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THE CULTURE OF MUSLIM COMMUNITY IN STA.CRUZ,ZAMBALES

By

Muslim Group
Ronnel Mas Regie ann Corpuz Rizayn coruz Myrnalyn Valdez Joanna Mortil Roby Roz Macam Julie Anne Malicdem Julie anne Millan Santi Minimo Jason Millan Jean Osorio Jorwin Gaerlan Mary Rose Mayola Amy Agacoscos Reynan Mila Mary Grace Mantes John Rey Eclevia Elsie

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Acknowledgment

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Table of Contents

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OVERVIEW
As part of the completion of the requirements of the Education relatedcourse subject, The Social Dimension it is required for us to know the different culture living in this town,Sta.Cruz,Zambales such as Badjaos, Aetas ad Muslim. Our group was designated to explore and to scrutinize the informations of the World regarding the Muslim Community in Sta.Cruz Zambales in addition to their their culture, norms, traditions, government, religion, language, writings and etc. but this research report first gives the overviewed of what are Muslim in the perceptions and

informations and data

perspective of the people as they live a way of different life in the World, in the Philippines and in a more detailed information on Sta.Cruz Zambales. This also involves survey wherein we will know the percentage of muslim community in Sta.Cruz concerning their lifestyles and beliefs.

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INTRODUCTION
According to the Wikipedia that a Muslim is an adherent of Islam, a monotheistic Abrahamic religion based on the Qur'anwhich Muslims consider the verbatim word of God as revealed to prophet Muhammad and, with lesser authority than the Qur'an, the teachings and practices of Muhammad as recorded in traditional accounts, called hadith. "Muslim" is an Arabic word meaning "one who submits to God They are the one who believes in Allah as ther God. In the town of Sta.Cruz Zambales specifically at its public market comprises different cultures which we could say that in this town a diverse culture or simple a multicultured community really exist. Ilocanos Sambal, Badjao, Visayans and a part of its residence or population usually are the Muslim. And that is our concern- THE MUSLIM COMMUNITY. Lets scrutinize about their ways of living. A journey that will answer who really they are, The way they dress,religio,beliefs, government language ad more. So lets pack up our bags, turn on the camera, bring out the pen and notebook and get to know them more!

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CHAPTER 1 WHAT DO ISLAM MEAN?

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ISLAM DEFINITION
Islam, major world religion. The Arabic word islam literally means surrender or submission. As the name of the religion it is understood to mean surrender or submission to God. One who has thus surrendered is a Muslim. In theory, all that is necessary for one to become a Muslim is to recite sincerely the short statement of faith known as the shahadah: I witness that there is no god but God [Allah] and that Muhammad is the Messenger of God. Although in an historical sense Muslims regard their religion as dating from the time of Muhammad in the early 7th century ad, in a religious sense they see it as identical with the true monotheism which prophets before Muhammad, such as Abraham (Ibrahim), Moses (Musa), and Jesus (Isa), had taught. In the Koran, Abraham is referred to as a Muslim. The followers of these and other prophets are held to have corrupted their teachings, but God in His mercy sent Muhammad to call mankind yet again to the truth.

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CHAPTER 2 MUSLIM HISTORY AND EMERGENCE

In World In Philippines In Sta.Cruz, Zambales

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ISLAMIC HISTORY IN THE VIEW OF THE WORLD

Traditional accounts of the emergence of Islam stress the role of Muhammad, who lived in western Arabia (Al ?ijaz) at the beginning of the 7th century ad. Muhammad experienced a series of verbal revelations from God. Among other things, these revelations stressed the oneness of God, called mankind to worship Him, and promised that God would reward or punish men according to their behaviour in this world. Muhammad was to proclaim God's message to the people among whom he lived, most of whom practised polytheism. After an initial period in which he was rejected in his home town of Mecca, Muhammad was able to found a community and a state with himself as its head in the town which soon came to be called Medina. By the time of his death in 632, several of the Arab tribes and a number of towns, including

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Mecca, had submitted to Muhammad and accepted Islam. Following his death the caliphate was established to provide for succession to Muhammad in his role as the head of the community, although prophecy, in the form of immediate verbal revelations from God, ceased with Muhammad. Shortly after his death the process of collecting together all the revelations which he had received in his lifetime began. The tradition is not unanimous, but it is widely accepted that this work was completed under Uthman (caliph 644-656) and that it was in his time that the revelations were put together to form the text of the Koran as we know it.

