Bangsamoro Darul Ifta'
The Bangsamoro Darul Ifta' is an Islamic advisory council which has jurisdiction over the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao.
History
The Regional Darul Ifta of Bangsamoro was created during the existence of the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao. Then-ARMM Regional Governor Mujiv Hataman institutionalized Islamic jurisconsult in the region when he issued Executive Order No. 9, series of 2014, in September 2013, creating a transitional office of the jurisconsult that would oversee religious activities in the ARMM as well as the propagation of Islam. The office was temporary, with the ARMM Regional Legislative Assembly considering the establishment of a permanent jurisconsult body.The Muslim Mindanao Autonomy Act No. 323, signed by Governor Hataman in 2015, superseded Executive Order 9 and formally established the Regional Darul Ifta’ of the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao as the Islamic religious authority responsible for issuing religious opinions and addressing matters concerning the Muslim population of the region. The implementing rules and regulations for this law took effect in March 2017.
The Islamic body continued to operate when the ARMM was succeeded by the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao. In its present structure, the RDI is largely headed by scholars identified with the Salafi–Wahhabi orientation, reflecting a more conservative approach to Islamic jurisprudence and governance within the BARMM. Nevertheless, several traditionally trained Sunni scholars particularly those educated at Al-Azhar University and adhering to the Ashʿarī creed and Shafi‘i school—continue to serve within the council, ensuring the representation of Azhari Sunni perspectives alongside contemporary reformist views. Its counterpart in western mindanao is the Grand Mufti of Darul Ifta Region 9 and Palawan.