Tausug

Tausug, one of the largest of the Muslim (sometimes called Moro) ethnic groups of the southwestern Philippines. They live primarily in the Sulu Archipelago, southwest of the island of Mindanao, mainly in the Jolo island cluster. There are, however, significant migrant (or immigrant) communities of Tausug in Malaysia and Indonesia, particularly on the northeastern coast of the island of Borneo. In the early 21st century the Tausug in the Philippines numbered roughly 900,000; in Malaysia...