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/


 

Index

Page numbers in italics refer to illustrations. Page numbers in bold refer to glossary definitions.

A

Abat, Brig. Gen. Fortunato U., 166 , 323 n28

Abiden, Sarip Ali Zain-ul, 49

Adat (customary law), 62 , 91 , 337

Adat betad (traditional culture), 300 -301n5

Adil, Mohammad, 47 , 62 , 91 , 96 , 97 , 98 , 99 , 108 , 128 , 130 , 149 , 158 , 221 -22, 226 , 318 n27

Adjudication practices:

conflicts in, 225 -26;

loci of, 218 , 230

Agimat (amulets), 192 , 326 n17, 337

Akmad (imam of Campo Muslim), 174 -77, 200 , 202 , 204 , 227 -28, 230 , 233 , 277 , 283

Alah Valley:

description of, 27 ;

settlement of, 115 , 127

Alamada (Iranun insurgent), 97 , 98

Alamada (village), settlement of, 116

Alcohol consumption, 36 , 206 , 220 , 283

Ali (last independent ruler of Cotabato), 69 , 94 , 97

Alifuru (inhabitants of Halmahera), 308 n11

Ali, Lanang, 247

Alonto, Abulkhayr, 157

Alonto, Domocao, 139

American colonialism. See United States

Amilbangsa, Ombra, 135

Ampatuan (datu), 320 n8

Ampatuan clan, 145 , 153

Anderson, Benedict, 14 , 15 , 16

Anti-Imperialist Ireague, U.S., 89

Aquino, Agapito, 242

Aquino, Benigno, 140 , 236 , 242 .

Aquino, Corazon C., 230 , 231 , 235 , 236 , 238 , 242 , 244 , 246 , 332 n9

Aristocracy, mythic (traditional), See Datus

Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP), 165 -66, 185

Asikin, Jusul, 49

Autonomous Region of Muslim Mindanao, 334 n24

Ayunan, Datu, 98 , 99 , 100

B

Badruddin, Hadji Salik, 202

Bagong Alyansang Makabayan (BAYAN; New Nationalist Alliance), 238

Bagungan, Bai, 96

Baguri, Sheikh Hassanal, 320 n5

Balabaran, Datu, 99

Balabaran, Sinsuat, 98 -101, 102 , 103 , 110 , 119 , 276

Bangsa (descent groups), 47 -48, 164 , 190 , 301 n8, 337


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Bangsamoro ("Moro nation"), 81 , 164 , 186 , 322 n26, 337

Bangsa Moro Army, 157

Bangsa Moro Liberation Organization (BMLO), 162

Bangsamoro Rebellion:

as armed struggle, 138 -67, 170 , 180 -81;

peace settlement for, 167 -68, 170 ;

political goals of, 14 , 163 -64;

rank-and-file and civilian experience of, 183 -94, 226 -31, 278 -80;

as unarmed struggle, 170 , 197 -233, 280 -84;

unauthorized narratives of, 24 , 192 -95, 275 -78;

viewed from Campo Muslim, 170 , 182 -94.

See also Muslim separatist movement

Bangun (wergild), 51

Bantingan (bridewealth), 51 , 54 , 62 , 71 , 129 , 226 , 256 , 303 -4n20, 337

Banyaga (chattel slaves), 51 , 65 -66, 71 , 73 , 102 , 125 , 271 , 337

Barabangsa (royal lineage), 48 , 49 , 72 , 337

Barangay system, 323 -24n1, 337

Bates Agreement (1899), 90 , 91

Bayuk (ballads or chanted poems), 53 , 328 n20, 337

Beckett, Jeremy, 57 , 64 , 65 , 87 , 92 , 94 , 97 , 101

Bilaan ethnic group, bangaya slaves from, 73

Bird Island (Punul ), 120 -21, 123 , 175

Biruar, Angka, 255 -56, 258 , 259 , 261

"Blackshirts" (MIM), 153

Bliss, Gen. Tasker, 86 , 96

Boka (Eid al-Fitr; Idul Fitr), 43 -44, 228

Bongo Island, 32

Bourdieu, Pierre, 16 , 60

British East India Company, 78 -79

Buan, Rebecca D., 56

Buayan Sultanate, 29 ;

founding of, 49 -50;

rivalry with Magindanao Sultanate, 70 , 78 , 83 ;

sociopolitical structure of, 71 ;

trade by, 72 -74, 79

Bud Bagsak, battle of, 311 n4

Bud Dajo, "battle" of, 89

Bugis ethnic group (Sulawesi), social organization of, 302 n14, 304 nn25, 27

Buisan, Datu, 82

Bukidnon-Lanao Highlands, 27

Bukidnon (or Bukidnon-Lanao) Plateau, 25 , 32

Buldun:

sectarian violence in, 153 -54;

settlement of, 116

Bureau of Lands, 117 , 118

C

Cajelo, Carlos, 152 -53

Campo Muslim:

Bangsamoro Rebellion viewed from, 170 , 182 -94;

boundaries of, 299 n23;

census of, 299 n23;

community solidarity in, 43 ;

construction of, 124 , 171 -76;

description of, 8 , 39 -44, 42 , 170 -71, 197 -99;

elections in, 236 -37, 260 -66;

ethnic diversity of, 40 -41;

government assistance in, 218 ;

"hidden transcripts" (of separatist discourse) in, 23 -24;

household income in, 211 , 327 -28n12;

military occupation of, 176 -82;

political geography of, 197 -99, 198 ;

population size of, 39 ;

resistance to dominant culture in, 43 -44;

sanitation in, 41 -43;

sounds of, 11 -12, 43

Candao, Liwa, 214 , 256

Candao, Peping, 163 , 179 , 181 , 193 , 255 , 256 , 257 -58, 259

Candao, Zacaria, 163 , 213 -15, 216 , 219 , 229 -30, 232 , 234 , 235 , 238 -42, 245 , 246 , 248 -54, 266

Carpenter, Frank, 106 -7, 114 -15, 276

Catholic Church.

