Omar Pasigan Explained

Religion:	Islam
Omar Pasigan
Post:	Grand Mufti of Central Mindanao
Honorific Prefix:	Shiekh
Nationality:	Filipino

Sheikh Omar Pasigan was a Muslim Filipino Islamic scholar who served as the Grand Mufti of Central Mindanao.^{[1] [2]}

Pasigan is one of the founders of the Moro National Liberation Front, and later the breakaway group – the Moro Islamic Liberation Front.^[3]

As grand mufti, he had issued multiple fatwa. In 2004, he clarified that Islam is not against family planning. The edict prohibits abortion but allows all forms of contraception that are permitted under sharia.^{[1] [4]} In 2010, declaring smoking and promoting cigarettes as haram.^[5]

A graduate of the Al-Azhar University in Cairo, Pasigan established the Mahad al-Ulum al-Islamia, the largest madrasa in Cotabato City.^[6]

He died on November 20, 2018.^[7]

Notes and References

1. News: Islam fatwah on RH, key in helping poor Muslims . 8 July 2023 . Philippine Information Agency . 12 March 2004.
2. The Growing Influence of Salafism in Muslim Mindanao . IPAC Report . 8 January 2010 . 61 . 10 .
3. Book: A History of Struggle For Peace of The Bangsamoro: Shaping The Future Bangsamoro Museum of Peoples’ History . The International Coalition of Sites of Conscience . 10 . 8 July 2023.
4. News: Councilor supports reproductive health clinic . 8 July 2023 . SunStar . 12 January 2010 . en.
5. News: Filipino Muslims forbidden to smoke, trade cigarettes . 8 July 2023 . ABS-CBN News . 23 June 2010.
6. Book: McKenna . Thomas M. . Muslim Rulers and Rebels: Everyday Politics and Armed Separatism in the Southern Philippines . 1998 . University Of California Press . 199 . 8 July 2023 . Unarmed Struggle.
7. News: Hamid . Abdul . Bangsamoro mourns the demise of Former Mufti Omar Pasigan . 7 July 2023 . Luwaran . 21 November 2018.