Wikipedia's article on Islam in the Philippines, community-edited. Reliable for the standard, well documented account of Islam reaching the archipelago in the fourteenth century through Muslim Malay and Arab merchants, with the Sunni scholar Shaykh Makhdum Karim reaching the Sulu Archipelago and Jolo in 1380 and the Minangkabau prince Rajah Baguinda following in 1390; not the right source for a contested claim about the exact founding date of the Sultanate of Sulu itself, which the article does not settle.
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AuthorWikipedia contributors
PublisherWikipedia
Publication Year2026
URLhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Islam_in_the_Philippines
Source Typereference
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Reliability Tier3
Community-edited reference page, tier 3. Used for the settled 1380 and 1390 missionary arrival dates in the Sulu Archipelago. NotesUsed for Islam's documented arrival in the southern Philippines via the Sulu Archipelago.
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This source names Arabs directly: "Wikipedia's article on Islam in the Philippines, community-edited."
This source names Philippines directly: "Wikipedia's article on Islam in the Philippines, community-edited."
This source names Sunni directly: "Malay and Arab merchants, with the Sunni scholar Shaykh Makhdum Karim reaching the Sulu Archipelago and Jolo in 1380 and the Minangkabau prince Rajah Baguinda following in 1390; not the right source..."
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- Sources, 11 claims: 8 well-attested, 3 holds.
- Spread Events, 10 claims: 4 well-attested, 5 holds, 1 general references.
- Articles, 6 claims: 4 well-attested, 1 connected, 1 general references.
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