See Roman Catholic Church

Cebuano ethnic group, 35

Cebuano language, 36

Celebes Sea, 27

Central Luzon, armed rebellion in, 115

Central Mindanao Highlands, 27

Central Mindanao, postcolonial settlement of, 116

Chavacano language, 299 n19

China, trade relations with, 70 , 73 , 75 -76, 77 , 78 -79, 83 , 84

Chinese (immigrant) ethnic group:

distribution of, 35 , 120 ;

expulsion of (1755), 75 ;

Muslim Chinese-mestizos, 39 ;

population of, 92 ;

professions of, 36 , 39 , 75 ;

trade by, 75 -76, 79 , 92 , 95 , 102

Christian Children's Fund (CCF), 210 -12, 228 , 283

Christianity:

attempted conversion of Muslims to, 82

Christians for National Liberation, 330 -31n1

Cigarette smugglers, 122 -23, 160 -61, 175

Civilian Home Defense Force (CHDF), 173 , 179 , 191

Clothing:

Islamic (hijab ), 202 ;

traditional (of datus ), 55 ;

Westernized, 36

Comaroff, Jean, 271 , 293 -94n7

Comaroff, John, 271 , 293 -94n7

"Commander Jack," 179 -80, 193 , 326 n18

Commission on National Integration, 139 -43, 314 n22


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Communist Party of the Philippines (CCP), 167 , 234 , 330 -31n1

"Communities, imagined," 14 , 15 , 16

Cotabato (Mindanao):

American colonial policy in, 90 , 93 -97;

barangay in, 323 -24n1;

Christian immigration to, 33 , 35 , 36 -37, 113 -19, 136 -37;

description of contemporary region and city, 32 -39, 121 ;

division of labor in, 35 -36;

earthquake in (1976), 181 ;

economy of, 33 -35, 121 -23;

elections in, 230 -31, 236 -38, 245 -68;

ethnic diversity of, 29 -32, 35 -39, 120 ;

ethnographic descriptions of, 47 , 57 ;

fields of force in, 7 ;

Islamic (precolonial, traditional) rule of, 45 -68;

"labor unions" in, 125 -26;

land (geographic description) of, 15 -27, 26 , 28 ;

limits to Islamic unity in, 255 -66, 267 , 281 ;

mass rallies in, 135 -45, 266 , 267 ;

MILF attack on, 246 ;

military occupation of, 177 ;

moral authority in, 219 -26;

Muslim-Christian relations in, 36 -39, 114 -19, 120 , 124 -15, 136 -37, 149 -56;

Muslim insurgency in, 3 , 24 , 158 -59;

Muslim postcolonial migration to Cotabato City, 119 -24;

Muslim rebel leadership in, 5 , 6 , 159 -61;

Muslim street vendors in, 37 , 38 , 172 ;

naming of, 171

political economy of, 8 , 69 -80;

population of, 19 -31, 35 , 120 -21;

postcolonial settlement of, 116 -19;

precolonial political relations in, 59 -66;

ranked status in, 50 -51;

sectarian violence in, 149 -56;

student demonstrations in, 215 -16, 239 ;

sultanates established in, 48 ;

voter registration in, 264 -65, 331 -33n13

Cotabato River Basin:

agricultural production in, 33 ;

description of, 25 -27, 26 , 28 , 32 , 34 ;

sectarian violence in, 151 -53

Craft specialists, tupus of, 302 n11

Crocodiles.

See Spirit crocodiles

Cultural hegemony:

accommodation to, 273 , 288 ;

and coercion, 18 ;

critique of, 9 , 18 -19, 24 , 279 -80;

definition of, 17 -19;

description of, 16 -20;

resistance to, 17 , 18 -20, 65 , 271 -72, 273 , 277 -78, 284 -89

Cultural pluralism, 252 -54

D

Dampier, William, 57 , 64 , 74 , 75 , 82

Datumanong, Simeon, 145 , 152 , 163 , 214 , 248 -52

Datu Piang.

