Parang Sabil

Yes, true even in Sabah. It is my grandmothers who talked about it, not my parents. I do not think my children are aware of it but my life is filled with Parang Sabil.

That is why I am very surprised of talks of jihad. Parang Sabil is not jihad or suicide wars. This author considers Parang Sabil as guerilla warfare but that is not how it was narrated to me. It is just a holy war. It is not amok but it is a fight to the death.

"In Muslim Mindanao history, the Tausug (Orang Suluk in Malay) is one of 
the Muslim groups in the Southern Philippines recognized for their bravery and 
firm opposition to the infidels or non-Muslims. The Tausugs or Bangsa Sug are 
proud to say, “We were never conquered”. Before the arrival of the Spaniards, 
Sulu, or Lupah Sug for the Tausugs, already existed under the abode of Islam, 
thus the title Sulu Darussalam. The authority of the Sultanate of Sulu reached 
Mindanao, Palawan, and even in Sabah, Malaysia (Ingilan, 2018; 2015). 
Sources in the Philippine history revealed that Lupah Sug is a reminder of 
the longest history of anti-colonial resistance in Southeast Asia. The Tausugs 
executed the localized jihad or holy war known as parang sabil for their agama 
(religion) and for the liberation of their Lupah Sug from those who conquer it. 
The term parang sabil may have been derived from the Bahasa Sug parrang 
which means to fight, and sabil from Arabic fi sabilillah (in the way of Allah), 
hence it literally means ‘to fight in the path of Allah’ (Tuban, 2020, p. 62). Sakili 
(1999) in Ingilan (2018) states that “parang sabil, also known in the Philippines 
as sabilullah, is considered one of the most misconstrued customs of the 
Tausugs”. After the action-packed Battle of Bud Dahu and Bud Bagsak, the 
Tausugs resorted to a type of guerilla warfare known as the parang sabil. Sakili 
(1999), and Majul (1999) emphasize that “practicing the parang sabil is not 
going amuck as popularly portrayed in films in the Philippines.” Sakili (1999) 
states that, “it was a religious and patriotic act directed against the combatants of 
kafir (infidels) or foreign invaders.” Parang sabil is the Tausug’s way of waging 
a holy war. It was waged as the last option of opposition against colonization."

https://journal.usep.edu.ph/index.php/Southeastern_Philippines_Journal/article/download/156/51/

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