The 500,000 Tausug, whose name means "people of the sea current", are known throughout the Philippines for their fierce piracy, slave trade, and political insurgency. They have never been content under the Phillipine government, and have carried on long-lasting guerrilla war-fare against it. The Tausug have a strong solidarity against "Christians" who they feel dominate them and repress their desire for a separate state. The Tausug are mainly farmers, fishermen and ship-builders...