I thought the Phillipnes went muslim some time again. (Semi sarc)
Actually, you’re not far from wrong.
In 2012 it was estimated by the National Commission on Muslim Filipinos (NCMF) stated that there were 10.7 million Muslims, or approximately 11 percent of the total population. Most Muslims live in parts of Mindanao, Palawan, and the Sulu Archipelago – an area known as Bangsamoro or the Moro region. The Philippines proudly boast to be the only Christian nation in Asia. More than 86 percent of the population is Roman Catholic, 6 percent belong to various nationalized Christian cults while the Bangsa Moro, the Muslim population of the Philippines, forms the largest non-Catholic group in the country. This comprises of about 7% (as of August 2017) of the total Philippine population.
But over 10 to 15 million is still a large group to be reckoned with and they are a large problem in the region with terrorist actions like in 2013 when Philippine troops had to battle their way into coastal villages in the south where Muslim rebels had held scores of residents hostage in a six-day standoff, sparking fierce clashes that had killed 56 people and displaced more than 60,000. The baggage with having Muslims is terrorism. And it is growing in the region.
rwood