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219 books about the Bangsamoro and its peoples, with where each can be bought, borrowed or read free.
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2023Free to read
Empowering Madaris in the BARMM through Public Policy and Regional Autonomy to Help Prevent and Counter Violent ExtremismInstitute for Autonomy and Governance
Institute for Autonomy and Governance
A study of how vulnerable or resilient the madrasah system is to violent extremism, and where it is heading in the Philippines. It weighs how public policy and the BARMM's regional autonomy can support madrasah development.

2019Free to read
Research on Traditional Madaris in ARMM and Adjacent RegionsInstitute for Autonomy and Governance
Institute for Autonomy and Governance
A baseline study of the traditional madrasah system in the ARMM and nearby regions, funded by the Australian Government. It gathers data meant to guide public policy on traditional madaris and on the education system of the new BARMM.

2019Free to read
Unlocking the Potential of the Bangsamoro People through the Alternative Learning SystemWorld Bank
World Bank
A World Bank report on the Alternative Learning System, the second-chance education programme for out-of-school youth and adults, in the Bangsamoro region. It looks at who needs it and how the new BARMM can expand and improve it.

2015Free to read
Making Education Spending Count for the Children of the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM)World Bank
World Bank
A review of how public money for basic education is spent and managed in the ARMM, where learning outcomes are the lowest in the country. It recommends ways to make that spending reach schools and children.
2008Out of print
Islamic Model for Peace EducationThe Asia Foundation
The Asia Foundation
A peace-education resource that grounds lessons on peace in Islamic teaching, for use in Muslim communities and madaris. It has articles in English and some in Arabic.

2005In print
Islamic Identity, Postcoloniality, and Educational PolicyJeffrey Ayala Milligan
Palgrave Macmillan
Schools as a front in the Moro conflict: what public schooling meant to Muslim Filipinos, and what the madrasah offered instead. Second edition 2020.
2003Out of print
Human Development for Peace and Prosperity in the Autonomous Region in Muslim MindanaoTeresa J. Ho
World Bank
A World Bank study of health, education and social services in the ARMM, the country's poorest region. It argues that better human development is needed for peace and growth in Muslim Mindanao.
2002Self-published
History of the Moro and Indigenous Peoples in MinSuPalaBen J. Kadil
Published by the author
A Moro teacher’s history of the peoples of Mindanao, Sulu and Palawan, written as a textbook and printed by the author.
1992Out of print
A Madrasah General Education Program for Muslim MindanaoLolita Junio Damonsong Rodriguez
Mindanao State University
A proposal, from an MSU educator, for a madrasah curriculum that could be recognised by the state, decades before the ALIVE programme.