Muslim rebels in the Philippines briefly took the police chief of Zamboanga City captive Tuesday. Ad Feedback. World. Africa ... on the southern island of Mindanao on September 16, 2013.

Philippines Muslim Register Touted As ISIS Insurgency Rages in Mindanao Published Jul 06, 2017 at 6:12 AM EDT Updated Jul 06, 2017 at 7:28 AM EDT By Eleanor Ross ...

Muslims on the island of Mindanao in the Philippines may soon be granted self-rule, allowing them to govern themselves independently. The government of strongman President Rodrigo Duterte is ...

Muslim religious leaders in the Philippines have confirmed the presence of the group that calls themselves the Islamic State (IS) in Mindanao. "These extremists have extended their tentacles in ...

Mindanao in particular has long been a highly attractive destination for transnational jihadist movements, thanks to its poverty, unemployment, and the marginalization of the island’s Muslims, who ...

One of the Philippines' top Muslim religious leaders has voiced concern over reports pointing to a growing presence of the group calling itself the Islamic State (IS) in the southern Philippine region ...

Mindanao is the second largest island in the Philippines . It's also home to the most of the region's minority Muslim community known as the Moros. Conflict in the region flared up in the 1960s ...

BALANGA CITY: A Muslim leader, who is into footwear retail business here, has expressed strong opposition to the proposed separation of Mindanao from the Philippines. At the same time, Sultan Abdullah ...