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The towering minarets of the magnifiscent Tulay mosque in the southern Philippine island of Jolo in the Sulu Archipelago. Fog still covers the highest structure now in the island. Jolo Governor Sakur Tan is embarking on a massive tourism program aim at luring investors and visiors to the island, about 950 kms south of Manila. (Photo By Al Jacinto)

The beauty and the serenity of a rural mosque in Bangsamoro Homeland.

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One of the most youngest and famous Sultan of the Sulu Sultanate - Sultan Badaruddin - portrait shown here in the Jolo Museum.

The mosque in Simunul town of Tawi-Tawi, the southernmost Philippine province, was constructed in AD 1380 by an Arabian missionary, Sheikh Karimul Makhdum, who introduced Islam to the Philippines long before the arrival of the Spaniards, who introduced Christianity.
The mosque is right in the heart of Tubig Indangan in Simunul. Sheikh Makhdum was buried in the same place and a simple marker stands on his grave.

The National Historical Institute (NHI), which is tasked to supervise the preservation of the site, has noted that the four big pillars of the mosque remain as they were originally.
Sen. Edgardo Angara, the proponent of the bill, said the introduction of the Islamic faith opened the country’s doors to civilization and has contributed to the enrichment, vibrancy and diversity of the Filipinos’ unique culture.

“This mosque, the first ever constructed on Philippine soil was laid long before the coming of Western colonizers,” said Angara, a former president of the University of the Philippines and chairman of the Senate Committee on Peace, Unification and Reconciliation.
In his sponsorship of the bill last year, Angara said: “We are in need of reconciling with our