Lunes, Mayo 27, 2013

OKIR - MARANAO DESIGN



Okkir or okkil is the term for geometric  and flowing designs (often based on an elaborate leaf and vine pattern) and folk motifs that can be usually found in Maranao and Muslim-influenced artwork, especially in the southern Philippines, and in some parts of Southeast Asia. Okir a dato refers to the ornamental design for men and okir a bay to that for women.
In the Philippines, an ancient proof of okir's style of flowering symbols is the torogan, the ancestral home of the highest titleholder in a Maranao village. It is a symbol of power and prestige usually adorned during festivities. Its prominent part is the panolong, a carved beam that protrudes in the front of the house and styled with okir motif. The okir design is found woven or printed in textiles, carved into wooden cemetery markers and wooden boxes, and it can also be found etched into knife or sword blades and handles, and cast or etched into various brass and silver objects. Source: WIKIPEDIA

COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES IN MARAWI CITY

COLLEGE
  • MINDANAO STATE UNIVERSITY MAIN CAMPUS-MARAWI CITY
  • RC AL-KHWARIZMI INTERNATIONAL COLLEGE
  • JAMIATUL PHILIPPINES AL-ISLAMIA
  • DANSALAN COLLEGE
  • JAMIATU MUSLIM MINDANAO
  • PHILIPPINES MUSLIM TEACHER COLLEGE
  • SENATOR NINOY AQUINO COLLEGE FOUNDATION
  • JAMIATUL MARAWI AL ISLAMIA FOUNDATION
  • LAKE LANAO COLLEGE
  • MSU-LANAO NATIONAL COLLEGE OF ART AND TRADE
  • CALI PARAMEDICAL COLLEGE
  • MAPANDI MEMORIAL COLLEGE
  • MARAWI CAPITOL COLLEGE
  • DATU MALA MEMORIAL COLLEGE
  • MARAWI ISLAMIC COMPUTER COLLEGE
  • PEACI COLLEGE-SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING
  • LANAO PARAMEDECAL COLLEGE FOUNDATION INC.
SECONDARY
  • MSU UNIVERSITY TRAINING CENTER, EXPERIMENTAL
  • MSU UNIVERSITY TRAINING CENTER, MAIN
  • MSU INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE EDUCATION
  • MSU INTEGRATED LABORATORY SCHOOL
  • MSU LNCAT- HIGH SCHOOL DEPARTMENT
  • DANSALAN COLLEGE-HS
  • MARAWI FOUNDATION ACADEMY  
  • PHILIPPINES INTEGRATED SCHOOL
  • IBN SIENA INTEGRATED SCHOOL
  • RC AKIC SCIENCE LABORATORY SCHOOL
  • ABA ALKHAIL COMPUTER SCHOOL
  • MARAWI CITY NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL
  • ANGOYAO NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL
  • RPMD NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL
  • DANSALAN NATIONAL HJGH SCHOOL
  • SAFIYAH INTEGRATED SCHOOL
  • MASARICAMPO ABANTAS MEMORIAL ISLAMIC SIENCE ACADEMY
  • JAMIATUL PHILIPPINES AL-ISLAMIA-HIGH SCHOOL DEP'T.
  • JAMIATU MUSLIM MINDANAO-HIGH SCHOOL DEP'T.
  • SENATOR NINOY AQUINO COLLEGE FOUNDATION-HIGH SCHOOL DEP'T.
  • JAMIATUL MARAWI AL ISLAMIA FOUNDATION-HIGH SCHOOL DEP'T.
  • LAKE LANAO COLLEGE-HIGH SCHOOL DEP'T.
  • CALI PARAMEDICAL COLLEGE-HIGH SCHOOL DEP'T.
  • MAPANDI MEMORIAL COLLEGE-HIGH SCHOOL DEP'T.
  • MARAWI CAPITOL COLLEGE-HIGH SCHOOL DEP'T.
  • DATU MALA MEMORIAL COLLEGE-HIGH SCHOOL DEP'T.
  • MARAWI ISLAMIC COMPUTER COLLEGE-HIGH SCHOOL DEP'T.
  • PEACI COLLEGE-SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING-HIGH SCHOOL DEP'T.
  • LANAO PARAMEDECAL COLLEGE FOUNDATION INC-HIGH SCHOOL DEP'T.







PUBLIC SERVICES

MINDANAO STATE UNIVERSITY- SYSTEM, PRESIDENTS

  • Dr. Antonio Isidro-First President 1962 - 1969
  • Dr. Alfredo Q. Primero - Regent-in-Charge - 1967 - 1970
  • Dr. Mauyag M. Tamano - Second President - 1970 - 1975
  • Atty. Tocod Macaraya, Sr.- Officer-in-Charge - 1974 - 1975
  • Governor Mohamad Ali M. Dimaporo - Acting President - 1976 - 1986
  • Hon. Mangigin D. Magomnang - Regent-in-Charge - 1986
  • Dr. Ahmad E. Alonto, Jr. - Third President - 1987 - 1992
  • Dr. Emily M. Marohombsar Fourth President - 1993 - 1999
  • Prof. Diamael M. Lucman - Acting President, - Jan - Sept. 1999
  • Dr. Camar A. Umpa - Fifth President - 1999 - 2005
  • Dr.  Ricardo F. De Leon. - Acting President - 2005 - 2008
  • Dr. Macapado Muslim - 6th President - 2008 - Present


