Mindanao
Is the second largest and easternmost island in the Philippines.
It is also the name of one of the three island groups in the country,
which consists of the island of Mindanao and smaller surrounding
islands. The other two are Luzon and the Visayas. The island of Mindanao is called The Land of Promise. Mindanao is the only area of the Philippines with a significant Muslim presence.
Mindanao has been the site of a separatist movement by the Moro Islamic Liberation Front
(MILF), caused by religious differences and widespread poverty.
Fighting between MILF and Philippine forces has displaced over 100,000
people, and the conflict has brought in Islamic extremism.
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