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ISLAMS HISTORY IN THE PHILIPPINES

In 1380 Karim ul' Makhdum the first Arabian trader reached the Sulu Archipelago and Joloin the Philippines and through trade throughout the island established Islam in the country. In 1390 the Prince Rajah

Baguinda and his followers preached Islam on the islands.[3] The Sheik Karimal Makdum Mosque was the first mosque established in the Philippines on Simunul in Mindanao in the 14th century. By the next century conquests had reached the Sulu islands in the southern tip of the Philippines where the population was animistic and they took up the task of converting the animistic population to Islam with renewed zeal. By the 15th century, half of Luzon and the islands of Mindanao in the south had become subject to the various Muslim sultanates of Borneo and much of the population in the South were converted to Islam. In 15th century, Islam had been established in the Sulu Archipelago and spread from there to Mindanao; it had reached the Manila area by 1565.

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MUSLIM COMMUNITY IN PHILPPINES

The Philippine Muslim communities have a distinct religion and secular practice, culture and tradition. A rough estimate of the Filipino Muslim community by the Office on Muslim Affairs (OMA) states that the Muslim population consists five percent (5%) of the total Philippine population. Concentration of Muslim population is apparent in the ARMM, Region 9, 11 and 12. Their population in each region is illustrated in the table below.

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EMERGENCE OF MUSLIM COMMUNITY IN STA.CRUZ ZAMBALES

MUSLIM DO EXIST. We could say that almost an estimated three to seven percentage rate (3%- 7%) of Sta.Cruz ,Zambales population/residence

specifically in its Public Market comprises Muslim Community from the Compact Disc Stores unto the Vegtable area and mostly along the river. They are quite numerous and continues to emerge more rapidly in our town. As stated and narrated in the Muslim history above, it emerge first in the different parts of the World especially in Arab nations by Muhammad to spread the teachings of Islam until it reaches Philippines specifically in Mindanao unto the countys Northern Part- Luzon and it emerged ad migrate Sta.Cruz, Zambales. But how?

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STATEMENT OF THE PROBLEM

1.What are the factors, causes and the core/main reason that made them decide to migrate from different town specially here in this municipality? 2.Additionally, from what province or city did they came first before they migrated here?

THEORETICAL HYPOTHESIS
Our group hypothesize that Muslim emerge here in Sta. Cruz because of religion for them to spread the words of Allah as what Muhammad the prophet did.

DESIGN OF THE STUDY

Our group uses a survey instrument to answer these questios on how they tully emerge in Sta.Cruz Zambales and we only gathered only 10 Muslim respondents to answer our given questionnaire.

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PRESENTATION AND ANALYSIS OF DATA

Table 1 Bago ka pumuta ng Sta. Cruz,saan ka nanggaling? LUZON VISAYAS MINDANAO NCR

OUT OF 10

PERCENTAGE 0% 0% 90% 5%

This table shows that out of ten (10) repondents 0 Muslim came from Luzon and visayas while one (1) from NCR (National Capital Region) and nine (9) from Mindanao. If we will translate it in percentage rate analysis it determines that zero percent (0%) came from Luzon and Visayas and having a ten percent (10%) rate that came from National Capital Region and about a ninety percent (90%) Muslim came from Mindanao.

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Bago ka pumuta ng Sta. Cruz,saan ka nanggaling?

10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 Luzon Visayas Mindanao NCR

In this bar graph it shows and represents that the highest rate of Muslim that emerge here in Sta.Cruz, Zambales was from the Mindanao and the second highest was from the Metropolitan Region ( also referred as the National Capital Region- NCR) . Mindanao is absolutely higher than the others. Its rate of percentage where the place before Muslim migrated was extremely the furthest from the others. According to the Survey which we didnI included it here that 100% of the Muslim who came here from Mindanao was from the region 10 of the Philippines. Specically 8 out of 8 came from Lanao Del Norte. They said that

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They live mostly in Marawi City. And the one that answered the NCR was actually came from Tondo , Manila. We couldnt deny that the most of the Muslim individual or family here in Sta. Cruz that they came from Mindanao which we could say that its absolutely true because Mindanao is the Home of Muslim community before any places else. And as stated in the Muslim Hstory in the Philipines it rooted from Mindanao.

As this research report about Muslim Community goes by having the knowledge that almost 90% of their population came from Mindanao and now,it is a very crucial question and problem in this research that we need also to scrutinize were the core reasons why did they came here in Sta.Cruz.

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Reason of Emergence
In this Research we also identify the essential factors that causes the Muslim Community in Sta. Cruz to migrate here from Mindanao ( 90%) and for National Capital Region (10%). We used a survey instrument to fill up our questions and problems regarding this topic. And this is the result obtained: Table 2 Bakit ka lumipat? 2 PERCENTAGE 20% 0 0% 8 80% Pamilya Reihiyon Negosyo Umiwas sa giyera 0 0% Iba pa

0 0%

This table shows the different factors which makes the Muslim decide to transfer here in our town. It shows that out of 10 respondents 2 of them chooses family as their factor in residing here but none of the respondents had chosen neither the reason of religion nor as a reason of refugee. Having eight out of ten (8/10) respondents make them decide to transfer here due to establish a business enterprise here.

