The Bangsamoro Darul Ifta' (BDI-BARMM) is an

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ic advisory council which has jurisdiction over the

Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao Bangsamoro, officially the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM; ; ), is an Autonomous regions of the Philippines, autonomous region in the Philippines, located in the southwestern portion of the island of Mindanao. Replacin ...

History

The Regional Darul Ifta (RDI) of

Bangsamoro Bangsamoro, officially the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM; ; ), is an autonomous region in the Philippines, located in the southwestern portion of the island of Mindanao. Replacing the Autonomous Region in Muslim Minda ...

was created during the existence of the

Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao The Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (; ''Al-ḥukm adh-dhātī al-'iqlīmī li-muslimī Mindanāu''; ARMM) was an Autonomous regions of the Philippines, autonomous region of the Philippines, located in the Mindanao Island groups of the P ...

. Then-ARMM Regional Governor

Mujiv Hataman Mujiv Sabbihi Hataman (born September 11, 1972) is a Filipino politician and indigenous people's rights advocate from the Yakan people of the Sulu Archipelago. He became nationally prominent when he served as the sixth and last regional governo ...

institutionalized Islamic

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in the region when he issued Executive Order 9, series of 2014 in September 2013 which created a transitional office of the jurisconsult that would oversee religious activities in ARMM as well as the propagation of Islam. The office was a temporary one with the Regional Legislative Assembly considering to establish a permanent jurisconsult body. The Muslim Mindanao Autonomy Act No. 323 signed by Governor Hataman in 2015 superseded Executive Order 9. The legislation established the Regional Darul Ifta' of the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao as the Islamic religious authority in the region to deal with issues and concerns of the region's Muslim population. The implementing rules and regulations (IRR) for the legislation establishing the RDI became effective in March 2017. The Islamic body remained extant when the ARMM was succeeded by the

(BARMM).

Function

The Darul Ifta of Bangsamoro's primary role is the promulgation and issuance of ''

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'' or legal opinions concerning Muslim personal laws as well as jurisprudence with the Article VIII, Section 20 of Republic Act 9054 as the basis for this function. Republic Act 9054 tackles the expansion of the Organic Act of the ARMM. The jurisconsult body also has an advisory role, serving as a consultant to the Bangsamoro regional government in affairs related to Islamic laws, jurisprudence and ecclesiastical matters as well as the religious guide for the region's politicians, government employees and professionals.

Structure

The Muslim Mindanao Autonomy Act No. 323 mandates the establishment of provincial offices in the then-extant ARMM which should be headed by a provincial

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selected among the resident

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of the relevant province.

Grand muftis

Abuhuraira Udasan Sheikh Abuhuraira Abdulrahman Udasan (March 3, 1942 – July 3, 2023) was a Filipino Muslim theologian who was the first grand mufti of the Bangsamoro Darul Ifta'. Early life and education Early years Abuhuraira Abdulrahman Udasan was born on ...

(until 2023)

References

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