Wednesday 6 March 2013

INQUIRER.net: Filipino sultan’s quest sparks crisis in Malaysia

INQUIRER.net
Philippine News for Filipinos
Filipino sultan's quest sparks crisis in Malaysia
Mar 7th 2013, 03:31

MANILA, Philippines — Unlike many other Muslim royalties basking in grand palaces and opulent lifestyles, Sultan Jamalul Kiram III's kingdom sits in a rundown two-story house in a poor Islamic community in Manila, the only hint of power and glory is the title attached to his name.   "I'm the poorest sultan in the world," the ailing Kiram, 74, told The Associated Press in an interview in his residence in Maharlika village in the Philippine capital.   Although largely forgotten and dismissed as a vestige from a bygone era, Kiram's sultanate, once based in the southern province of Sulu, has sparked the biggest security crisis in Malaysia and the Philippines in de...

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