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Bakit ka lumipat?

Pamilya Relihiyon Negosyo Umiwas sa giyera Iba pa

The pie graph shows that only two factors affected and caused the Muslim Community in Northernmost part of Zambales to live here : to establish a business and because of their relatives. But if we compare these two reasons according to this graph establishing an enterprise favored most.

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Conclusion: I cannot be denied that the reason of putting up a business is one of the reason of their emergence because as weve observed it keenly Muslim Community here in our town were very much engaged in entrepreneurship from the CDs ,Cellphone clothes and jewelry. Also as one of our interview was asking why could family be the reason and Cosna a 56 years of age one that we interview said that because her husbands family lives here so if we would classify the case of Mrs. Cosna her family was in a patrilocal form of family residency.

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CHAPTER 3 MUSLIMS LANGUAGE

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MUSLIMS ARABIC LANGUAGE

Communication and Culture
Culture is, basically, a set of shared values that a group of people holds. Such values affect how you think and act and, more importantly, the kind of criteria by which you judge others. Communication and culture are inseparable since we couldnt transfer our norms, values and beliefs from generation to next generation thats why in every culture and in ever aspects of it we couldnt take away language that a particular culture has. Such our topic was the Muslim Community living in Sta. Cruz also tried to explore their language.

Arabic
Classical Arabic is the liturgical language of Islam as the scriptures are written and prayers recited in the language. Today, Muslim people speak the language of the country they're from and/or live in. There are Muslims from

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almost every nation on the planet, therefore it's not unreasonable to assume Muslims speak most languages on Earth Arabic is used by some Filipino Muslims in both a liturgical and instructional capacity since the arrival of Islam in the 14th century. Along with Malay, Arabic was the lingua franca of the Malay Archipelago among Muslim traders and the Malay aristocracy. As stated in the 1987 Constitution it mandates that Arabic is to be promoted on a voluntary basis. Arabic is currently taught for free and is promoted in some Islamic centres. It is used primarily in religious activities and education (such as in amadrasa or Islamic school) and rarely for official events or daily conversation. In this respect, its function and use is somewhat like the traditional roles of Latin and Spanish in Filipino Catholicism vis--vis other currently spoken languages.

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MUSLIMS DIALECT
Muslim in Sta.Cruz, Zambales have also diversified language as well as their dialects. For us to get to know more about these we gathered information which will truly be an answer to our problem. .

STATEMENT OF THE PROBLEM

1.What are the different dialects or languages spoken by Muslim living in Sta. Cruz? 2. What is the level of awareness or knowledge of Muslim Community in speaking Sambal, the dialect spoken where they migrated- Sta.Cruz.

THEORETICAL HYPOTHESIS
Our group hypothesize that Muslim Community acquired the language of e people of Sta. Cruz but still they talk more on what they spoke since they were in Mindanao.

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DESIGN OF THE STUDY

Our group used a survey instrument to answer these questions having a different options on what are the languages they used in everyday living. We interviewed 10 respondents regarding this issue for us to solve the problems and questions stated above.

PRESENTATION AND ANALYSIS OF DATA REGARDING THEIR LANGUAGE

Table 3 What are the Tagalog Arabic/Muslim Maranao languages/dialects you speak? (Recipients chooses as many as they want) 6 7 3 Percentage 60% 70% 30% Bisaya

3 30%

This table shows the different languages frequently used by Muslim. It shows here that out of ten(10),six(6) of them chooses to talk more on (tagalog and seven 7) of them uses their original language- the Arabic.

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Before living here in Zambales they lived in Marawi City, Lanao Del Norte wherein their language there still prevails here because three (3) out of ten(10) Muslims who live here still speaks Maranao. But a Bisaya dialect is also one of the languages they use where in it garners three out of ten (3/10) Muslim who speaks Bisaya. PERCENTAGE ANALYSIS: It is about 60% of Muslim who resides in Sta.Cruz, Zambales speaks tagalog but speaking their genuine language the Arabic is the most frequently used language because it comprises a 70% of the Muslim people here. Both 30 % of Allah believers in this town use the Bisaya and Maranao as their primary language.

Languages Spoken
80% 70% 60% 50% 40% 30% 20% 10% 0% Tagalog Muslim/Arabic Visaya Maranao

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In this bar graph it shows that the most frequently used dialect/language by the Muslim Community residing in Sta.Cruz is the Muslims Arab because as we trace back the origin of Muslim, Arabic was the language they used until now therefore the knowledge and usage of Arabic still preserves and still functioning even in the town of northernmost portion of Zambales. We could also say that even they use their Arabic language they also acquire the Filipino language since its the countys national language furthermore even in this little community of Muslim in a particular area of Sta.Cruz a varied language exist because Visayan dialect and Maranao still in its usage since

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LEVEL OF FLUENCY AND UNDERSTANDING OF MUSLIM COMMUNITY IN SPEAKING SAMBAL

In researching about their language, we also explore how the Muslim Community are well-familiar with the dialect where the place they lived uses- Sambal. We tried to know more about it by a surveying the ratings of Sambal usage in Muslim.