DIPLOMATS AND GOV'T OFFICIALS

  • ATTY USU DAN AGUM -AMBASSADOR
  • DR MUHAMMAD ALI  BASIR MAGARANG LUCMAN -AMBASSADOR
  • ATTY SANCHEZ ALI -AMASSADOR
  • ATTY MAUYAG M. TAMANO
  • ATTY LININDING PANGANDAMAN -AMBASSADOR
  • ATTY MACABANGKIT LANTO
  • ATTY. MAGDARA DIMAAMPAO -MINISTER COUNCELLOR-COMMISSIONER
  • ATTY HARON ALONTO -AMBASSADOR
  • SAIRA RAKIIN UMPA -COMMISSIONER
  • DR NASAGURA T. MADALE -COMMISSIONER
  • SUKARNO TANGGOL-AMBASSADOR-IIT CHANCELLOR.
  • DR. GONARANAO MAPANDI-PRESIDENT OF THE ASSOC. OF PHIL-ISLAMIC SCHOOL
  • DR. MAMASAO SANI
  • DR. ABUL AGUAM -TOPNOTCH SURGEON
  • H.MOOMINA BACARAT CONDING -MARANAO MOTHER OF MIDWIFERY.
  • H.HARON TOMAWIS  "AMBASSADOR KO LALAG" COMMITTE

LANAO PROVINCE- GOVERNOR

  • SALVADOR T. LLUCH
  • MARUHOM BUSAR
  • MANDANGAN DIMAKUTA
  • SHIEK COSSAIN H.A DATU ALI USMAN
  • MADKI ALONTO
  • MOHAMAD ALI DIMAPORO
ASSEMBLY/ CONGRESS-LANAO
  • TOMAS CABILI - FISRT ASSEMBLY - 1935-1938
  • TOMAS CABILI - SECOND ASSEMBLY - 1938-1941
  • ALAUYA ALONTO -SENATOR - 1941-1947
  • DATU BATO ALI - SECOND PHILIPPINES REPUBLIC -1943-1944
  • CIRIANO B RAZUL - SECOND PHILIPPINES REPUBLIC -1943-1944
  • SALVADOR T. LLUCH -CONGRESS - 1945
  • MANALAO MINDALANO- SECOND CONGRESS OF THE COMMONWEALTH-1946
  • MANALAO MINDALANO- FIRST CONGRESS OF THE PHILIPPINES-1946-1949
  • MOHAMAD ALI DIMAPORO- SECOND CONGRESS OF THE PHIL. - 1949-1953
  • MOHAMAD ALI DIMAPORO- THIRD CONGRESS OF THE PHIL. - 1954-1957
  • DOMOCAO ALONTO- SENATOR - 1955 -1961
  • MAMINTAL A.J. TAMANO - SENATOR - 1969-1975

LANAO DEL SUR- GOVERNOR
  • MOHAMAD ALI DIMAPORO
  • PRINCESS TARHATA ALONTO-LUCMAN
  • MOHAMAD ALI DIMAPORO
  • LINANG MANDANGAN
  • MOHAMAD ALI DIMAPORO
  • SULTAN SAIDAMEN PANGARUNGAN 
  • DR. MAHID MIRA-ATO MUTILAN 
  • MAMINTAL "MIKE" ADIONG SR.
  • ALEEM BASHER "MUSTAQBAL" MANALAO
  • MAMINTAL "BOMBIT" ALONTO ADIONG JR.
ASSEMBLY/ CONGRESS-LDS
  • RASID LUCMAN- FIFTH CONGRESS OF THE PHIL. - 1962-1965
  • RASID LUCMAN- SIXTH CONGRESS OF THE PHIL. - 1966-1969
  • ATTY. MACACUNA DIMAPORO - SEVENTH CONGRESS OF THE PHIL. - 1970-1972
  • ATTY. MACACUNA DIMAPORO - MARTIAL LAW
  • AHDEL LINDY PANGANDAMAN-  INTERIM BATASANG PAMBANSA- 1978-1984
  • ATTY. OMAR MARUHOM DIANALAN -BATASANG PAMBANSA- 1984-86
  • ATTY MACACUNA DIMAPORO - BATASANG PAMBANSA - 1984-1986
  • ATTY. OMAR MARUHOM DIANALAN - FIRST DISTRICT 1987-1992
  • MOHAMAD ALI DIMAPORO - SECOND DISTRICT 1987-1992
  • MAMINTAL MIKE ADIONG SR.- FIRST DISTRICT 1992-1995
  • MOHAMAD ALI DIMAPORO - SECOND DISTRICT 1992-1995
  • MAMINTAL MIKE ADIONG SR.- FIRST DISTRICT 1995-1998
  • PANGALIAN BALINDONG - SECOND DISTRICT 1995-1998
  • MAMINTAL MIKE ADIONG SR.-FIRST DISTRICT 1998-2001
  • BENASING MACARAMBONG -SECOND DISTRICT 1998-2001
  • FAISAH R.P.M DUMARPA -FIRST DISTRICT 2001-2004
  • BENASING MACARAMBONG -SECOND DISTRICT 2001-2004
  • FAISAH R.P.M DUMARPA -FIRST DISTRICT 2004-2008
  • PANGALIAN BALINDONG - SECOND DISTRICT 2004-2008
  • FAISAH R.P.M DUMARPA -FIRST DISTRICT 2008-2010
  • PANGALIAN BALINDONG - SECOND DISTRICT 2008-2010
  • HUSSIEN PACASUM PANGANDAMAN - FIRST DISTRICT 2010-2013
  • PANGALIAN BALINDONG - SECOND DISTRICT 2010-2013
  • ANSARUDDIN ALONTO ADIONG - FIRST DISTRICT 2013-2016 PRESENT.
  • PANGALIAN BALINDONG - SECOND DISTRICT 2013-2016 PRESENT.

