The Bangsamoro Rebellion

This essay will attempt to document the causes of the secessionist movement, and identify these causes as being a mixture of the primordialist and interventionist theory.

However, before reviewing the causes of the armed movement, it is necessary to first understand the history of Islam and the armed movement in the Philippines.

The Arrival of Islam to the Philippines

Of the 84 million citizens in the Philippines today, 92% believe in the Christian faith, while Islam is the second most wide-spread religion with 5% of the population being Muslims . However, despite its minute proportions with respect to the Christian majority, Islam has been prevalent in the Philippines since the 13th Century, even before Christianity reached Filipino shores.

It is commonly believed that Islam fi

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