»Wir haben alles im Griff.«, so beruhigte Duterte die Bürger*innen im Süden der Philippinen, als er am am späten Abend des 23. Mai 2017 das Kriegsrecht über die ganze Insel Mindanao verhängte. 60 Tage lang soll so der Terrorismus bekämpft werden. Ausschlaggebend war ein Militärangriff auf islamistische Terroristen, der gewaltsame Auseinandersetzungen mit der islamistischen Maute-Gruppe in der Stadt Marawi, im Nordwesten Mindanaos, zur Folge hatte.
"Across more than four decades, the conflict between the national government and Muslim liberation forces in the southern Philippines has killed tens of thousands and displaced millions. Two landmark agreements under the presidency of Benigno S Aquino III — the first in 2012 and the second in 2014 — raised high hopes that peace might finally be on the way. But the peace process stalled, and has yet to regain momentum, after a botched counterterrorism operation in early 2015. This volume provides both in-depth examination of the latest stage of a still-ongoing peace process as well as richly textured analysis of the historical, political, and economic context underlying one of the most enduring conflicts in the world. It is thus an extremely important foundational resource in the continuing quest for peace and prosperity in Mindanao."--
This article examines the impact that civil unrest has had on Mindanao since the sixteenth century. It is argued that the ongoing unrest has largely been caused by the policies of the Philippine governments that followed the Spanish and American periods of colonization. The article focuses on the introduction of martial law in 1972, the growth of Muslim separatist movements, and the ensuing peace movements. In addition, it is recognized that the severe hardship and poverty that the people of Mindanao have endured during the last thirty years is attributable to government-backed military activities on the island. (Contemp Southeast Asia/D³I)
In the Philippines, at the fringes of the Spanish empire, the Society of Jesus took on a difficult task, the mission and pastoral work on the Island of Mindanao, which was ruled mostly by Muslim polities. In the frontier zone between Spanish and Islamic spheres of influence, Jesuit missionaries, in symbiosis with Spanish and native Christian troops, tried to expand their zone of influence and force Islam back. Thereby, the priests participated actively in defensive and offensive military tasks. This article gives an overview of the Jesuits' presence in the south of the Philippines and then, by studying printed Jesuit sources, analyzes the image cultivation of the local members of the order. Putting the topic in the context of the anti-Jesuit discussion in Europe, the article reasons that the communication strategy of the Jesuits in the middle of the eighteenth century was particularly aimed at highlighting the usefulness of the missionaries to the colony and the empire in general. ; This article was written in the course of the Spanish projects "Dealing with the Infidel: Hispanic Diplomacy with Muslim Powers (1492–1708)" (PGC2018-099152-B-I00) and "Jesuitas y recoletos en Filipinas" (CSIC 202110I024, no. 225595) ; Peer reviewed