ARMM- REGIONAL LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY.
  • PRINCESS POTRI ALI PACASUM 
  • PRINCESS DIAMOND PACASUM-PANGARUNGAN
  • PAISALAN P TAGO -HOUSE SPEAKER 
  • SUHAYLA RPM SALIC

LANAO DEL NORTE

  • SALVADOR T. LLUCH-FIFTH CONGRESS OF THE PHIL. - 1962-1965
  • SULTAN MUHAMMAD ALI DIMAPORO
  • ARSENIO A QUIBRANZA
  • ATTY. FRANCISCO L. ABALOS
  • SULTAN ABDULLAH DIMAPORO 
  • IMELDA ANNGING QUIBRANZA DIMAPORO 
  • MOHAMMAD KHALID Q. DIMAPORO 
ASSEMBLY/ CONGRESS-LDN
  • LAURENTINO LI BADELLES - FIFTH CONGRESS OF THE PHIL. - 1962-1965
  • MOHAMAD ALI DIMAPORO- SIXTH CONGRESS OF THE PHIL. - 1966-1969
  • MOHAMAD ALI DIMAPORO- SEVENTH CONGRESS OF THE PHIL. - 1970-1972
  • MOHAMAD ALI DIMAPORO- MARTIAL LAW
  • ABDULLAH DIMAPORO- INTERIM BATASANG PAMBANSA-1978-1984
  • ABDULLAH DIMAPORO-  BATASANG PAMBANSA - 1984-1986
  • MARIANO LI BADELLES - FIRST DISTRICT LDN- 1987-1992
  • ABDULLAH DIMAPORO - SECOND DISTRICT LDN- 1987-1992
  • MARIANO LI BADELLES - FIRST DISTRICT LDN- 1992-1995
  • MARIO E. HISULER- SECOND DISTRICT LDN- 1992-1995
  • MARIANO LI BADELLES, SR. - FIST DISTRICT LDN 1995-1998
  • MACABANGKIT LANTO -SECOND DISTRICT LDN- 1995-1998
  • ALIPIO D BADELLES- FIST DISTRICT LDN-1998-2001
  • ABDULLAH MAGOTARA-SECOND DISTRICT LDN- 1998-2001
  • ALIPIO D BADELLES- FIST DISTRICT LDN-2001-2004
  • ABDULLAH DIMAPORO- SECOND DISTRICT LDN-2001-2004
  • VICENTE F. BELMONTE JR.- FIST DISTRICT LDN-2004-2008
  • ABDULLAH DIMAPORO- SECOND DISTRICT LDN-2004-2008
  • IMELDA ANNGING QUIBRANZA DIMAPORO -FIST DISTRICT LDN-2008-2010
  • AMINA QUIBRANZA DIMAPORO -SECOND DISTRICT LDN-2008-2010
  • IMELDA ANNGING QUIBRANZA DIMAPORO -FIST DISTRICT LDN-2010-2013
  • IMELDA ANNGING QUIBRANZA DIMAPORO -FIST DISTRICT LDN-2013-2016

DANSALAN TOWN / MARAWI CITY

  • DATU BIRYA ALONTO -FIRST MAYOR
  • DATU RIGA MAMBUAY -SECOND MAYOR
  • DATU DISUMINDIG DIANALAN- MAYOR
  • SULTAN COSAIN NAGA -SIXTH MAYOR
  • BAE SALAM PACASUM NAGA PANGADAPUN -MAYOR
  • DATU GULAM DIANALAN -MAYOR
  • SULTAN OMAR MARUHOM DIANALAN -MAYOR
  • DR. MAHID MIRA-ATO MUTILAN -MAYOR
  • ATTY. ABBAS MARUHOM BASMAN -MAYOR
  • OMELKHAIR BASMAN -MAYOR
  • OMAR SOLITARIO ALI -MAYOR
  • FAHAD UMPAR SALIC
  • OTHERS

Linggo, Mayo 26, 2013

MAMINTAL "MIKE" ADIONG Sr.


MAN OF VISION AND MISSION

POSITION
  • Undersecretary of the Department of Public Works and Highways
  • Deputy Minister in the Ministry Public Works and Highways
  • Supervisor of Marawi Waterwork District
  • Director of Philippines Association of Free Labor
  • International Contractor, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
  • Governor of Province of Lanao del Sur
Ever since Muslim were given the opportunity to participate in nation building and political activities many of them, particularly among the Maranaws, have stood for election and won as Representatives of their people. A case in point is incumbent Congressman Mamintal Adiong Sr. , First District, Lanao del Sur.

Rep. Mamintal Adiong is a self inspired and self-made leader. being orphaned did not deter him from pursuing his ambition of graduating on top of his class and becoming a top-notch engineer, a profession that is both lucrative and challenging. He is holder of the degrees Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering and Master of Science in Sanitary Engineering both at National University, Manila.

He became well-known as contractor of million-dollar construction project in Saudi Arabia. He have received in various awards, commendations, and citations as a government official and private contractor. He ran and won as Representive of First District, Lanao del Sur. his performance was appreciated by his people who reelect him to the same position, which presently holds.

Rep. Adiong is proving his mettle as lawmaker thought his sponsorship of bills intended to develop his district and people.

Rep. Adiong is ran and won as Governor of Lanao del Sur. Governor Adiong is on the forefront of the peace-keeping efforts in Mindanao. He prioritizes social and economic development program for lakeside communities of the province, and widened the people's income opportunities through the grant of incentives for small business, trading and manufacturing concerns. in his province, government and social reforms are being pushed to obliterate any lines that define ethnic, culture and religious boundaries.

He was born in Saduc Marawi City, Lanao del Sur. He is married to Benjoria Alonto with whom he has six children.






MAMINTAL "BOMBIT" ALONTO ADIONG JR.


PROVINCIAL GOVERNOR OF LANAO DEL SUR
2004-2016

Gov. Mamintal "Bombit" Adiong Jr. was born to a powerful political family, and so was raised in local Lanao del Sur politics. His father, the late "Mike" Adiong Sr., was also a former governor, and his brother Ansaruddin Alonto Adiong is the vice-governor, acting governor for the ARMM and elected Congressman of First District Lanao del Sur for the 2013 election. His father was largely credited for the landslide victory of President Arroyo and her slate in the 2004 elections. He ran His other relatives include Senator Alauya Alonto, Senator Ahmad Domocao Alonto Gov. Madki Alonto and Gov. Tarhata Lucman. 

Adiong has four children: Mamintal III "Miko", Mohammad Khalid, Soraya Harifa, and Abdul Malic. He is married to Bedjoria Raifa Raki-in.

