WE,
BANGSAMOROS, WERE SOVEREIGN EVEN BEFORE THE 'DISCOVERY' OF
THE PHILIPPINES. THE SPANIARDS, AMERICANS AND FILIPINOS
WERE COLONIZERS AND HAVE NO RIGHT TO GOVERN US!
An
interview granted by Sultan Jamal ul-Azam of the Sulu Sultanate
to some French Visitors (The chief qadi, an Afghan, sits
behind the Sultan)
-- J. Montano, Voyage aux Philippines et en Malaisie (Paris,
1886)