See you for the Binalot Talk on 17th May, 12:00pm to 1:00pm. Kamaruddin Bin Alawi Mohammad of the UP Institute of Islamic Studies will give a talk entitled 'Indigenous Perspective on Tausug Resistance'.

ABSTRACT

In teaching the history of Muslims in the Philippines, in the field of Sulu history in particular, sources from Western scholars were the first to be recognized. One may conclude that most sources, if not all, are mired with personal agendas, thus it is highly recommended to be critical in reading them. As time goes by, "counter-discoursing" such sources become a trend on their own. However, despite the effort to be more critical in "reading" Sulu history, especially with the issue on Tausug resistance, one may observe that most esteemed scholars in the field were not able to delve more into the realm of the indigenous or the pre-Islamic discourse. The latter, as understood by the researcher, may provide a more realistic discourse in understanding Tausug resistance. This is the gap that the researcher attempted to fill in.
 
Keywords:  Tausug Resistance, Sulu History, Indigenous Concept, Counter Discourse, Decolonial Studies