See Piang, Dam ("Area ni Mingka")

Datu Piang (Mindanao), population of, 29

Datus (aristocracy):

acculturation of, 131 -32;

capriciousness of, 64 , 67 ;

clothing styles of, 55 ;

collaboration with colonial authorities, 87 -104, 106 , 276 ;

collaboration with Marcos government, 161 , 162 -63, 166 -67, 168 -69, 213 , 231 -32, 234 ;

dayunday sponsored by, 225 ;

definition of, 57 -58, 230 , 307 n5, 337 ;

legal protections by, 62 -64;

legitimacy of, 52 , 270 ;

and Bangsomoro rebellion, 161 -63;

naming of, 58 ;

political relations of, 60 -66, 71 , 87 -88;

postcolonial rule by, 113 -14, 124 -32, 216 -19, 231 -32, 247 -48, 250 ;

in post-Marcos era, 234 -68;

public disregard of, 229 -31;

rank competition within, 50 , 52 -59, 229 , 270 ;

redistribution of goods by, 62 , 67 ;

ruling ideas of, 56 -59, 66 , 134 , 270 -72;

sanctified inequality of, 45 , 46 , 50 -51, 88 , 103 , 106 , 204 , 220 , 232 , 269 , 270 -72;

supernatural abilities of, 58 -59, 94 -95, 127 , 175 , 271 , 277 , 318 n21

Davao Gulf, 27

Davis, Gen. George W., 311 n5

Da'wah (call to faith), 337

Da'wah (call to faith) conferences, 214 -16, 232 , 239

Dayunday ("song duels"), 223 -25, 225 , 260 , 282 , 330 n31, 337

Death commemoration ceremonies, 220 -23, 228

Death vigils, 222 -23

Debt slavery, 51 , 63 , 71

Democratic Party, U.S., 89

Dilangalen, Didagan, 252

Dimaporo, Ali, 148 , 217 -18, 239

Divine mercy (limu a Kadenan ), 192 -94, 196 , 279

Dominant cultures.

See Cultural hegemony

Drakulic, Slavenka, 21 -22

Dumatus (descendants of Tabunaway), 47 , 50 , 337

Dutch colonialism, 112

Dyadic alliances, 60 , 72

E

Economic Development Corps (EDCOR), 115 -16

Egypt: missionaries and teachers from, 200 -202, 205 ;

scholarships from, 143 -44, 204 -5, 281

Eickelman, Dale, 311 n2

Elites.

See Cultural hegemony; Datus (aristocracy);

Subordinates


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Ellen, Roy, 283

Elster, Jon, 271 -72

Endatuan ("those who are ruled"):

description of, 50 , 338 ;

obligations of, 71 , 102 , 271 ;

protection of, 61

English language, 36 , 37 , 132 , 331 n5

Errington, Shelly, 59

Esteros River, 32

Ethnonationalism:

definition of, 14 , 142 .;

homogenization of ideology in, 21 -23;

recent examples of, 294 -95n11;

revanchist or revitalistic spirit of, 46 ;

willingness to fight and die for, 1 , 15 , 20

Experience, shared structures of, 59 , 60

F

Filipino (Christian) ethnic group, as dominant culture, 36 , 113 -19

Forbes, Cameron, 96

Forrest, Thomas, 20 , 64 , 73 , 75 -76, 77 , 78

Foucault, Michel, 16

Fox, Richard, 6 , 272 -73, 274

Friedman, Jonathan, 278

Fugate, James R., 107

Funerary rituals, traditional, 220 -23, 228

G

Gainza, Francisco, 30 -31

Gambling, 206 , 220 , 283

Geertz, Clifford, 59 , 305 n30

George, T. J. S., 147

Giants (masela a mama; "large men"), 192 -93

Glang, Alunan, 56 , 134

Gowing, Peter, 86 , 87 , 97

Gramsci, Antonio, 16 , 17 , 18 , 287 , 288

Gullick, J. M., 53

Gurus, religious education by, 202

H

Habeas corpus, suspension of, 2

Hadji status, 133 , 177 , 338

"Haraforas" ("Alfoores"), 308 n11

Hasan, Bapa, 329 n24

Hassoubah, Ahmad Mohammad H., 205

Havel, Václav, 287

Hayden, Joseph Ralston, 109 , 110

Heritage, sharing of, 14

Hobsbawm, Eric, 274

Horn, Florence, 276

Horvatich, Patricia, 278

Hukbalahap (Hukbo ng Bayan laban sa Hapon) Rebellion, 115

Hunt, Chester, 119 , 131 , 202

Hypergamy, 53 -54

I

Ilaga ("Rats"), sectarian violence by, 151 -53, 154 , 172 , 183 , 191 , 338

Ilana Bay, 25 , 30 , 31 , 33

Ileto, Reynaldo, 87 , 93 , 291 -92n2

Illana Confederation, 30 .

See also Iranun ethnic group

Ilmu ("special knowledge"), 58 , 338

Ilocano ethnic group, 35

Ilonggo ethnic group, 35 , 321 n14;

in Civilian Home Defense Force (CHDF), 173 ;

sectarian violence by, 152 -53, 173

Ilonggo language, 36

Imams:

definition of, 338 ;

role of, 203 , 204

Imperialism, self-liquidating, 89 , 104

India, indigenous identities in, 272 -73

Indios , definition of, 81

Indonesia:

ethnic divisions in, 112 ;

Minangkabau identity in, 274

Ingeds (localities):

associated with ruling datus , 71 , 72 ;

connections between, 55 ;

definition of, 338 ;

mentioned in rebel songs, 190 , 195 ;

protection within, 62 ;

related to bangsa , 47 , 48 , 190 ;

residence of endatuan in, 50

IPP. See Islamic Party of the Philippines

Iranun ethnic group:

anti-American insurgency among, 311 n7;

commitment to Muslim rebellion, 322 n25;

description of, 30 -31;

distribution of, 30 -31, 41 ;

population size of, 31 , 35 ;

professions of, 36 , 75 ;

trade by, 74 -75, 78 , 83 , 122 -23

Iranun language, 31

Islamic Conference of Foreign Ministers.

