Nassef Manabilang Adiong (born May 07,1985) is a Filipino academic,researcher,policy and legislation reviewer/drafter,editor,author,consultant,advisor,founder of research networks,and wrote numerous books and articles regarding interdisciplinary study between international Relations (IR) and Islamic Studies,as well as topics on Decolonial Studies and Bangsamoro Studies.
Dr Nassef Manabilang Adiong graduated magna cum laude in 2006 with a bachelor's degree in International Studies from the University of the East which would later award him one of its 75 Most Outstanding Alumni. [3] He obtained his Master in International Studies degree in 2009 from the University of the Philippines where he would later teach,conferred as UP Scientist III in recognition of his dedication to scientific research under its scientific productivity system,and awarded as UP Diliman's Centennial Professorial Chair. [4] [5] [6] He holds a PhD in International Relations from the Middle East Technical University. [7]
To sustain his scholarship growth,he was a Study of the United States Institutes (SUSI) scholar on religious pluralism at Temple University and granted fellowships from Chevening at the Oxford Centre for Islamic Studies and from TÜBİTAK of the Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey,as well as the European Union's Erasmus Mundus Mobility with Asia Scholarship. [8] [9] [10] [11]
Lanao del Sur,officially the Province of Lanao del Sur,is a province in the Philippines located in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM). The capital is the city of Marawi,and it borders Lanao del Norte to the north,Bukidnon to the east,and Maguindanao del Norte and Cotabato to the south. To the southwest lies Illana Bay,an arm of the Moro Gulf.
Marawi,officially the Islamic City of Marawi,is a component city and capital of the province of Lanao del Sur,Philippines. According to the 2020 census,it has a population of 207,010 people.
Mindanao State University is a state university system in the city of Marawi,Philippines. It is the first state university in Mindanao,Philippines,established through Republic Act No. 1387. It is the second state-sponsored institution in the country,following the University of the Philippines.
Islam in the Philippines is the second largest religion in the country,and the faith was the first-recorded monotheistic religion in the Philippines. Historically,Islam reached the Philippine archipelago in the 14th century,through contact with Muslim Malay and Arab merchants along Southeast Asian trade networks,in addition to Yemeni missionaries from the tribe of Alawi of Yemen from the Persian Gulf,southern India,and their followers from several sultanates in the wider Malay Archipelago. The first missionaries then followed in the late 14th and early 15th centuries. They facilitated the formation of sultanates and conquests in mainland Mindanao and Sulu. Those who converted to Islam came to be known as the Moros,with Muslim conquest reaching as far as Tondo that was later supplanted by Bruneian Empire vassal-state of Maynila.
Amai Manabilang,officially the Municipality of Amai Manabilang,is a municipality in the province of Lanao del Sur,Philippines. According to the 2020 census,it has a population of 12,124 people.
İştar Gözaydın is a professor of Law and Politics. She is also a founder of the Helsinki Citizens Assembly,a human rights organization in Turkey. She was a research fellow at the University of London,Birkbeck College Birkbeck,University of London in 2009 and she was a Fulbright Program scholar in the U.S. in 1986-87.
Taha Abderrahmane,is a Moroccan philosopher,and one of the leading philosophers and thinkers in the Arab and Islamic worlds. His work centers on logic,philosophy of language and philosophy of morality and contractarian ethics. He believes in multiple modernities and seeks to establish an ethical and humanitarian modernity based on the values and principles of Islam and the Arab tradition.
Datu Mamintal "Bombit" Alonto Adiong Jr. is a Filipino politician who currently serve as the governor of the province of Lanao del Sur from 2007 to 2016,and from 2019 up to present.
Ansaruddin Abdul Malik Alonto Adiong is a Filipino politician. He was the representative of Lanao del Sur's 1st district from 2013 to 2022. He was elected vice governor of the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) in 2005. After Governor Zaldy Ampatuan's removal from office in 2009,Adiong became the acting governor until 2011.
Mamintal M. Adiong Sr. was a long-time Filipino politician,served as representative of Lanao del Sur to the Philippine Congress (1992–2001) and as provincial governor from 2001 until his death from cardiac arrest in 2004. He was largely credited for the landslide victory of President Gloria Arroyo and her slate in the 2004 elections.
Rommel C. Banlaoi is a Filipino political scientist,security analyst,an international studies expert,counterterrorism scholar,and a sinologist. He was nominated and designated as a Deputy National Security Adviser with the rank of Undersecretary in July 2022 to lead in the transition process at the National Security Council Secretariat. But he has returned to his work as an independent scholar and a non-government subject matter expert on geopolitics,peace and security studies;counterterrorism research;and,China studies. He is a celebrity professor and policy influencer known for his scholarly works on international terrorism,South China disputes,foreign affairs and geopolitical issues. He is the Chairman of the Philippine Institute for Peace,Violence and Terrorism Research (PIPVTR) and President of the Philippine Society for International Security Studies (PSISS),both academic and non-governmental organizations.
Ahod Balawag Ebrahim,better known as Al Haj Murad Ebrahim,is a Moro Filipino politician and former rebel leader currently serving as the first chief minister of the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao.
The Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters (BIFF),also known as the Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Movement,is an Islamist jihadist militant organization based in Mindanao,in the southern Philippines. It is a smaller player in the overall Moro insurgency and is mostly active in Maguindanao and other places in central Mindanao. It is a breakaway group from the Moro Islamic Liberation Front founded by Ameril Umbra Kato. Following Kato's death,the group split into three factions,one of which has aligned with the Islamic State,while the other two are less radical.
An autonomous region of the Philippines is a first-level administrative division that has the authority to control a region's culture and economy. The Constitution of the Philippines allows for two autonomous regions:in the Cordilleras and in Muslim Mindanao. Currently,Bangsamoro,which largely consists of the Muslim-majority areas of Mindanao,is the only autonomous region in the country.
Dawlah Islamiya,also called Islamic State of Lanao and formerly named as the Maute Group,is a radical Islamist group composed of former Moro Islamic Liberation Front guerrillas and foreign fighters. Based in Lanao del Sur,it was founded by brothers Abdullah and Omar Maute. The organization,which also conducted a protection racket operation in the municipality of Butig,clashes on several occasions with the Armed Forces of the Philippines,the most significant of which began in May 2017 and culminated in the siege of Marawi.
Samira Ali Gutoc is a Filipina civic leader,journalist,environmentalist,women's rights advocate and politician. She served as a member of the Regional Legislative Assembly of the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao and the Bangsamoro Transition Commission,which was tasked to draft the Bangsamoro Basic Law.
Basher Dimalaang Manalao or known to be Mostaqbal,a Maranao people,Islamic preacher and was elected vice-governor then succeeded by law the governor of Lanao del Sur in the Philippines following the death of former governor Mamintal Adiong Sr. in 2004. He took his Islamic degree at King Saud University.
Ahmad Domocao "Domie" Alangadi Alonto Sr. was a Filipino Muslim lawyer,educator,author,traditional leader,and Islamic figure from Lanao del Sur.
On December 3,2023,an Islamist bombing occurred during a Catholic Mass at the gymnasium of Mindanao State University in Marawi,Philippines,killing four people.
Ziaur-Rahman "Zia" Alonto Adiong is a Filipino politician and legislator currently serving as a member of the House of Representatives of the Philippines,representing the 1st district of Lanao del Sur. Prior to this,he served as a member of the Bangsamoro Parliament from 2019 to 2022,where he was instrumental in promoting regional autonomy and sustainable development within the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM).
