The Molo Separatism Movement, started by the Muslims in the southern Philippines after WWII, was not only a movement demanding separation, but also a nation-building attempt by the Muslim elites based on the national cohesion formed in the history. They tried to create legitimacy to the separatism movement by selecting the name of national symbol and rewriting the southern national history. However, the Molo national identity didn＇t reflect the muhi-cultural nature of the southern Philippines, and its defects and ...
