Spain introduced Christianity to the Philippines in 1565 with the arrival of Miguel Lopez de Legaspi. Earlier, beginning in 1350, Islam had been spreading northward from Indonesia into the Philippine ...

10.8 x 15.9 cm. (4.3 x 6.3 in.) ...

Troops in the southern Philippines say they have killed Isnilon ... the occupation of Marawi stoked fears that militant Islamist ideology is more prevalent on the island of Mindanao than had ...