Shortly after Spain's colonization of Cebu, Spaniard conquistadors and friars discovered significant Muslim presence on the island of Mindanao, having just expelled the Moors from Spain after centuries of fighting under the Reconquista, they immediately began the mass conversion of Mindanao natives to Roman Catholism.
Spaniard conquistadors and friars discovered significant Muslim presence on the island of Mindanao, having just expelled the Moors from Spain after centuries of fighting under the Reconquista, they immediately began the mass conversion of Mindanao natives to Roman Catholism. This was shortly after Spain's colonization of Cebu.