See Organization of the Islamic Conference of Foreign Ministers (OIC)

Islamic Party of the Philippines (IPP):

election campaigns by, 248 -52, 257 -58, 266 -67;

formation of, 246 -48;

populist and pluralistic character of, 252 -54

Islamic populism, 252 -54, 266 , 267

Islamic renewal, 7 , 186 , 200 -207, 232 , 252 , 267 , 270 , 280 -84, 330 n32

Islamic social identity. See Moro (Muslim ethnic) identity (Morohood); Muslim social identity

"Islamic Unity," 215 , 281 -82

Islam, spread of, 49

J

Jabidah Massacre, 140 -41, 143 , 146 -47, 148

Jack. See "Commander Jack"

Jesuit missionaries, 79 , 82 , 97 , 310 n24

Jibad (holy war), 190 -91, 195 , 283 , 338

Juliano, Teodoro, 177 , 231

K

Kabungsuwan, Sarip:

pulna status of descendants of, 53 ;

as refugee from Por-


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tuguese colonialism, 69 ;

royal lineage established by, 48 , 49 , 50 ;

spread of Islam by, 48 -49;

supernatural abilities of, 312 n9;

tracing descent from, 48 , 50 , 53

Kabuntalan Sultanate, 296 -97n4, 302 n13

Kadaffi, Muammar, 155

Kahn, Joel, 274 , 277

Kalanganan barangay , 231 , 261 , 265 , 324 n3, 326 n16

Kamal ("special power"), 58 , 338

Kamid, Kasan, 172 -74, 182 , 186 , 230 , 237 , 239 , 240 , 242 , 257 , 263

"Kamlun Uprising" (Sulu, 1952), 319 n1

Kamsa (barangay captain in Campo Muslim), 177 , 197 , 209 , 218 , 219 , 230 , 231

Kanduli (ritual meals), 220 -21, 222 , 338

Kapatagan Basin, settlement of, 116

Kapferer, Bruce, 294 n8

Kargaclor (dockworkers), 125 -26, 126 , 338

KBL. See Kilusang Bagong Lipunan (KBL, New Society Movement)

Kerkvliet, Benedict, 8

Kilusang Bagong Lipunan (KBL, New Society Movement), 217 , 230 -31, 237

Kilusang ng Urban Poor (Urban Poor Movement), 257

Kiram, Princess Tarhata, 106 -7, 276

Knights of Mohammad, 318 n26

Koronadal Valley, settlement of, 115 , 127

Kris (sword), 338

Kudarat (sultan of Magindanao), 77 , 82 , 164 , 310 n22

Kuder, Edward M., 107 -10, 111 , 135 -36

Kulintang , 338

Kumpits (motorized boats), in contraband trade, 122 -23, 338

"Kuta Watu," 27 . See also Cotabato (Mindanao)

Kutawatu Revolutionary (Regional) Committee (KRC), 162 , 163 , 208 , 209 , 214

L

Laarhoven, Ruurdje, 119 , 308 n8, 309 -10n19

Lagos, Maria, 293 -94n7

Lakas ng Bayan (LABAN, People's Power Party), 238

Lake Lanao Basin, 27

Lanao Plateau, 27 , 31 , 165

Layatul Kadir (the Night of Power), 222

Liberalista Party, 130 , 145 , 147 -48, 317 -18n20

Libungan Marsh, 27

Libya:

foreign aid from, 205 ;

missionaries and teachers from, 205 ;

role in Tripoli Agreement talks, 167

Liguasan Marsh, 27

Linger, Daniel, 293 -94n7

Loyre, Ghislaine, 305 -6n35

Luces, Feliciano ("Toothpick"), 150 -51, 155

Lucman, Rashid, 147 , 148 -49, 162

Lugay-lugay (community), 39 , 178

Luwaran (written legal codes), 62 -63, 104 , 270 , 338

M

Macapagal, Diosdado, 319 n3

Madrasah (pl. madari; Islamic schools):

in Cotabato, 199 ;

curriculum of, 326 n1;

definition of, 338 ;

establishment of, 133 , 134 , 135 , 202 -3, 205

Magindanaon ethnic group:

collective identity of, 30 ;

description of, 29 -30;

distribution of, 29 -30, 41 ;

ethnographic accounts of, 297 n5;

naming of, 27 ; population size of, 29 , 35 ;

professions of, 36 ;

social organization of, 47 -48

Magindanaon language:

Christian speakers of, 36 ;

dialects of, 29 , 41 ;

rally speech in, 239 ;

rebel songs in, 11 -12, 186 -91, 195 , 279

Maguindanao Province:

boundaries of, 33 , 322 n24;

elections in, 245 -54, 266 ;

population of, 298 n12;

waterways closed in, 158

Magindanao Sultanate, 27 , 29 ;

founding of, 49 ;

peak of, 77 ;

rivalry with Buayan Sultanate, 70 , 78 , 83 ;

sociopolitical structure of, 71 ;

trade by, 74 -75, 77 -78

Mahad al-Ulum al-Islamia (Campo Muslim), 199 , 205 , 206 -7

Maharlika , 322 -23n27

Majul, Cesar Adib, 49 , 81 -82, 140 , 310 n27

Makaalang, Sarip, 49

Makabalang (labor boss), 125

Malaguiok, Amelil ("Commander Ronnie"), 208 , 214

Malaysia, Muslim separatist military training in, 148 , 155 , 160 , 172

"Mana Silan Cowboy" ("They Are Like Cowboys"), 187 -88, 190

Manday (village), 39 , 178

Manday River, 32

Mangayaw (raiding), 309 n18

Manili Massacre, 151 , 154 , 155

Manobo ethnic group, bangaya slaves from, 73


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Mantawil (sultan of Kabuntalan), 128