Political Activity
Gov Mamintal "Bombit"  Alonto Adiong Jr., started his career in local governance in 1996 as an appointed board member, and was elected to the same position in 1998. He went on to become the province’s sports officer (starting in 2001) and concurrently served as provincial administrator. In 2003, he assumed the OIC provincial engineer position. His stint in the private sector—as CEO of MMA Construction and Development Corp.—earned him a standing in the business community, and his involvement in the ARMM Social Fund Project deepened his credentials in public service.
In 2006 Bombit Adiong Jr. was named as member of the government panel's Coordinating Committee on Cessation of Hostilities, representing the bus iness community of the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao-Social Fund Project (ARMM-SFP)
In 2007 Bombit Adiong Jr. won the governor's seat in Lanao del Sur. his performance was appreciated by his people who reelect him to the same position on May 13, 2O13 election under the Leberal Party of President Benigno "Noynoy" Aquino III.


SENATOR ALAUYA ALONTO


Senator Alauya Alonto was born in Ramain, Lanao, shortly before the outbreak of the Spanish-American War. He studied under the tutelage of Hadji Nosca Alum, the highest Pandita of Lanao and took up Arabic literature and jurisprudence.
In 1912 he became Sultan of Ramain. Inspired by the cause of freedom, he organized the “Filipinista” party in Lanao.

He was appointed Municipal Manager under the Philippine Independence Commission in 1924, as special representative for Lanao, by then Governor-General Frank Murray, and was elected Delegate to the Constitutional Convention in 1934.

He served as senator for three terms : 1934-1935; 1941-1945 and 1946-1947.
Sultan Alonto Alauya married the former Miss Banig Alagadi of Ramain, by whom he had six children.

PRINCESS TARHATA ALONTO-LUCMAN



fIrst Muslim lady governor of Lanao del Sur

Princess Tarhata "Tata" Alonto Lucman is the first Muslim lady governor of Lanao del Sur, appointed in 1971.
She is a member of one of the royal families of Maranao, she fought the Martial Rule of the deposed President Marcos. Known as Tata, she is better known as a rido (clan conflict) settler, noted in a TIME magazine article for helping the release of kidnapped nuns in Marawi City in 1986. From 2001, she has been leading the Muslim-dominated province of Lanao del Sur, the Autonomous Regional Government in Muslim Mindanao.
POSITION
  • Governor of Lanao del Sur
Early Life

Born into royalty among Ramain’s Sultanates, Tata as a girl-child looked up to other pioneering Moro ladies like Princess Tarhata Kiram and Dayang Dayang Piandao of Sulu who were able to get educated and travel abroad and to the capital. Within her one year of schooling in her hometown, she was accelerated to grade 4 at the tender age of 6 years old.
The only English-speaking among the household, she acted as translator at the busy home of her father, Alauya Alonto , who was a religious leader and politician. Tata was reared in the world of politics. She assisted her father, who was “no read, no write” in his travels to Manila. This would be her training ground in the man’s world. Constantly defying rules, Tata also didn’t want to marry someone not her choice. She was constantly engaged by her family to men from Maranao buena pamilia , but she would break the betrothals . She would find that the constant visitor, mentor at her home would be interested in her. She soon married Sultan Al-Rashid Lucman.






SHIEKH AHMAD BASHIR


Sheikh Ahmad bin Haji Bashir Mohammed Shafi, الشيخ أحمد بن حاجي بشير محمد الشافي (January 1, 1919 – July 10, 1989) was a Filipino Muslim Aleem, former president and founder of the Agama Islami Society. Sheikh Ahmad was born on the 1st day of January 1919, in Miondas, Tamparan, Lanao del Sur Philippines.

Early Educational and Childhood
Sheikh Ahmad received his first non-formal education from his father, and then later on studied at the School of Islam complete primary school in the city of Marawi. As a child, he was a school leader, a potential that made him prominently known, not only in the Philippines but more specific in the Islamic nations, during his lifetime.

Personal life 

Sheikh Ahmad was married to Hadja Zainab, whom he had four sons: Monib, Said, Salahudden, Samra and a daughter: Sairah; and also to Hadja Aminah, whom he had a son: Mahdi and three daughters: Samiah, Saminah, Sarah. Both wives were kept in an adjacent houses at the same time as this polygamy practice is allowed in Islam.

Education in Makkah, Saudi Arabia

In 1951, Sheikh Ahmad Bashir traveled to the Hejaz to break preparatory education and further continued his education in Makkah or Mecca. He joined the Al-Falah School in Makkah, a religious science school till he completed his studies in the year 1953; and later joined the Al-Soltiyyah School in the Grand Mosque also in Makkah. He was awarded a degree in Islamic Sciences, which was considered at that time the highest religious education at the Sacred Mosque.

Missionary work
Sheikh Ahmad Bashir went back to the Philippines after completing his studies. At first, he taught at an Islamic School in Marawi City. He helped created some of the schools in various communities with complete and organized conjunctions with some of his peers, colleagues throughout the years till 1955.
In 1956, Sheikh Ahmad Bashir, his devoted companions, and traditional group, founded the Agama Islam Society, after the establishment of the Shoura Council. His intention was to spread Islamic schools in all areas that are in need of such, to propagate Islamic principles, teachings, and beliefs among others. These institutions have reached 363 branches in all regions of the Philippines, visited by more than 5,000 students in the academic year 1986-1987.

