28 Facts About Domocao Alonto

Domocao Alonto served as a Senator of the Philippines and was elected as a delegate in the 1971 Constitutional Convention and 1986 Philippine Constitutional Commission.

Dr Domocao Alonto was born on August 1,1914, in Ditsaan-Ramain, Lanao del Sur.

Domocao Alonto was the eldest son of the six children of Senator Sultan Alauya Alonto of Ramain and Bai Hajja Amina Bariga Alangadi, a sixth-generation descendant of Sultan Muhammad Kudarat of Maguindanao.

Domocao Alonto then attended a government school in Lanao from 1921 to 1931 for his primary and secondary education.

Domocao Alonto earned his Fellowship in Arts, BA, and Doctorate in Law at the University of the Philippines in Manila, where he was a member of the Upsilon Sigma Phi fraternity.

Abdul Ghafur Madki Domocao Alonto served as Governor and Ambassador, and Tarhata Domocao Alonto served as Governor.

Domocao Alonto started working as a classroom teacher in Lanao del Sur.

Domocao Alonto then became a confidential writer for the National Information Board and the Department of the Interior.

Domocao Alonto then became the governor of Lanao Province during the caretaker government under Japanese rule.

Domocao Alonto was first elected representative of Lanao del Sur in 1953.

Domocao Alonto amended the Civil Service Law of 1959, recognizing the Islamic holidays 'Iid al-Fitr and 'Iid al-Adha.

Domocao Alonto authored the law dividing the old Lanao Province into Lanao del Norte and Lanao del Sur.

Domocao Alonto was a strong advocate for the passage of nationalization laws and co-authored the Retail Nationalization Law, subsequently defending it from repeal until incontrovertible proof was shown that the law was adverse to the national interest.

In Lanao del Sur, Domocao Alonto established the Ansar El Islam along with Sayyid Sharif Capt.

Domocao Alonto joined the opposition movement when dictator Ferdinand Marcos declared Martial Law in the Philippines.

In 1983, a series of meetings was held at the house of his nephew Abul Khayr Domocao Alonto to discuss the plight of the Muslims during the dictatorship.

Domocao Alonto was instrumental in bringing the issue about the plight of Muslim-Filipinos to the world stage.

Domocao Alonto represented Lanao del Sur during the 1971 Constitutional Convention.

Domocao Alonto then served as Assistant Floor Leader for the 1986 Constitutional Commission.

Domocao Alonto proposed the addition of the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao in the 1987 Constitution of the Philippines.

Domocao Alonto championed meaningful autonomy for Muslim Mindanao and Sulu as a remedy to resolving the Mindanao problem.

Domocao Alonto died on December 11,2002, in his home in Marawi City after a brief bout with cancer.

Domocao Alonto is known for his contributions to the spread and development of Islamic thought in the Philippines.

Domocao Alonto founded the Mindanao Islamic University which provides education for both Muslims and Christians.

Domocao Alonto founded the Mindanao Mosque and Islamic Center in Marawi City, the largest of its kind in the Philippines, and the Rajah Solaiman Mosque located in Binangonan, Rizal.

Domocao Alonto was a founding member of the Makkah-based World Muslim League, the Executive Council of the World Islamic Congress and the Central Council of the International Organization of Islamic Universities, and other Islamic organization based in the Philippines.

Domocao Alonto is the only Filipino to receive the King Faisal Foundation Award for Service to Islam.

In 2005, Domocao Alonto was included in "100 great Muslim Leaders of the 20th Century", published by the Institute of Objective Studies in New Delhi, India.