(Margarita “Tingting” Cojuangco has had a long and varied career as a politician, government official, civic worker and scholar of Philippine history. She is known for her work among Muslim communities and was involved in the peace talks with the Moro National Liberation Front. She contributed this piece on how Filipino jihadists became involved in the creation of a Islamic State in the Philippines, which will be serialized in succeeding issues of the Manila Times.)