Preferred Citation: McKenna, Thomas M. Muslim Rulers and Rebels: Everyday Politics and Armed Separatism in the Southern Philippines. Berkeley:  University of California Press,  1998. http://ark.cdlib.org/ark:/13030/ft0199n64c/


 
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ADAT— Customary law

AGIMAT— An amulet worn or carried to provide supernatural protection against blades or bullets or to otherwise protect an individual from his or her enemies

ALIM (Plural, ulama )—An Islamic scholar; an individual qualified to teach Islamic law


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Preferred Citation: McKenna, Thomas M. Muslim Rulers and Rebels: Everyday Politics and Armed Separatism in the Southern Philippines. Berkeley:  University of California Press,  1998. http://ark.cdlib.org/ark:/13030/ft0199n64c/