Distinguished achievements and activities

  • In 1972, the Agama Islam Society transferred Ma’had Mindanao Al-Arabie Al-Islamie to Darussalam, Matampay, Marawi City, as main campus through the benevolent assistance of late Sheikh Esmail Laut Sarip and former Lanao del Sur Governor, Sultan sa Masiu, Hon. Mohammad Ali Dimaporo[5][6] for the exclusion of this land from military reservation pursuant toProclamation No. 2223 signed by the President of the Republic of the Philippines, His Excellency PresidentFerdinand E. Marcos.
  • As President of the Agama Islam Islam, Sheikh Ahmad had been associated in various Islamic Associations in the Philippines, and also played a role in their creations.
  • He was president of the National Union of Arab-Islamic Schools in the Philippines.
  • President of the local Council of Mosques in the Philippines.
  • He had Attended international conferences with a theme in Islamic mission including the Kingdom of Saudi ArabiaIraqMalaysiaPakistanQatarIndonesiaTunisiaEgypt & Others (from 1381 to 1406 Hijri).
  • He had authored thirteen books, including Islamic, Arab, and Muslim history in the Philippines.
  • The establishment of now defunct Saudi and Philippines Publishing Center in 1980, Parañaque, Metro Manila; under the financial auspices of his Excellency former King Khalid ibn Abdulaziz Al-Saud.
  • The establishment of the Jamiatu Muslim Mindanao
  • The completed Maranao translation of Holy Quran was reviewed by a committee of Maranao Scholars headed by Sheikh Ahmad Bashir.

Agama Islam Society 

The basis of the creation of the society was through consultative council, which some academician were from Marawi City, the Philippines under the chairmanship of Sheikh Ahmad Bashir year 1375H – 1955G.

This Council established the society to propagate Islam in 1956, as Sheikh Ahmad Bashir was quoted in his bookHistory of Islam in the Philippines, written in Arabic, printed in 1964, who said by God's mercy: "The Agama Islam Society, an Islamic organization and its governing body is based on the Shura, called the Shura Council in application of the concept of two verses “who (conduct) their affairs by mutual Consultation,” (Quran 42:38)  “and consult them in the affairs.” (Quran 3:159)
Death
Despite the luxurious opportunities that have passed him financially, spiritually, politically, and academically, Sheikh Ahmad never grabbed these for his personal advantages. He died as poor man, without any single property in his possession or his bereaved family.
Sheikh Ahmad Bashir, may Allah have mercy on him, died peacefully in Iligan City, after succumbing to complicated diabetes diseases on Monday, 7th day of Dhul Hijjah 1409 AH, corresponding to July 10, 1989. His remains were buried in Marawi City, Philippines.


Left to right: Former Senator Domocao Alonto, Sheikh Ahmad, and former ARMM Governor Lininding Pangandaman representing Muslims in the Philippines to one of the Muslim World League conferences in 1982, Makkah, Saudi Arabia



Sheikh Ahmad (Third from left) met His Excellency President Ferdinand E. Marcos at Malacañang Palace during the ratification of Proclamation No. 2223, the exclusion of around 10 hectares of land from military reservation for the benefits of the Jamiatu Muslim Mindanao.

SULTAN MOHAMMAD NAGA B. DIMAPORO




POSITION
  • Sultan a Gaus of Ranao Ragat
  • Mayor of Karomata, Lanao del Norte (now Mun. of Sultan Naga Dimaporo)
  • Congressman of Second district, Lanao del Sur.
Like his eldest brother Gov. Moh Ali Dimaporo a scion of many principalities in Lanao. Sultan Mohammad Naga Dimaporo was born in the Sultanate of Binidayan to Sultan Dimaporo and Potre Maamor Borngao, a royal couple variably descended from founding Ancestor Balindong, Ancestor Maruhom of Binidayan, and Diwan of Bayang from the line of Nanak, specifically on Bae sa Marigay who married to Datu sa Palao of Wato and got Amerol, Tungkobusar and Radiatoa, all great ancestors of Dimaporo Clan.
Among the Dimaporo brothers, Sultan Moh. Naga Dimaporo is the most renowned leader, most admired due to his leadership styleincomparable ruler who happened to the rise of Karomatan Now SND and even in province of Lanao, he made his people equal in right and most feared idol among the Dimaporo clan, most controversy when it comes to marriage life, he marries more than 20 and divorced some, he has more than 50 siblings one of them is the present mayor in SND.
Crowned Sultan a Gaus of Ranao Ragat and undefeated Mayor of Karomatan Lanao del Norte, later this place name to him, Mohammad Naga Dimaporo ran for municipal mayor unopposed. He ran for the second and third term in 1971 and in 1986 still unopposed. He was in the position as mayor until the 1986 EDSA Revolution. Karomatan was re-named SULTAN NAGA DIMAPORO in 1992 in honor of the late Mayor Sultan Mohammad Naga Dimaporo.

SULTAN HAROUN AL-RASHID LUCMAN



A scion of many principalities in Lanao, Haroun al-Rashid Lucman was born on, 1924 in the Sultanate of Bayang to Datu Makalanggan and Bai Sarabanon Lucman, a royal couple variably descended from founding Ancestor Balindongbusar of Masiu and Ancestor Diwan of Bayang, his mother's father is a royal of Binidiyan from the line of Kadi sa Binidayan,

POSITION
  • Sultan of Bayang
  • Congressman of Lanao del Sur
  • Founder of Bangsamoro Liberation Front
  • Sultan of Paramaont of MINSUPALA
He was enthroned as Sultan of Bayang from the line of Datu sa Kalawi on the turned of Nanak, and elected Congressman in the province of Lanao del sur on 1962 - 1970’s,  Haroun al-Rashid Lucman was a Filipino legislator and founder of the Bangsamoro Liberation Front, a Moro separatist group in Mindanao. In 1971, he joined with Senator Mamintal Tamano, Congressman Ali Dimaporo, Congressman Salipada Pendatun, Dean Cesar Adib Majul, Delegate Ahmad Alonto, Commissioner Datu Mama Sinsuat, and Mayor Aminkadra Abubakar to form the Islamic Directorate of the Philippines; the Libyan government donated funds to them to purchase land in Tandang Sora, Quezon City to use for the construction of a mosque.
In 1972, with the declaration of martial law by Ferdinand Marcos, he fled to the Middle East with his family. In 1983, he helped "Ninoy" Aquino circumvent an order from Manila forbidding Aquino the issuance of a passport; Lucman obtained a passport for Aquino with the name "Marcial Bonifacio" ("Marcial" referring to martial law, and "Bonifacio" for Fort Bonifacio, where Aquino had previously been imprisoned). After his death the following year, the Bangsamoro Liberation Front became defunct, marking the end of the leadership of traditional Muslim elites over the Moro independence movements.
On 2006, he was Recognized of Bantayog ng mga bayani foundation as martyr/Hero For his moral valor in fighting for the cause of the Muslim people in Mindanao in particular and the Filipino people in general during the dark years of the Marcos regime; For his courage to seek justice for the victims and survivors of the government sanctioned Jabidah Massacre; For showing munificence to the stranded pilgrims in Mecca, Saudi Arabia using funds from the sale of his 800-hectare plantation in Katipuan, Talayan, Cotabato after the failure of negotiations to avail themselves of government help in the rescue effort; For his unstinting support and bravery in the nationalist cause of the Filipino people here and abroad and for being the “Father of the Islamic Resistance Movement in Mindanao.
The Sultan has two children from his previous marriages, he also married Princess Tarhata Alonto Lucman former Gov. of Lanao del sur, the couple bless with 7 siblings one of them is the former Lanao der sur Vice Governor Normalah Alonto Lucman,
In the Sultanates of Lanao, Haroun Al-Rashid Lucman was recognized and enthroned as (Sultan Paramaont of MINSUPALA). He returned to the graced of Allah on 1984 Those who knew and have benefited from services of the late Sultan/congressman will always have a soft spot for him in their hearth; here was the maranao leader whose brief career in public services.