Maranao (Muslim) ethnic group:

distribution of, 35 , 41 ;

impact of Islam on local ancestry of, 301 -2n10;

social organization of, 48 ;

titleholders of, 304 n21

Maratabat ("rank"), principles of, 51 , 54 , 101 , 256 , 270 , 303 n18, 338

Marawi City, attack on, 156

Marcos, Ferdinand:

antismuggling activities of, 123 , 160 ;

candidates picked by, 152 , 214 ;

collapse of regime under, 235 , 236 -38;

datu loyalty to, 161 , 162 -63, 166 -67, 168 -69, 213 , 216 -18, 231 -32, 234 ;

election of, 145 ;

fall of regime of, 3 ;

martial law declared by, 3 , 138 , 156 ;

and Muslim Independence Movement, 146 ;

Muslim nationalism after, 234 -68;

opposition to, 160 ;

opposition to Bangsamoro Rebellion, 165 -66;

reelection campaign for, 171 ;

and sectarian violence, 153 -54, 155 ;

as Sultan Tinamuman, 167 ;

surrender of Muslims rebel leaders to, 160 , 167 , 168 ;

as target of ethnic anger, 44 ;

Tripoli Agreement implemented by, 168

Marcos, Imelda, 218

Marriage contracts, development of, 213

Mastura (sultan of Magindanao), 98 , 313 n16, 314 n23

Mastura, Guiwan, 163 , 185

Mastura, Michael, 56 , 247 , 249 , 250 , 251 -52

Mastura, Tocao, 180 , 193 , 250

Matalam, Guiamid, 251 -52

Matalain, Tuting, 146

Matalam, Udtug, 128 -32, 137 , 138 , 144 -49, 155 , 156 , 157 , 161 , 331 n5

Matampay River:

description of, 32 ;

sanitation along, 299 n25

Maulid en Nabi (birthday of the Prophet), 222

Mecca, pilgrimages to, 129 -30, 133 ;

celebrations on returning from, 222

Mednick, Melvin, 48 , 63

Melaka, Portuguese colonialism in, 69 , 80

Mercado, Elisio R., 155

MILF. See Moro Islamic Liberation Front

Milner, A. C., 60 , 305 n30

Mindalano (Maranao congressman), 134

Mindanao (Philippines):

American colonial settlement of, 90 , 114 -15;

description of, 25 , 26 ;

Marcos-led development of, 166 ;

naming of, 27 ;

population of, 29 -32

Mindanao and Sulu Mohammedan Students' Association, 109

Mindanao Cross, 120 , 129 , 145 , 149

Mindanao Independence Movement (MIM), 320 n10, 321 n13

Ministry of Muslim Affairs (MMA):

English-language education funded by, 327 n7;

opposition to, 216

Miskin, Nur, 207 , 226 , 240 , 242 , 262

Misuari, Nur, 141 , 143 , 144 , 147 , 148 , 155 , 157 , 162 , 164 , 165 , 167 , 207 -8, 214 , 241 -42, 246 , 300 n1

MNLF. See Moro National Liberation Front

Moro Gulf, 27

Moro (Muslim ethnic) identity (Morohood):

American colonial encouragement of, 87 -88, 104 -12, 132 , 269 , 272 -78;

definition of, 80 -81, 143 , 164 , 338 ;

development of, 5 , 6 , 69 -85, 269 , 272 -78;

as mythic, 45 , 69 , 80 , 84 -85, 164 ;

postcolonial development of, 132 -37, 143 , 275 ;

practical, 283 -84;

among rank-and-file and civilian separatists, 4 , 171 , 183 -94, 226 -31;

and reintegration programs, 139 -43

Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF):

community support for, 228 -29;

counterelite coalition in, 213 -16, 219 , 232 ;

election nonparticipation advocated by, 231 ;

formation of, 207 -10, 281 ;

in post-Marcos era, 234 -68;

"prayer rally" organized by, 241 -45, 266 ;

services provided by, 212 -13

"Moroland," 90

Moro-moro folk theater, 81 , 164

Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF):

Aquino government recognition of, 241 -42, 246 ;

defections from, 160 , 167 , 168 , 179 -80, 185 , 193 -94, 196 ;

election nonparticipation advocated by, 230 ;

formation of, 155 , 156 -58;

government opposition to, 167 ;

ideological and diplomatic strategies of, 163 -65, 167 ;

leadership of, 159 -60, 162 ;

purpose of, 81 , 155 ;

structure of, 157 ;

terrorist activities attribtited to, 181 , 324 n8

Moro Province, American colonial policy in, 90 -91

"Moro Wars," 81 -82, 83

Mortuary rituals, traditional, 220 -23, 228

Mosques:

funding of, 205 ;

Islamic renewal preached in, 203 -4, 227 , 232 -33, 252 , 267 ;

transmission of dominant ideology in, 57

Muhammad (the Prophet), tracing descent from, 49 , 50 , 52 , 204 , 220 , 270


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Muntia (magical stones), 316 n17