Do you know how to speak Sambal?

YES

NO

1 Percentage 10%

9 90%

In this table it shows that out of ten (10) Muslim nine (9) of it doesnt understand how to speak in Sambal but only one individual only knows how

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to speak so in every 10 Muslim in Sta.Cruz only one of them speaks the Zambales dialect. PERCENTAGE ANALYSIS: Only 10% of Muslim in the said town of Zambales knows and can fluently speak and understand their dialect which is Sambal because most of them only speaks on what they have learned before as stated earlier which was the Arabic because almost 90% of the muslim who are living here doesnt acquire the said language.

NO

YES

0%

10%

20%

30%

40%

50%

60%

70%

80%

90%

100%

This bar graph shows the comparison if the Muslim community knows how to speak Sambal but it according to this presentation that serves as an

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evident showing a very wide gap between the Muslim who knows how to speak and the one who doesnt understand the said dialect. It is about 80% gap between them.And this will shows as an evidence that truly muslim still in the portion of unawareness and not yet fully knows how to speak in Sambal. It is indeed undeniable that Muslim community here doesnt acquire most of our culture especially when we are pertaining in this section of CultureLANGUAGE but I therefore conclude that as their duration of stating here comes longer and maybe a lifetime there will come a time that they will acquire our language even a little since they live in a community where the language still in functions. Language is very important in every community since it serves as an stepping stone for you to acquire the culture of every society in order to pass it from one generation to the next. It is inevitable with culture since Culture is, basically, a set of shared values that a group of people holds. Such values affect how you think and act and, more importantly, the kind of criteria by which you judge others and we cannot think act and socialize with other people without the communication.

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CHAPTER 4 MUSLIMS WRITING

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IMPORTANCE OF WRITING
Writing is the visual representation of language through the use of an established selection of markings. As a means of communicating ideas and storing information, written language is the single most important and farreaching technology available to humans and has served as the foundation for virtually all other information technologies from early etchings in clay to the world of digital access that we enjoy today. Writing has allowed for the development and maintenance of large and complex societies, the formalization of both academic and practical learning, and the ability to exchange information on a global level. It is, perhaps, foremost among the many other fundamental social and technological advancements that have shaped our world.

Writing developed independently in three different regions of the world: the Middle East, China, and Mesoamerica.1 Through a natural evolution of language, culture, script, and necessity, these early traditions became the foundation for the modern written word.

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Writing is very much important in a culture since it is also a form of communication where the knowledge and facts regarding the society were able to preserve and transfer to the next periods of life. Writing is one of the ways that we translate our thoughts for other people. Some people are better at expressing themselves in writing than any other way, and you thus get a better translation when you read what they have to say rather than hearing them speak. Before writing was still fairly new at the time Enheduana was writing. Her tablets are written in cuneiform- the first form of written language. A stylus was used on wet clay to make triangular shaped symbols. But there were a few stages of notation before cuneiform emerged as a sophisticated method of writing. The invention of writing dates to approximately 3200 B.C. when the first use of ideograms began: primarily numerical notations for recording administrative transactions of the temple eg. how many sheep, wool products etc. And as the time goes by different symbol of languages were translated and until today diversified wrtings symbols are still being used.

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MUSLIM WRITING ARABIC

The Arabic alphabet (Arabic: abjadiyyah arabiyyah)

or Arabic abjad is the Arabic script as it is codified for writing the Arabic language. It is written from right to left, in a cursive style, and includes 28 letters. There are two main collating sequences for the Arabic alphabet: The original abjad order ( ), used for lettering, derives from the order

of the Phoenician alphabet, and is therefore similar to the order of other Phoenician-derived alphabets, such as the Hebrew alphabet. In this order letters are also used as numbers. The hij ( ) or alifb ( ) order shown in the table below, used

where lists of names and words are sorted, as in phonebooks, classroom lists, and dictionaries, groups letters by similarity of shape.

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INSIGHT Muslim community residing in the town of Sta. Cruz did not forget their true culture of being a Muslim since they are still familiar with the kind of writing they used even though they reside here and as you can see it in the last part of this research report that the name they entered are converted also to Arabic which would signify that their knowledge about the form of their writings are not just preserved but also functioning as it is in their language speaking Although as they live here in Zambales they were very much exposed in the writings which we could say that it is widely different from the form of writing of the people around them it is still in use and most of them are incorporated with diverse and varied writing such as Alphabet

Writing and Arabic writings.

