensified and reached as far as ancient Malaysia. This in turn would affect its growth in what would become The Philippines.
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Two century before the coming of Western colonizers to the Philippines, the Muslim enjoyed full independence, and had a well-organized government, the sultanate, which attained various achievements at the height of its power. The sultan served as both political and religious leaders, protector and defender of Islam, following the Islamic political system of no separation between church and state. As a religious leader, the sultan was called Zillullah fil-ard, shadow of God in earth, based on the Islamic political point a view that man, particularly a leader, is the vice regent of God.
With the coming of the Spaniards and the Americans, the Bangsa Islam declined. Both colonial powers incorporated the independent Bangsa Islam into the Philippines state, reducing the power of the sultan, especially during the American regime.
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