Murad, Hadji, 208 , 226 , 243 , 246 , 282

Muslim Association of the Philippines (MAP), 135 -36

Muslim autonomous regions:

created by Marcos, 168 ;

proposed, 3 , 145 , 164 , 245 -46;

referendum on, 334 n24

Muslim Filipino ethnic identity, 132 -33, 275 , 278

Muslim Independence Movement (MIM), 144 -49, 156

Muslim Nationalist League, 141

Muslim separatist movement:

ambivalence to, 294 n10;

development of, 138 -69;

factional infighting within, 3 ;

geographic distribution of, 2 -3;

as illegal, 2 ;

imaginative narratives of, 19 ;

Islamic renewal in, 7 , 186 , 200 -207, 232 , 252 , 267 , 270 , 280 -84, 330 n32;

leadership of, 1 , 6 -7, 139 ;

and new Muslim social identity, 13 ;

origin myths of, 45 ;

origins of, 3 ;

post-Marcos era of, 134 -68;

rank-and-file and civilian support for, 3 , 4 , 5 , 7 , 149 , 171 , 183 -94, 226 -31;

eportage of, 1 ;

use of popular politics by, 3 .

See also Bangsamoro Rebellion; Moro (Muslim ethnic) identity (Morohood)

Muslim social identity:

inclusivity of, 12 -13;

politicization of, 13 .

See also Moro (Muslim ethnic) indentity (Morohood)

Muslims, ordinary: definition of, 292 n3

Mustapha, Tun, 147 -48, 155 , 157

N

Nacionalista Party, 130 , 145 , 152 , 161 , 317 -18n20, 321 n16

Naga, Ali Abdul Ajiz, 199 , 202 , 203 -4, 205 , 106 , 216 , 259 , 281

Nasser (rebel fighter), 184 , 185

Nasser, Gamel Abdul, 143 , 281

National Citizen's Movement for Free Elections (NAMFREL), 236 -37, 238

National Democratic Front (NDF), 330 -31n1

National Executive Committee, 217

Nationalism:

anthropological formulation of, 14 ;

and cultural hegemony, 16 , 17 -18, 20 -24;

ideologies of, 14 ;

proliferation of, 13 -14;

recourse to an imagined past in, 46

National Land Settlement Administration (NKSA), 115

Nations:

definition of, 14 ;

disparities in social power in, 15 ;

political goals of, 14

New People's Army, 330 -31n1

New Society Movement.

See Kilusang Bagong Lipunan (KBL, New Society Movement)

New Voyage Round the World (Dampier), 57

Nobility, Muslim. See Datus (aristocracy)

North Cotabato Province, creation of, 127

Nurul Islam, 147 , 156

O

OIC. See Organization of the Islamic Conference of Foreign Ministers

Ong, Aihwa, 294 n9

"Ontologies," concept of, 294 n8

Organization of the Islamic Conference of Foreign Ministers (OIC), 167 , 168 , 205 , 208 , 214 , 244

Orientalism (orientalist hegemony), 272 -73, 274

Ortner, Sherry, 294 n10, 328 n13

Ortuoste, Ignacio ("Datu sa Kutawatu"), 97 -98, 102 , 103

Ortuoste, Pedro, 312 -13n12

Osmena, Sergio, 112 , 126

P

Pagalungan:

anti-Japanese activities in, 128 -29;

as provincial capital, 321 n12

Palencia, Doroy, 321 n17

Parang, battle of, 311 n7

Partido Komunista ng Pilipinas, 330 -31n1

Pasigan, Omar, 199 , 214 , 243 , 252 , 259

Patterson, Orlando, 61

Peletz, Michael, 294 n10, 330 n32

Pelzer, Karl J., 118

Pendatun, Salipada K., 109 , 110 -12, 111 , 117 , 120 , 126 -27, 128 , 129 , 130 , 131 -32, 135 , 137 , 138 , 147 , 152 , 318 n21;

election to governorship, 145 ;

reaction to Muslim rebellion, 161 -62;

relations with Muslim Independence Movement, 148 -49

Penguyaw (postwedding parlor game), 223

Philippine Constabulary, 118 , 119 , 125 , 153 , 154 -55, 312 n8

Philippine Muslim News , 141

Philippines:

American colonial period in (1899-1946), 3 -4, 6 , 69 -70, 86 -112, 300 n3;

census of, 29 , 296 n2;

Christianization of, 82 , 113 -19;

commonwealth established in (1935), 90 , 110 , 114 -15;

constitution of, 245 -46;

education in, 37 -39, 94 , 107 -10, 133 , 135 -36, 138 -44, 202 -3, 205 -6;

elections in, 113 , 130 , 230 -31, 236 -38, 245 -66;

electorate of, 113 , 130 ;


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foreign aid to, 113 , 121 , 205 ;

homesteading of, 90 ;

Islamic "resurgence" in, 133 -37, 147 ;

Japanese invasion and occupation of, 110 , 128 -29;

land speculation in, 118 ;

martial law in (1971-1986), 3 , 127 , 138 , 156 , 231 ;

Muslim population of, 2 -3;

national anthem of, 299 n21;

partial independence of, 108 ;

plantation agriculture blocked in, 89 -90;

political clientelism in, 67 ;

political economy of, 69 -80;

popular culture of, 12 ;

postcolonial transitions in, 113 -37;

republic established in (1946), 6 , 90 , 108 , 113 -14, 124 ;

