The Sulu Archipelago and its people, by Sixto Y. Orosa ...

THE MOHAMMEDAN SUIT

administration of justice. A Filipino physician, resident
in Jolo, had a regretable experience not long ago. He
lost his pocket money and asked the justice of the peace
to issue a search warrant that the house of the suspect
might be gone through.. The suspect's name happened
to be Usman, and the house of another man of the
same name was searched. The latter, besides being
innocent, was a friend of the physician, to whom he
came the next day and told how aggrieved he was.
Similar mistakes have been made in arrests and prosecutions. Immnediate correction is needed, and this can be
arrived at by having the individual adopt the name of
his mother and father as second and third names,
respectively. An excellent start could be made in the
schools, although legislation may be necessary. A
Sulu generally will not give his own name, as he considers it degrading to do so, but he will ask a conipanion to give the name for him. Some parents cannot
remember the names of their own chil(ren, perhaps on
account of the number, Parents do not keep track of
the ages of their children.
RELIGION
The Moharnmedan Sulus believe in one God, whose
prophet is Mohammned and whose revelations are
contained in the Koran. Most of them have a very
scant knowledge of religion, but the little they know
they stick to fanatically. The prohibitions of pork and
of alcoholic beverages are generally known and observed. The old idea of making war against Christians
has lost favor. Not a few of the lower classes place
their reliance less on Mohammed and the Koran than