ISLAM

• Islam was said to reached the Philippines within 13th century, have gained significant major foundation/ grounding in Sulu.
• SAYYID ABBUBAKAR of Arabia arrived in the Philippines and led to a significant turn of events. (15th century). He introduced Islam in Island of mindanao
• He married PRINCESS PRIMASULI, daughter of Rajah Baguinda
• Abubakar succeeded to the throne and established the Sultanate of Sulu. He was a First sultan of sulu
• Abubakar introduced holy text via holy book of Quran to

  Promulgated the 1st Sulu code of laws called Diwan
• Built a house of prayer- Mosque
• Recognized for building a religious school = Madrasa
• Natives from Zamboanga and Basilan were converted to Islam.
• People of Mindanao and some areas of palawan (Tausug, Maranao, Maguindanao, Yakan, Samal, Badjao) embraced islam as a faith and their method of life.
• ISLAM

  • "submission to God"
  • religion of Muslims
• Filipino Muslims recognize that they belong to a UMMAH (A common arabic word which means community of believers).
• doctrine of TAWHID -means oneness or unity of God is the religion's Central faith. There's no God, Only Allah

  • this imply that God cannot be held equal to any other beings or concepts
• Tawhid denies figural representation of God in Islamic arts.
• In Islamic art, we can observe how artists are influenced by the notion of the Tawhid.
• It features ornamentation using geometric figures, arabesque, and calligraphy
• Placing some parts of mosque "Qibla"("toward the contemplation of the divine") and "Mihrab"- a semicircular "niche" in the wall of a mosque facing the west towards Mecca to express the unity of Islamic community
• BURAQ - related to prophet Muhammad's surmounting to heaven.

  • legendary beast, winged horse with the face of a woman
  • A unique Buraq sculpture of Mindanaon Muslims in the Philippines.✓ accompanied with indigenous okir motif.
• The Sultan Haji Hassanal Bolkiah Mosque of Cotabato City is the largest mosque in the Philippines.
• Batik- originated from Indonesia

  ✓ a cloth dyeing that contains abstract themes w/ geometric and floral designs, usually used by Filipino Muslims
• TOROGAN - the royal house of the Maranao