Edited and rearranged by Datu Acmad (Ontay) Guiling Macagaan D. Abdulmadid

Sabado, Mayo 25, 2013

DR. AHMAD "DOMOCAO" ALONTO


Great Muslim leader of the 20th century 

In a rural dwelling town in Ditsaan-Ramain virtually blessed with its lush greenery of vast land and crystal blue lake complimented with cool and pleasant weather all year through, the future senator of the Philippines began his life – to influence the peoples of the world.

POSITION
  • Congressman of Province of Lanao
  • Senator of the Republic of the Philippines
  • Founder of the Al-Ansar Al-Islam
  • Member of the Mo’tamar Al-Alam Al-Islami (Muslim World Congress)
The man was Dr. Ahmad “Domocao” Alonto, great Muslim leader of the 20th century whose immeasurable deeds can never fade but should always live in the memory of every Muslim Filipino.

From this humble place, Dr. Alonto was to rise to the highest position to his country could offer. And this dedicated son was to become a universal figure – for the world has taken the story of Dr. Alonto as its own.

But most of all, Domocao Alonto, a founding member of the Makkah-based Rabita Al-Alam Al-Islami (Muslim World League), was the only Filipino recipient of the prestigious King Faisal Foundation Award for Service to Islam, authored the bill Republic Act 1387, which pave the way for the establishment of MSU on September 1, 1961.
Speak the name “Domocao Alonto” on any continent, in any language, and you will hear again the ageless, enduring legends: Alonto the educator, the social reformer, the political giant, the great teacher, the champion of the rights of the Muslim Filipinos, and the inspiring model for Muslim youths.

As a congressman and later senator in the country’s congress, he fought for the enactment of laws that would benefit the Muslims. Alonto’s words, ringing with truth and justice, were heard around the world. This humble man, great in heart and mind, thus become the symbol of hope to all the Muslim Filipinos who yearned for freedom of speech, of worship, and of assembly.

He founded the Ansar Al-Islam, a popular movement for the renewal of Muslim’s faith on a personal and community level that attracted hundreds of thousands of the faithful. He was the prime mover for the establishment of the largest masjeed complex in Mindanao, the Jamie’o Mindanao Al-Islami (Mindanao Islamic Center), located at Marawi City.
It was Dr. Alonto’s advocacy for the recognition of the Muslim rights that inspired the activists of the Muslim youth in the 1970’s to organize the Moro national Liberation Front (MNLF) and later the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF). These groups have stood the national government in confrontational stance for more than two decades now.
It was his meeting with the late Egyptian leader, Gamal Abdel Nasser, in Bandung, Indonesia, in the late 1950’s that opened the eyes of the Muslim world to the plight of the Muslims in the Philippines. Even the Egyptians were surprised to learn that there were Muslims in the Philippines, dubbed the only Christian nation in Asia.
President Nasser accommodated the request of Dr. Alonto to sponsor Filipino youth to study at Al-Azhar University. Today, there are hundreds of local Muslims who graduated for Al-Azhar and other great institutions of Islamic scholarship in Madinah, Makkah, Cairo, Tripoli, Damascus, Riyadh, Kuwait, and elsewhere in the Middle East.
He had been an active member of the Mo’tamar Al-Alam Al-Islami (Muslim World Congress) and several other Muslim groups, both in the Philippines and abroad- aside from the governing council of Rabita.
Alonto authored several books and manuscripts on Islam and the Muslims. He led the committee of local Ulama who initiated the first translation of the Holy Qur’an into Maranao vernacular.

Dr. Alonto story did not end with the death of this great man. His immortal words: “Mori a Kaperanon” a Maranao translation of Dr. Jose Rizal’s “My Last Farewell” lived on.
Today, the heroic deeds of Alonto tell of his world-wide acceptance. Alonto’s biography has been published and written in the book “Spanning the Tumultuous History of the 20th Century”. This book was published by the Institute of Objective Studies (IOS) based in New Delhi, India. The said book profiles the life and times of the 100 great Muslim leaders in the 20th century which includes: Ahmed Hussien Deedat of South Africa, King AbdulAzis bin AbdulRahman Al-Saud of Saudi Arabia, Maulana Mohammad Ilyas of India, Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthal of England, Imam Hassan Al-Banna of Egypt, Malik el-Shabbaz (Malcolm X) of USA, and Umar Al-Mukhtar of Libya. Dr. Alonto was the only Filipino-Muslim who has ever reigned.
As a man, he was real and religious; as a friend, he was indispensable and true; as a leader, he was example; as a citizen, he was most patriotic; and as a personality, he was dynamic and virtuous.
All that he was, is now a shadow, but that same shadow stands as a standard which we can realize our present state of being. Indeed, few are the men who live the life of Dr. Ahmad “Domocao” Alonto.

