Institute of Islamic Studies University of the Philippines, Diliman Quezon City

A thesis review on Misuaris Ideology: a Critical Inquiry on the Islamicity of MNLF EthnicOriented pagluwas- Lungsod (struggle) By Fainur G. Estino Jairi, 2007

In I.S. 231 Islamic Political Thought

Submitted to: Dr. Carmen A. Abubakar Instructress Submitted by: Alphata Jairi Untih Student SY 2012-2013

Background of the author

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Fainul G. Estino Jairi is belong to Tausug tribe and a native of Talipao proper, Talipao, Sulu. She studied in Malaysia from her elementary level up to high-school level. At college level, she studied Business Administration at Mindanao State University Sulu. During her college time, she was very active student in the campus. She was also student leader and scholar and she graduated as Cum Laude then after her graduation in college in 2003, she directly proceeded to Master Degree in Islamic Studies at the University of the Philippines. At U.P Diliman, she was very active student in as much as she could survive to graduate in her Masteral Degree with highest success. She was very glad due to her educational attainment here in the university of the Philippines.

Summary of the thesis

Fainurs thesis is about of the political ideology of Misuari including background of the Bangsamoro struggle which was headed by MNLF chairman Nur P. Misuari. She included how Misuari used his charisma in the Bangsamoro revolution toward bangsamoro self-determination. In addition, she mentioned about the confrontation between the MNLF and the government of the republic of the Philippines. She also tackled out on how is the MNLF depended their revolutionary struggle including the Philippines fighting to the Bangsamoro people.

Furthermore, she mentioned about the Islamicity of the Bangsamoro jihad fee sabilillah (struggle in the way of allah) which is based on the tenets of Islam which is gotten from the Quran and sunnah of the prophet Muhammad (S.A.W). Therefore, Bangsamoro struggle is Islamic in guideline and principle.

Nur Misuari political ideology is based in the term kaadilan- means justice. MNLF struggle was based in this premise. He used to drive the steering of the Bangsamoro struggle and revolution based on the Kaadilan of the Bangsamoro people. The principle and nature of character of the Bangsamoro revolution are derived from this idealism. Nur-misuari was successfully organizing the MNLF organization since 1968 when he used the principle of Jihad and Islamic doctrine as a driving force to attract the MNLF members to fight against the Philippine colonialism and imperialism. Likewise, Misuari was successfully internationalizing the name of the Bangsamoro struggle. Therefore, Bangsamoro struggle is deeply rooted.

Critique of thesis

Fainurs thesis is very well organized. There is a jiving of the idea from the conceptual frame work down to the objective of the study and the statement of the problem including all ideas of the thesis. Her thesis is very clear and

easy to understand. She was very simple revealing the idea of her framework of the study. She used simple appropriates term in the study.

Furthermore, she describes the political ideology of Nur Misuari in a simple description in the Tausug term called kaadilan- means justice. This ideology is Islamic in essence and in nature due to that Islam is always dealing the kaadilan justice. Truly one of the focuses of Islam is about justice.