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Resolving Conflict in Muslim Mindanao
Showcasing Four Traditional Methods
Abubakar Datumanong, Parido Rahman Pigkaulan, Maguid Makalingkang and Juwairiya U. Lingga
- Publisher
- Institute of Bangsamoro Studies
- Year
- 2013
- Language
- English
- Pages
- 96
- ISBN
- 9789996381706
- Availability
- Free to read
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About the book
Four ways Moro communities settle disputes and feuds by custom, set out by researchers from those communities, with the case for building them into the formal justice system.
This book gathers 4 studies of how disputes are settled in Muslim Mindanao outside, or alongside, the ordinary courts. Each researcher grew up with the tradition they describe. It was published by the Institute of Bangsamoro Studies in Cotabato City with the Centre for Peace and Conflict Studies in Cambodia.
Abubakar Datumanong, a grandson of the 23rd Sultan of Maguindanao, writes on the role of Maguindanaon datus in settling conflict. Parido Rahman Pigkaulan sets out Islamic principles of conflict resolution and how the Shari'ah courts and the Agama Arbitration Council work, arguing that they help ease congestion in the regular courts. Maguid Makalingkang surveys people in Maguindanao on which of 4 mechanisms they prefer and find effective: traditional settlement, the Shari'ah circuit court, the municipal trial court and the Katarungang Pambarangay. Juwairiya Uka-Lingga documents traditional conflict resolution among the Teduray of Upi.
The introduction argues that these customary methods deserve recognition and a place within formal justice and peacebuilding.
Published with the Centre for Peace and Conflict Studies.
Culture and artsWar and conflictPeoples and ways of life
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