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CHAPTER 5 MUSLIMS GOVERNMENT

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MEANING AND ROLES OF GOVERNMENT

What is a government? A government is a group of people that has the power to rule in a territory, according to the law. This territory may be a country,

a state or province within a country, or a region. o Governments make laws, rules, and regulations, collect taxes and print money. o Governments have systems of justice that list the acts or activities that are against the law and describe the punishments for breaking the law. o Governments have a police force to make sure people follow the laws.

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THE ISLAMIC GOVERNMENT

The political system of Islam is based on three principles: Tawhid (unity of Allah), Risalat(Prophethood) and Khilafat (vicegerency). It is difficult to appreciate the different aspects of Islamic polity without fully understanding these three principles. I will therefore begin with a brief exposition of what they are. Tawhid means that only Allah is the Creator, Sustainer and Master of the universe and of all that exists in it, organic or inorganic. The sovereignty of this kingdom is vested only in Him. He alone has the right to command or forbid. Worship and obedience are due to Him alone, no one and nothing else shares it in any way. Life, in all its forms, our physical organs and faculties, the apparent control which we have over nearly everything in our lives and the things themselves, none of them has been created or acquired by us in our own right. They have been bestowed on us entirely by Allah. Hence, it is not for us to decide the aim and purpose of our existence or to set the limits of our authority; nor is anyone else entitled to make these decisions for us. This right rests only with Allah, who has created us, endowed us with mental and physical faculties, and provided material

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things for our use. Tawhid means that only Allah is the Creator, Sustainer and Master of the universe and of all that exists in it, organic or inorganic. The sovereignty of this kingdom is vested only in Him. He alone has the right to command or forbid. Worship and obedience are due to Him alone, no one and nothing else shares it in any way. Life, in all its forms, our physical organs and faculties, the apparent control which we have over nearly everything in our lives and the things themselves, none of them has been created or acquired by us in our own right. They have been bestowed on us entirely by Allah. This principle of the unity of Allah totally negates the concept of the legal and political independence of human beings, individually or collectively. No individual, family, class or race can set themselves above Allah. Allah alone is the Ruler and His commandments are the Law. Now consider Khilafat. According to the Arabic lexicon, it means representation. Man, according to Islam, is the representative of Allah on earth, His vicegerent. That is to say, by virtue of the powers delegated to him by Allah, he is required to exercise his Allah-given authority in this world within the limits prescribed by Allah.

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THE PHILIPPINE LAW CONCERNING ISLAM

Presidential Decree No. 1083
Also known as the Code of Muslim Personal Laws of the Philippines, is a law that recognizes the legal system of the Muslims in the Philippines as part of the law of the land and seeks to make Islamic institutions more effective, codifies Muslim personal laws, and provides for an effective administration and enforcement of Muslim personal laws among Muslims. It was promulgated by President Ferdinand Marcos on February 4, 1977. This Presidential Decree creates Shari'a courts tasked with the resolution of disputes that may arise under its provisions, and allows these courts to create Agama Arbitration Councils in appropriate instances. It creates the office of Jurisconsult in Muslim law, which has the authority to render legal opinions on matters concerning Muslim law. It also recognizes five Muslim legal holidays and provides for their proper observance. It defines

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what constitutes communal property and customary contracts in accordance with Muslim law, and provides for the effects of conversion to Islam. It also penalizes offenses and violations of its provisions. Notably, PD 1083 provides only for Muslim personal laws, e.g. marriage, divorce, and succession, and not for other Muslim laws. It specifically recognizes the validity of divorce among Muslims, although divorce is not allowed between other Filipinos. It also recognizes polygamy in accordance with Muslim law, such that persons married in accordance with its provisions shall not be liable for bigamy.

ISLAMIC GOVERNMENT IN STA.CRUZ

Even though Muslim community is not as numerous and populous as those in Mindanao still a stable government exist by forming an association to that will able to lead them and rule if they still follows the rules of Islam based on the Koran and based on what the Philippine Government and Legislatures implemented and enacted and their leader named Jimmy who is responsible in all the matters concerning Islam Community.

