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and in case of conflicts, recommend to the President appropriate action
under the circumstances;
(n) Provide legal and technical services for the survey, adjudication, titling,
and development of Muslim Filipino ancestral lands and settlements
proclaimed by the government for the Muslim Filipinos and issue
certificate of ancestral land/domain title;
( 0 ) Administer
all programs, projects, and activities, formulate the necessary
rules and regulations, and coordinate with pertinent offices to ensure the
success of the annual Ha] (Pilgrimage) to Mecca, Kingdom of Saudi
Arabia;
(p) Promote the development of a HajjAssistance Fund that shall be created
from contributions of Muslim Filipinos and other donors and which shall
be used to support the financial needs of Muslim Filipinos intending to
participate in the annual HaJ
(9) Administer and hold in trust awqaf(endowment) properties and/or awqaf
institutions, and receive by way of grant, donations or gifts, awqaf
investments in accordance with the principles of Islamic investments and
finance;
(r) Prescribe rules and regulations for the establishment of awqafinstitutions,
administration of awqafassets, and settlement of disputes among awqaf
beneficiaries pursuant to the general principles of Shari’ah (Islamic Law);
(s) Formulate and adopt continuing programs and activities to strengthen
Madaris schools, Islamic Studies, and Shari‘ah and Islamic jurisprudence,
in coordination with appropriate agencies of the government.
(t) Promote and supervise, in coordination with appropriate agencies of the
government, the implementation of the Madrasah education system
throughout the country except in the Autonomous Region in Muslim
Mindanao (ARMM) where the system shall be implemented and
supervised by the Department of Education-ARMM;
and provide
assistance in the expeditious accreditation of Madrasah educational
institutions with the appropriate agencies of the government;
(u)Ensure that the curriculum of the Madrasah education system shall
conform with the basic curriculum of the national formal education system
which along with teachings on Arabic Language, Islamic Studies, and
Filipino and Islamic Values shall include, among others, the subjects on
Filipino and English Grammar and Usage, Philippine History and
Geography, Science and Technology, Mathematics, Physical Education
and Sports Development, and Vocational Education to secure the local