SULTAN ALI B. DIMAPORO




sii makapoon a bangsa ko Moriatao CANDIA sa Binidayan ago Moriatao MARUHOM sa Binidaya kalalangkap o telo a Maruhom a so AMPASO, SAYAWA, PONDAG, poon pen a bangsa ko Moriatao Diwan sa Bayang ago so Amerol sa Wato ago so pat a Datu sa Raya sa wato isaon so  Maruhombsar, Ago so Maupaat sebo sa Poona Bayabao aya mala na so Maruhom Rahmatula ago Maruhom Jalaloden sa Masiu.

Position:
  • Lanao Governor
  • Lanao Congressman
  • MSU President
  • Lanao del norte Governor
  • Lanao del norte Congressman
  • Lanao del sur Governor
  • Lanao del sur Congressman
  • Lanao del sur 2nd district Graduated Congressman
  • Sultan of royale House of Masiu

Father: DIMAPORO
Mother: BORNGAO

MGA PAGARI NIYAN
1. Sult. Mohamad Ali Dimaporo
2. Sult. Naga Dimaporo
3. Speaker pro. Macacuna Dimaporo
4. Dir. Monib Dimaporo
5. Minangoao Dimaporo (potri Maamor sa Binidayan)
6. Bai Osinta Dimaporo (karoma i ALim Sanggoyod)

MGA KAROMA NIYAN
1. Bai Lala Dimakuta Dimaporo
2. Bai Bilianti
3. H. Muslima Maruhom Dimaporo
4. Bai Diamalia

MGA WATA IYAN
1. ABDULAH D. DIMAPORO (Governor lanao del norte)
2. H. Raihana (Bai Sittie)
3. Camar D. Dimaporo
4. Marcos D. Dimaporo
5. Hatta D. Dimaporo
6. Apipa D. Maruhombsar
7. Bai Zoraida
8. Bai Ocora Dimaporo
9. Soharto


BRIEF HIGHLIGHTS OF SULTAN DIMAPORO’S LIFE 
AND PUBLIC SERVICE

A scion of many principalities in Lanao, Mohamad Ali Dimaporo was born on June 15, 1918 in the Sultanate of Binidayan to Sultan Dimaporo and Bai Potre Maamor Borngao, a royal couple variably descended from founding Ancestor Balindong and Ancestor Maruhom.
Starting in 1928, Ali as he is lovingly called, went through grade schools in Binidayan, Camp Keithley, and Ganassi. He attended secondary education in Lumbatan, but completed the course it the Lanao High School in Dansalan (Marawi City) in 1938.
He finished the pre-Law course at the University of the Philippines, but while pursuing regular law at UP. and later at Far Eastern University, World War II spread to the Philippines in 1941 which sent him to the battlefield as an ROTC reserved officer.
With the rank. Lieutenant, he was assigned to the defense command of USAFFEE Brig. Gen. Guy 0. Fort which fiercely resisted  the Japanese invasion of the L,anao Military Sector in 1942 before the surrender.
Along with other Maranao officers and volunteer sultans and datus, Dimaporo helped General Fort organize the Bolo Battalion which became the first nucleus of the Mindanao Guerrilla Movement (l942-1945) that resisted the dark days of Japanese Occupation before. Gen. Douglas Macarthur returned for the liberation of the Philippines. Dimaporo directly commanded a guerrilla unit which annihilated a struggling Japanese garrison at Fort Corcuera in Malabang in 1945.
In 1949, ex-Army Officer Dimaporo was elected Congressman of the then undivided Lanao. After the division of the province, he was twice elected Governor of Lanao del Norte in 1959 and 1963, respectively. In 1969, he left the governorship and was elected Congressman of the same province.
During the inception of Martial Law, he left the public service to manage his private business enterprises. But in 1976, he was appointed Governor of Lanao del Sur andlater, concurrently a member of the Mindanao State University Board of Regents. While maintaining the governorship, he held concurrently the posts of Officer-in-Charge (now Acting President) of the State University and Chairman of the defunct Provisional Government of Southern Philippines.
During the 1980 elections he was regularly elected-as Governor of Lanao del Sur. At this height of the national government’s trust in his leadership, he is concurrently Acting President of MSU and a member of the National Executive Committee—all positions of great responsibilities and honor
During the 1986 elections he was regularly elected Congressman of Lanao del sur II and completely finished his three consecutive term. Ali Dimaporo was died on 2003…..
Based on the account of Governor Dimaporo’s boyhood classmate, Dr. Mamitua Saber, retold by Atty. Guiing Mamondiong, Provincial Board Member.
COTABATO CITY,  April 22, 2004 (STAR) By John Unson — Veteran Muslim politician Mohammad Ali Dimaporo died of old age at the Philippine Heart Center in Quezon City at dawn yesterday.

Muslim communities across Mindanao, where Dimaporo was one of the most feared warlords, mourned his death.
Because he had no birth certificate, Dimaporo was estimated to be in his mid-90s.
The Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) will observe a week-long mourning period to give "courtesy, respect and recognition" to Dimaporo.
"He may be gone but his works and sacrifices for the Maranao people and Muslims in other parts of the ARMM will be remembered as a legacy," Gov. Parouk Hussin said in a statement.

After fighting the Japanese as a guerrilla leader during World War II, Dimaporo emerged as one of Mindanao’s most powerful politicians.
He became a provincial governor, congressman, university president and ally of the late dictator Ferdinand Marcos.
According to G. Carter Bentley, a specialist in Marawi politics, the "three G’s of Philippine politics, guns, goons and gold, swirl around him with manic abandon."
"In many ways, he is an anomaly. He is a Muslim who reached the highest levels of power within the Philippine government while the Muslim minority and that government were at war," Bentley wrote in "An Anarchy of Families," a book on the Philippines’ political dynasties.