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CHAPTER 6 RELIGION: ISLAM

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RELIGION- INTRODUCTION Islam God / Allah

The fundamental concept in Islam is the oneness of God (tawhid). This monotheism is absolute, not relative or pluralistic in any sense of the word. God is described in Sura al-Ikhlas, (chapter 112) as follows: Say In Arabic, God is called Allah, a contraction of al-ilah or "the (only) god". Allah thus translates to "God" in English. The implicit usage of the definite article in Allah linguistically indicates the divine unity. In spite of the different name used for God, Muslims assert that they believe in the same deity as the Judeo-Christian religions. However, Muslims strictly disagree with the Christian theology concerning the unity of God (the doctrine of the Trinity and that Jesus is the eternal Son of God), seeing it as akin to polytheism. No Muslim visual images or depictions of God exist because such artistic depictions may lead to idolatry and are thus prohibited. Moreover, many Muslims believe that God is incorporeal, rendering any two or three dimensional depictions impossible. Instead, Muslims describe God by the

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many divine attributes mentioned in the Qur'an, and also with the 99 names of Allah. All but one Surah (chapter) of the Qur'an begins with the phrase "In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful". These are consequently the most important divine attributes in the sense that Muslims repeat them most frequently during their ritual prayers (called salah in Arabic, and in India and Pakistan called "namaz" (a Persian word)).

Prophets of Islam: Muhammad (Mohammed)

The Quran speaks of God appointing two classes of human servants: messengers (rasul in Arabic), and prophets (nabi in Arabic and Hebrew). In general, messengers are the more elevated rank. All prophets are said to have spoken with divine authority; but only those who have been given a major revelation or message are called messenger. Notable messengers include Adam, Noah, Abraham, Moses, Jesus, and Muhammad, all belonging to a succession of men guided by God. Islam demands that a believer accept all of the Judeo-Christian prophets, making

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no distinction between them. In the Qur'an, 25 specific prophets are mentioned. Mainstream Muslims regard Muhammad as the 'Last Messenger' or the 'Seal of the Prophets' based on the canon. However, there have been a number of sects whose leaders have proclaimed themselves the successors of Muhammad, perfecting and extending Islam, or, whose devotees have made such claims for their leaders. However, most Muslims remain unaffected by those claims and simply regard those said groups to be deviant. The religion and philosophy of Islam, is based upon the belief that God (Allah) transmitted knowledge to Muhammad (c. 570632) and other prophets (Adam, Abraham, Moses, and Jesus). The followers of Islamic religion, muslims, believe that this revelation to humanity was written down in the Quran, which is the flawless word of God.

The theology of the Islamic scriptures informs most aspects of muslim life and culture. The Five Pillars of Islam is expressed in the Quran (Koran), which is a practical doctrine that encourages Muslims to pray 5 times a day, fast

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during Ramadan, pilgrimage to Mecca, declare 'There is no god but God, and Muhammad is his prophet' and pay money to the poor. Islam is derived from the Arabic root "Salema": peace, purity, submission and obedience. In the religious sense, Islam means submission to the will of God and obedience to His law.

Everything and every phenomenon in the world other than man is administered totally by God-made laws, ie. they are obedient to God and submissive to his laws, they are in the State of Islam. Man possesses the qualities of intelligence and choice, thus he is invited to submit to the good will of God and obey His law, ie, become a Muslim.

Submission to the good will of God, together with obedience to His beneficial Law, ie, becoming a Muslim, is the best safeguard for man's peace and harmony.

Islam dates back to the age of Adam and its message has been conveyed to man by God's prophets and messengers, including Abrahim, Moses, Jesus

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and

Muhammad.

Islam's message has been restored and enforced in the last stage of the religious evolution by God's last prophet and messenger, Muhammad.

The word Allah in the Arabic language means God, or more accurately, The One and Only Eternal God, Creator of the Universe, Lord of all lords, King of all kings, Most Compassionate, Most Merciful. The word Allah to mean God is also used by Arabic speaking Jews and Christians.

SIX BASIC BELIEFS

There are six basic beliefs shared by all Muslims: Belief in God, the one and only one worthy of all worship. Belief in the Angels. Belief in the Book (al-Quran / Koran) (sent by God). Belief in all the Prophets and Messengers (sent by God).

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Belief in the Day of Judgment (Qiyamah) and in the Resurrection. Belief in Fate (Qadar)

THE MUSLIM CREED IN ENGLISH

I believe in God; and in His Angels; and in His Scriptures; and in His Messengers; and in The Final Day; and in Fate, that Good and Evil are from God, and Resurrection after death be Truth.

I testify that there is nothing worthy of worship but God; and I testify that Muhammad is His Messenger.

The Qur'an (Koran)

The Qur'an is the sacred book of Islam. It has also been called, in English, the Koran and the Quran. Qur'an is the currently preferred English transliteration of the Arabic original ( ;) it means recitation. Muslims believe that the Qur'an was revealed to the Prophet

Muhammad by the Angel Gabriel on numerous occasions between the years 610 and Muhammad's death in 632. In addition to memorizing his revelations, his followers are said to have written them down on parchments, stones, bones, sticks, and leaves.

