1 and remove cultural inequities by equitably diffusing wealth and political power for 2 the common good. 3 4 SEC. 3. Meaning of Discrimination. - The term “discrimination” as used in this Act 5 shall mean any distinction, exclusion or restriction made on the basis of ethnic origin or religious 6 aBliation or beliefs, which has the effect or purpose of impairing or nullifying the recognition, 7 enjoyment or exercise by them of their human rights and fundamental freedoms in the political, 8 economic, social, cultural, civil or any other field, especially including but not limited to, 9 employment, livelihood, housing, education and basic services. 10 11 12 SEC. 4. Definition of Terms.1 ) Ethnic origin includes race, national origin and eho-linguistics origin. 13 a. Indigenous People shall, as provided under Section 3(h), Chapter I1 of Republic 14 Act No. 8371 otherwise known as “The Indigenous People’s Rights Act of 1997” 15 (IPRA of 1997), refer to a group of people who are regarded as indigenous on 16 account of their descent from the populations which inhabited the country at the 17 time of conquest or colonization, or at the time of inroads of non-indigenous 18 religions and cultures, or the establishment of present state boundaries; who retain 19 some or all of their own social, economic, cultural and political institutions, but 20 who may have been displaced from their traditional domains or have resettled 21 outside their ancestral domains; 22 23 24 25 b. Mor0 People refers to the collective people belonging to the thirteen Ethnolinguistic groupings, who are largely of the Islamio faith. 2) Muslims refers to those who are followers of the Islamic Faith, whether from birth or by conversion. 2