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Balik-Islam in the Philippines
- Year
- 2021
- Language
- English
- Pages
- 158
- Availability
- Free to read
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About the book
A study, done with the UP Institute of Islamic Studies, of Filipinos who convert or 'revert' to Islam, building a profile of converts and their reasons for conversion. It also gathers Muslim and non-Muslim opinions on Islam and looks at converts' links to violent extremist groups.
This study looks at Balik-Islam, Filipinos who convert or "revert" to Islam. Many embraced Islam while working in the Middle East. It was done by the Institute for Autonomy and Governance with the University of the Philippines Institute of Islamic Studies, with funding from the Australian Embassy. Reports that some converts had joined violent extremist groups prompted the research, which asks how vulnerable converts are and what government and other groups should do.
The team surveyed 80 converts in the BARMM and 109 in Luzon and Metro Manila, and held 8 focus groups, more than 40 key informant interviews, interviews with 3 persons deprived of liberty, and 9 case studies. Chapters cover who the converts are, why they converted, the difficulties they face, their views on Islam, non-Muslims and armed groups, and the services they need.
Most respondents saw groups like the Abu Sayyaf, Maute and ISIS as distorting Islam. The study found that many converts are jobless or poor, and that discrimination is their main problem, one that could leave them more open to extremism.
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