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Muslims believe that the Qur'an available today is the same as that revealed to Prophet Muhammad and by him to his followers, who memorized his words. Scholars accept that the version of the Qur'an used today was first compiled in writing by the third Caliph, Uthman ibn Affan, sometime between 650 and 656. He sent copies of his version to the various provinces of the new Muslim empire, and directed that all variant copies be destroyed. However, some skeptics doubt the recorded oral traditions (hadith) on which the account is based and will say only that the Qur'an must have been compiled before 750. There are also numerous traditions, and many conflicting academic theories, as to the provenance of the verses later assembled into the Qur'an. (This is covered in greater detail in the article on the Qur'an.) Most Muslims accept the account recorded in several hadith, which state that Abu Bakr, the first caliph, ordered Zayd ibn Thabit to collect and record all the authentic verses of the Qur'an, as preserved in written form or oral tradition. Zayd's written collection, privately treasured by Muhammad's widow Hafsa bint Umar, was used by Uthman and is the basis of today's Qur'an. Uthman's version organized the revelations, or suras, roughly in order of length, with the longest suras at the start of the Qur'an and the

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shortest ones at the end. Later scholars have struggled to put the suras in chronological order, and among Muslim commentators at least there is a rough consensus as to which suras were revealed in Mecca and which at Medina. Some suras (eg surat Iqra) were revealed in parts at separate times. Because the Qur'an was first written [date uncertain] in the Hijazi, Mashq, Ma'il, and Kufic scripts, which write consonants only and do not supply the vowels, and because there were differing oral traditions of recitation, there was some disagreement as to the correct reading of many verses. Eventually scripts were developed that used "points" to indicate vowels. For hundreds of years after Uthman's recension, Muslim scholars argued as to the correct pointing and reading of Uthman's unpointed official text, (the rasm). Eventually, most

commentators accepted ten variant readings (qira'at) of the Qur'an as canonical, while agreeing that the differences are minor and do not greatly affect the meaning of the text. The form of the Qur'an most used today is the Al-Azhar text of 1923, prepared by a committee at the prestigious Cairo university of Al-Azhar. The Qur'an early became a focus of Muslim devotion and eventually a subject of theological controversy. In the 8th century, the Mu'tazilis

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claimed that the Qur'an was created in time and was not eternal. Their opponents, of various schools, claimed that the Qur'an was eternal and perfect, existing in heaven before it was revealed to Muhammad. The Mu'tazili position was supported by caliph Al-Ma'mun. The caliph persecuted, tortured, and killed the anti-Mu'tazilis, but their belief eventually triumphed and is held by most Muslims of today. Only reformist or liberal Muslims are apt to take something approaching the Mu'tazili position. Most Muslims regard the Qur'an with extreme veneration, wrapping it in a clean cloth, keeping it on a high shelf, and washing as for prayers before reading the Qur'an. Old Qur'ans are not destroyed as

wastepaper, but deposited in Qur'an graveyards. The Qur'an is regarded as an infallible guide to personal piety and community life, and completely true in its history and science. From the beginning of the faith, most Muslims believed that the Qur'an was perfect only as revealed in Arabic. Translations were the result of human effort and human fallibility, as well as lacking the inspired poetry believers find in the Qur'an. Translations are therefore only

commentaries on the Qur'an, or "translations of its meaning", not the Qur'an itself.

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THE FIVE PILLARS OF ISLAM

"Shahadah"
The Testimony that there is none worthy of worship except God and that Muhammad is his messenger ("to witness" or "to testify") is the name of the Islamic creed. It is the declaration of belief in the oneness of God (tawhid) and acceptance of Muhammad as God's prophet. The declaration in its shortest form reads: There is no god but God, Muhammad is the messenger of God. (in English) In Shia Islam, the creed is expanded with the addition of a phrase concerning Ali at the end, although it is not obligatory According to our interview they said that there is only one God the creator which is Allah and He is the one who mad with Jesus Christ and we respect that because we all have different perspective and insights regarding religion differences.

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" Salah"
Establishing of the five daily Prayers (salah). Conditions are Muslim, are of sound mind, have reached the age of 10 (beginning at age seven is recommended).

Each Salah is made up of a repeating unit or cycle called a raka'ah. The number of raka'ahs for the five daily worship can be found below. A basic raka'ah is made up of these parts.

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Zakat
The Giving of Zakaah (charity), which is one fortieth (2.5%) of the net worth of possessions kept for more than a year, with few exemptions, for every Muslim whose wealth exceeds the nisab, and 10% or 20% of the produce from agriculture. This money or produce is distributed among the poor.

Ramadhan
Fasting from dawn to dusk in the month of Ramadan (sawm).

Haji
The Pilgrimage (Hajj) to Mecca during the month of Dhul Hijjah, which is compulsory once in a lifetime for one who has the ability to do it.

