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9.14.2006

Santanina Rasul




Santanina Rasul
AKA Santanina Tillah-Rasul


  • 1st Filipina Muslim Senator (1987)



QUOTE

“We must continue to destroy the prejudices of the past and begin to remake the history of the Filipino people without the social barriers that tend to divide us.”



DATE OF BIRTH
September 14, 1930

BIRTHPLACE
Siasi, Sulu, Philippines


HUSBAND: Abraham Rasul
Santanina and Abraham have six children.


USEFUL LINKS

Senator Profile of Santanina Rasul
The Legacy of Islam in the Philippines


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