Spanish colonial period in, 2 , 5 -6, 70 , 76 -84, 88 , 91 -93, 300 n3;

spread of Islam in, 49 ;

tributary mode of production in, 70 -72, 76 ;

two-party political system in, 317 -18n20

Piang, Datu ("Ama ni Mingka"), 91 -97, 95 , 99 , 102 , 103 , 119 , 131 , 271 , 277 , 313 n13

Piang, Gumbay, 103

Pigkawayan, postcolonial settlement of, 117

Pitra contributions, MILF appropriation of, 229

Polygyny, 54

Populism, Islamic, 252 -54, 266 , 267

Portuguese colonialism, 69 , 80

Power, "personalistic idiom" of, 61

Progressive Labor Union (PLU), 125 -26, 255

Pulangi River (Rio Grande de Mindanao):

closed due to Muslim insurgency, 158 , 173 ;

description of, 25 -27, 26 , 30 ;

sanitation along, 41 ;

silting and dredging of, 120 -21, 123 ;

Spanish occupation of delta of, 119 ;

transportation along, 32 -33, 120

Pulna status, of sultans, 53 , 338

Pusaka (family heirlooms), loss of, 182 , 338

Putri, Rajah, 93

Q

Quezon, Manuel, 100 , 110

Quirino, Elpidio, 100 , 127

R

Rafu (foreigners), 302 n11

Rajamuda sa Magindanao, 252

Ramadan: puasa (fast) of, 43 .

See also Boka

Rashid, Disumimba, 150 , 160 , 193

Ravenholt, Albert, 134

Rebel camps:

"prayer rally" meeting at, 242 -43;

reportage of, 2 ;

ulama at, 199

Rebel songs, 11 -12, 186 -91, 195 , 196 , 279

Reconciliation House (Center) (Campo Muslim), 210

Redistribution, 62 , 67

Reed-Danahay, Deborah, 294 n9

Region 12 , 163 , 208

Regional Autonomous Government (RAG):

role of, 218 , 241

Regional Autonomous Government (RAG) Complex (Cotabato), 171 , 218

Reid, Anthony, 304 n26, 306 n36, 328 n20

Reina Regente, Spanish fort at, 92

Republican Party, U.S., 89

Resistance. See Cultural hegemony, resistance to

Rodriguez de Figueroa, Capt. Esteban, 310 n23

Roff, William, 335 n5

Roman Catholic Church, as relief provider in Campo Muslim, 181 -82, 210 -12, 228

Roseberry, William, 335 n7

S

Sabah:

Philippine refugees in, 156 ;

proposed invasion of, 141 , 147 -48;

weapons for Muslim rebels from, 157 , 160

Sabil (rebel martyrs), 194 , 196 , 338

St. Louis World's Fair (1904), "Moros" at, 86 , 275

Sakup ("those who are protected"), 61 , 270

Salamat, Hashim, 144 , 147 , 149 , 157 , 165 , 207 -9, 214 , 243 , 244 , 245

Saleeby, Najeeb, 27 , 61 , 92 , 104 -7, 134 , 275

Sambolawan, Sandiale, 328 n14

"Sanctified inequality," myth of, 45 -46, 50 -51, 88 , 103 , 106 , 204 , 220 , 232 , 269 , 270 -72

Sangki, Abdulla, 145

Sansaluna, Ali, 160

Santiago (Iranun insurgent), 97 -98

Saudi Arabia:

foreign aid from, 205 ;

missionaries and teachers from, 205 ;

opposition to religious control from, 222

Sayer, Derek, 287 -88

Schlegel, Stuart, 32

Scott, James, 15 , 18 -19, 20 , 23 , 285 , 286 , 306 n39

Scott, William Henry, 60 -61, 62 , 63 , 64 , 67 , 307 n4

Senate Committee on National Minorities, Philippine, 117

Separatist struggles:

ethical issues of ethnography of, 295 n13;

methodologi-


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cal difficulties of ethnography of, 21 -23;

political goals of, 14 ;

proliferation of, 13 -14;

remotivation for, 21 .

See also Muslim separatist movement

Shafi'i school of Islamic law, 62 , 249

Sharia (Islamic law), 213 , 225 -26, 230 , 233 , 283 , 338

Shi'a Muslims, 207 , 249

Shirk , sin of, 228

Siddiqui, Maulana Mohamed Abdul Aleem, 200 -202, 201

Silsila (name-chains), 49 , 304 n24

Simeon (datu of Cotabatu), 219

Sindang, Abdul Ghani, 202

Sinsuat, Bai Fatima, 125 , 126 , 255

Sinsuat, Blah, 125 , 126 , 127 , 318 -19n28

Sinsuat, Duma, 127

Sinsuat, Mama, 316 n11

Sinsuat, Mando, 124 , 127 , 231 , 317 n19

Slobin, Mark, 325 n10

Sluka, Jeffrey, 325 nn9, 15

Social disparity, theories of, 56

Social identity:

description of, 12 -13;

politicization of, 13 .

