Moro-Konflikt
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Vorlage:Infobox Military Conflict The Islamic insurgency in the Philippines is an armed conflict in Mindanao and the Sulu Sea fought by the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF), Moro National Liberation Front and the Abu Sayyaf against the national government. The conflict began in the late 1960s when the MNLF began fighting for a Moro Muslim homeland (Bangsamoro), which includes the southern portion of Mindanao, the Sulu Archipelago and Palawan.
Background
The struggle is rooted to the conflicts caused by Spanish colonization, beginning in 1521 as well as the Moro Rebellion phase during the Philippine-American War. However, religion is but one difference, albeit a large one, as Islamic Sabah, Malaysia and the Bangsamoro (Moro) themselves have considerable differences. Culture, language, and tradition are also divisive.
On a larger scale, the Philippine insurgency is an outgrowth of the division of the Malay Archipelago by European and American colonial powers, much as ethnic conflict in Africa is today. The colonies that became the nations of Indonesia, Philippines, Malaysia, and Thailand lumped together and split indigenous peoples of hundreds of languages and cultures (see Malayo-Polynesian languages) into modern nations, trying to assimilate them into "nationalities." There is no doubt that all of these indigenous groups have suffered immeasurably to avoid destruction of their culture, language, and livelihood, and only now is there awareness of the need to protect indigenous peoples. The Philippines, Thailand, Malaysia are all signatories to International Treaties on self-determination of indigenous peoples.[1]