The Philippine government encouraged Filipino Christian settlers in Mindanao to form militias called Ilaga to fight the Moros . The Ilaga engaged in massacres and atrocities and were responsible for Manili massacre of 65 Moro Muslim civilians in a Mosque on June 1971 , including women and children . The Ilaga also engaged in cannibalism , cutting off the body parts of their victims to eat in rituals . The Ilaga settlers were given the sarcastic nickname as an acronym , the " Ilonggo Land Grabbers ' Association "
Manili massacre
Manili massacre
Settler colonialism