 "He is a man of relatively modest origins who attained an extremely high position among the Maranao hereditary nobility. Many find him outrageous, even laughable, but he commands respect because, in the desperately competitive world of Maranao (and of Philippine) politics, he wins. His was a political dynasty only one generation deep, but he is already laying the groundwork to extend it into the future."
Dimaporo’s remains will be brought back today for burial in his hometown of Binidayan, Lanao del Sur via the Cagayan de Oro airport. On hand will be his family and close relatives led by his son Rep. Abdullah Dimaporo of the second district of Lanao del Norte and wife, Gov. Imelda Dimaporo, and cousin Motalib Dimaporo, mayor of Sultan Naga Dimaporo town.

The more than 500-vehicle convoy will escort the remains to his hometown where the body will be buried before sunset today in accordance with Muslim tradition.
The eldest of eight children, Dimaporo was born on June 15, 1918, to Datu Dimaporo Marahom and Potri-Maamor Borngao Marahom in Binidayan, a small town south of Lake Lanao in Lanao del Sur. His father was the sultan of Binidayan but the title later went to a cousin. But it was Dimaporo’s grandparents who largely raised him.
After graduating from high school in Dansalan in 1938, he took up law at the University of the Philippines. During his second year there, a star student was arrested for murder while preparing for the Bar.
That student’s impassioned defense before the Supreme Court that led to his acquittal captured the imagination of the nation and his fellow law students, including Dimaporo.
That student was Ferdinand Marcos, of whom Dimaporo would later become a staunch political ally.

World War II broke out and Dimaporo was drafted into the Philippine Army. After the surrender of US forces in the Philippines, Dimaporo was interned in May 1942 in a prisoner-of-war camp.
He was released in July after promising the Japanese occupiers that he would help pacify the Maranao populace. While Dimaporo helped in the pacification, he secretly aided guerrillas, providing weapons and supplies.
In June 1944 — four months before US forces landed in Leyte — Dimaporo led a guerrilla force and openly resisted the Japanese in a war of hit-and-run until US troops arrived in the province in 1945. By then, the whole place was in guerrilla hands.
Dimaporo entered the political arena after World War II. "Wartime service in the resistance helped further many political careers in the postwar period," Bentley wrote.
Following Philippine independence in 1946, Dimaporo was part of the wave of Muslims being brought into the electoral process for the first time when national party leaders were seeking prospective Muslim candidates.
Dimaporo joined the Liberal Party and was elected congressman, representing Lanao, which was then a single province.

In 1953, Dimaporo ran for re-election but lost. He claimed that the military in the province — which was loyal to then defense secretary Ramon Magsaysay, the Nacionalista Party’s presidential candidate — interfered in the polls.
Dimaporo protested the election results and was later declared winner by the House Electoral Tribunal — but with only six months left in his term.
In 1957, he lost again and Dimaporo retired to his farms in Karomatan, intending to make money by growing cassava. But the political landscape changed dramatically in 1959 when the province was divided into predominantly Muslim Lanao del Sur and predominantly Christian Lanao del Norte.
In the local elections that year, Dimaporo ran for governor of Lanao del Norte under the LP banner but he was not expected to win. Dimaporo had several factors going against him.

He was up against the province’s powerful Lluch clan. "Only two of the 19 municipal mayors endorsed him. He lacked the degree of descent rank that would have solidified a Maranao following, and he was not politically wealthy," Bentley wrote.
Dimaporo said he decided not to run in Lanao del Sur because that meant going up against the Alonto-Lucman clan, which had "complete political hegemony" there.
However, the Lluch clan had made many important enemies including a few powerful families, with whom Dimaporo drew support. He won by a mere 275 votes.
"In this and subsequent elections, Dimaporo displayed his acumen as a political organizer, his almost uncanny ability to turn an apparent weak position into a winning one," according to Bentley. Loyalist
Dimaporo ran for Congress in the 1965 general elections, still with the LP. It was the year he would seal his ties with Ferdinand Marcos.
Being a loyal party member, he supported the incumbent President Diosdado Macapagal, President Arroyo’s father.
But he actually wanted Marcos, who had jumped ship and joined the Nacionalista Party, to win.

During Marcos’ visit to Iligan City, Dimaporo’s wife went into labor and Marcos went with him to the hospital, and Dimaporo named his son Ferdinand Marcos Dimaporo.
He earned Marcos’ favor later by reportedly refusing petitions from LP emissaries to rig the vote and make it appear that Macapagal won overwhelmingly in the province. Marcos won by a sizable margin as a result.
In 1966, Dimaporo solidified his ties with Marcos when news broke that military officers had liquidated several dozen Muslim recruits into a secret army unit.
The so-called "Jabidah Massacre" galvanized Muslim opposition against the government but Dimaporo — almost alone among Muslim leaders — stood by Marcos.
"In this crisis, Dimaporo’s willingness to subordinate his Muslim identity to personal and party loyalty earned him Marcos’s gratitude," Bentley wrote.
In 1969, Dimaporo was re-elected. By then, the hotly contested polls unveiled signs of sectarian violence in the Lanao provinces, with rival politicians, including Dimaporo, maintaining private armies.

Dimaporo reportedly kept a 300-strong force, nicknamed the "Barracudas." Malacaٌang was alarmed because the violence could ignite a sectarian war engulfing Mindanao.
In 1976, the height of martial law, Marcos appointed Dimaporo provincial governor of Lanao del Sur, giving him what he could not win in elections.
A few months later he was made president of Mindanao StateUniversity, whose budget was bloated and money went allegedly to his pockets. Dimaporo left MSU in 1986 after the fall of the Marcos dictatorship and was replaced as governor by the new Corazon Aquino administration.

Despite his warlord image, Dimaporo "seemed to have come through the trauma of Marcos’s fall remarkably unscathed," Bentley said.
"According to Maranao standards, his behavior tends to be coarse, more typical of a commoner than of the aristocrat he claims to be," Bentley wrote. "But he has repeatedly shown a subtlety in political maneuvering unmatched in the fiercely competitive arena of Maranao politics."