Battle of Bud - Dajo: Moro Tausug – American War 1906 Sulu Philippines

Abstract

This study is underlying and focusing on the Battle of Bud Dajo, it’s implication and causes that led to massacre to the Moro people of Sulu. In undertaking the study, the researcher used oral Interview, museum visit and library works research that includes in the form of interviews Aims to obtain the Important information by the way in passing through this. Conducted interview with those knowledgeable persons about and regarding this study. The implication to the Tausug moro nation is heroism in the sense, they could not accept the foreign invasion, they were used to independent nation. The Tausug were established prior to the coming of Americans, in deep sense of independent to fight for their freedom and for their land and homeland. cause of this battle were disarmament and Christianization of the People. The invaders were the Americans soldiers and some prominent leaders of the Sulu Province. The invaders led to victory because of their high-powered gun. The point is that Islam is involved as their ideology to fight because in Islam fighting an aggressor on oppressor is a duty. Oppression or Aggression is a condition to Jihad And the feeling by many Muslims of this being constrained in their desire to lie Islam to the fullest extent is another factor.