See also Moro (Muslim ethnic) identity (Morohood; Muslim social identity

Social inequality, sanctification of, 45

Social justice, 203 , 282

Society of the Indian Muslims, 135

South Cotabato Province, creation of, 127

Southern Philippines Development Authority, 218

Spanish colonialism, 2 , 5 -6, 70 , 76 -84, 88 , 92 -93, 300 n3

Spells, 192

Spirit crocodiles (mga pagali ), 99 , 192

Status, precedence over wealth, 52 -53

Steinberg, David, 89

Subordinates:

"hidden transcripts" of, 18 , 23 , 270 ;

resistance to cultural hegemony of elites, 17 , 18 -20, 65 , 271 -72, 273 , 277 -78, 284 -89

Sufi tahlil (prayer litany), chanting of, 221 , 222

Sultanates:

definition of, 301 n9;

renewed emphasis on, 164 -65

Sultans:

allegiance to, 71 -72;

privileged access to external trading partners, 72 ;

Sabbath observance by, 57 ;

supernatural potency of, 58

Sulu Sultanate:

American colonial policy in, 90 , 91 ;

American subjugation of, 88 -89;

debt slavery in, 51 ;

expansion of, 77 -78, 79 ;

subordinates' position in, 61 -62;

titleholders of, 304 n21;

trade by, 78 -79, 84

Swedenburg, Ted, 22 -23

T

Tabunaway (legendary chieftain), 50

Tabunaway bangsa:

status of, 301 -2n10;

tarsilas of, 52

Tagalog ethnic group, 35 , 36

Tagalog language, 35 , 36 , 37

Tagumpay ng Bayan (People's Victory) Rally, 235 -41

Tamontaka, Jesuit mission at, 97

Tamontaka River, 27

Tantawan , 209 , 329 -30n29

Tantawan Hill (Cotabato), 27

Tan, Tuya, 91

Tao I Cbib Lueb (Summary Notices of the Barbarians of the Isles) , 307 n4

Taritib (oral protocols governing social relations), 52 , 248 , 253 , 338

Tarsilas (written genealogies), 49 , 50 , 52 , 54 -55, 56 -57, 104 , 270 , 338

Tau sa ilud (downriver people), 338

Tau sa laya (upriver people), 338

Tawakim ("gift wives" ), 304 n23

T'boli ethnic group, bangaya slaves from, 73

Tunggu a inged (Guardian of the Inged), 192 -93

Thomas, Benjamin, 87

Timako Hill, 32

Tiruray ethnic group:

description of, 31 -32;

distribution of, 299 n18;

exploitation of, 65 ;

population size of, 298 n12;

productivity of, 73 -74;

trade relationships with sultanates, 73 -74, 79 -80

Tiruray Highlands:

description of, 27 , 31 , 32 ;

sectarian violence in, 150 -51

Titles:

colonial, 98 ;

inheritance of, 53 ;

in martial law period, 166 -67, 177 , 217 -18;

political clout of, 248 -49;

projection of personal power in, 58

"Trade-raiding," 309 n.18

Traditional healers, 329 n24

Traditionalism, 46 .

See also Cotabato (Mindanao), Islamic (precolonial, traditional) rule of

Tradition, invention of, 274

Tran, siege of, 158

Tributary modes of production, 70 -72, 76

Tripoli Agreement, 167 -68, 207 , 214 , 234 , 235 , 239 , 242 , 244

Tunina, Putri, 49

Tupus (local descent lines), 48 , 338

U

Ulama (sing. alim; lslantic clerics and scholars):

definition of, 337 , 338 ;


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description of, 184 , 199 , 200 -207, 281 , 326 -27n2;

opposition to traditional practices by, 219 -26, 227 , 233 ;

political clout of, 248 -50, 281 , 282 ;

popular scrutiny of, 226 -29, 282 -83;

"prayer rally" organized by, 242 -45

Ulipun ("disenfranchised" persons; debtbondsmen):

conversion of, 63 , 71 ;

description of, 51 , 338 ;

obligations of, 71 , 102 , 271

United Nationalist Democratic Organizations (UNIDO), 237 , 238 , 240 , 241

United States:

colonialism by, 3 -4, 6 , 69 -70, 86 -112, 269 , 272 -78, 300 n3;

foreign aid from, 236

Unti, Zamin, 242 , 255 , 261

Upi, sectarian violence in, 150 -51

Ustadzes (Islamic teachers), 184 , 338 .

See also Ulama

Utang na loob (debts of gratitude), 264

Utu (sultan of Buayan), 64 , 73 , 79 , 88 , 91 , 92 , 93 , 271 , 305 n33, 314 n20

"U2" units (special intelligence units), 180

V

Visayan ethnic group, 36

Visayan language, 299 n19

Vote brokering (lider), 261 -64, 265 -66, 268 , 338

W

Wahhabism, 222 , 328 n19

Wang Ta-yuan, 307 n4

Warren, James F., 51 , 78 , 310 n25

"Watu na Ulu" (head of stone), 52

Weddings, 223 , 224 , 228

Wilkes, Charles, 61

Williams, Brackette, 142

Williams, Raymond, 16 , 17 , 273

Wolf, Eric, 76

Wolters, O.W., 60

Women:

Islamic attempts to control, 329 n23;

as recipients of Catholic relief aid, 328 n13

Wood, Gen. Leonard, 89 , 90 -91

Woost, Michael, 293 -94n7, 294 n9

Z

Zakat (almsgiving), 229 , 329 n26

Zamboanga:

"peace talks" conference in, 167 ;

Spanish control of, 77 , 83


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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/