Difference between revisions of "Muslims or Moros: not an Ethnic group or race, Muslims are those who practice the religion of Islam"

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|valign=top align=center|[[File:Being Muslim does not make you indigenous.JPG|300px|link=https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10207097514855355]]<br>These are four Muslims from four different races. But if they become Filipino citizens, the Philippine government will classify them as indigenous. Only in the Philippines.
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|valign=top align=center|[[File:Muslims are not indigenous people.JPG|300px|link=https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10207092024318095]]<br>Muslims are not indigenous people. They are the followers of Islam.
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[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muslim Muslim] by definition is an individual practicing the religion of ISLAM. Not all the Muslim people in the Philippines are [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indigenous_peoples indigenous]. There are several races in the Philippines practicing the religion of Islam and they are Muslims. But [[Muslims are not indigenous people|not all of them are indigenous]]. Take the Chinese Muslims in Tawi-Tawi, the Indian Muslim in Zamboanga, or the caucasian Muslim in CDO; all three belong to different races and ethnicity.
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muslim Muslim] by definition is an individual practicing the religion of ISLAM. Not all the Muslim people in the Philippines are [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indigenous_peoples indigenous]. There are several races in the Philippines practicing the religion of Islam and they are Muslims. But [[Muslims are not indigenous people|not all of them are indigenous]]. Take the Chinese Muslims in Tawi-Tawi, the Indian Muslim in Zamboanga, or the caucasian Muslim in CDO; all three belong to different races and ethnicity.