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PERCENTAGE OF MUSLIM IN STA.CRUZ PILGRIMAGE TO MECCA

Our groups mind came into a curiosity if the Muslim had actually went already to the pilgrimage land which is in Mecca these presentation and analysis of data regarding the percentage of Muslim who had already visited Mecca.

STATEMENT OF THE PROBLEM

Does all the Islam faithful believers actually follows the pilgrimage to Mecca?

THEORETICAL HYPOTHESIS
We hypothesize that not all of the individuals making up the Muslim Community here in Sta. Cruz

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DESIGN OF THE STUDY

Our group uses a survey instrument to answer the following questions on what the percentage of Muslim in Sta.Cruz Zambales who followed the 5th pillar which is Hajji or what is known as the pilgrimage to Mecca and we only gathered only 10 Muslim respondents to answer our given questionnaire.

PRESENTATION AND ANALYSIS OF DATA

Table 5 Nakapunta ka na ban g Mecca? Out of 10 respondents Percentage OO 1 10% HINDI 9 90%

This table shows that out of ten (10) Muslim only one (1) of them already visited and pilgrimaged in Mecca but there are actually nine (9) for every

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ten (10) muslim in Sta.Cruz who still did not yet visited Mecca for the fulfillment of the fifth(5th) pillar which refers to Hajji. PERCENTAGE ANALYSIS: There are at least 10% of the Muslim Society who are living in this town-Sta.Cruz who already visited and took a heartful and faithful pilgrim at the Mecca but still 90% of them still not yet journeyed within the most sanctified and sacred place of Muslim The Mecca.

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THIS pie graph shows that there is a very much big difference for those who didnt been at Mecca almost 80% difference for those who already experienced a pilgrimaged in Mecca.

INSIGHT
Our group thought that there are some factors which made the Muslim society living here to decide not first to go to Mecca since the first reason for us was its geographical location which is very far and miles and miles away. Secondly was the lack of financial requirements to go there although we know the Muslims were at the status of being in a good quality of life their money still not that big for a traveling that far. Thirdly is the reason of being busy, being busy in a way that they are very much engage in business and lastly some were just planning to go there and still saves money or find the perfect time for them to travel Arab.

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STORY LINE: OUR SALAH EXPERIENCE

As weve that Salah is an Establishing of the five daily Prayers (salah). Our other group mates especially Ronnel (your majesty) Santi and Jason Millan experienced joining on how Muslim pray because exactly at 3:00 pm (Philippine Time) as we interview Muslim they were all gathering in Mosque for a three o clock prayer we were invited by the Muslim first it is a hard for us to enter the mosque-the place of their worship because as stated earlier that one of the conditions in doing the salah was should be a muslim but their Imam as well as their leader invited us.Let me describe and narrate the things we experienced! At first before entering the Mosque and took a prayer we clean up first at the comfort room near there is a place for cleaning the face and even the genitals should be clean. It is quite smelly but still life must go on While cleaning the Imam calls us from the Mosque.

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After cleaning up we went to the mosque the mosque was chairless and very silent and you can feel the sanctity first we lined up and that line we made should be straight line and you should avoid to roam around and we just follow what the Imam did and it took around twenty minutes to finish a three o clock shahada prayer. It was a very nice and a first time experience even though I am not a Muslim I experienced what they did but I noticed that most men were the only one who are joining the prayer and no women who joined an our realized that men are more religious than women in Islam as ONLY our conclusion. With that conclusion we came to a point to survey on how the muslim are very religious and our group provided some questionnaire to find the answers regarding the level of religiosity of Muslim Community.

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PERCENTAGE SHOWING HOW MUSLIM WERE RELIGIOUS?

Ilang beses ka wala nagdadasal/nagsasamba sa isang linggo 0 Percentage 0% 1-3 4-6 7-10 Higit

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3 30%

6 60%

This table shows that there are about 6 (six) Muslims who attend the mass in Mosque that is estimated over 10 (ten) times a week while there are 3 of them who just attend the Salah seven to ten times a week and in every ten persons one of them attends Mosque every one to three times a week. But it is a surprise that they attend the Salah every week since that no Muslim breaks the week without going to mass.

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70% 60% 50% 40% 30% 20% 10% 0% wala 1 to 3 4 to 6 7 to 10 higit

This graph shows the comparison on how many times does the Muslim living here goes to the Mosque to pray (Salah) and as you can see that most of them are actively participating the praise for Allah every week and in every 10 Muslim only few attends the mass in one to three time a week. As a conclusion in this graphic presentation it only shows muslims are very religious since that they attend the mass every week.And as we can observe they are really faithful and religious from the rules of the dress to the strictness of the purity in entering the Mosque.Thats how the culture of muslim differs from us Christians.

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CHAPTER 7 Beliefs and Traditions