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Proselytization
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Proselytization

On 1540’s the Portuguese would start their plans in spreading christianity to Japan due to Francis Xavier meeting Anjiro in 1549 and started the evangelization of Japan, after Francis Xavier left Japan in 1550's, Anjiro would be driven out into piracy and he would die in the sea, Christianity would be promoted by a handful of missionaries from Portugal who arrived in Japan via Macau, since the Christianity is a significant minority they would not influence the Japanese themselves and the Shoguns would not treat it as a threat even by 1570.

On 1570, the Muslims have already completely converted the coastal and bay regions of Saludong except for the area of Sambals the initial areas where islam became the only religion whose initial areas are the towns of Faru, Makabebe and Binalatongan in the early 16th century due to peace agreement with the Bruneians have made after the invasion of Tondo a couple of decades ago, in the end of the decade the Muslims would completely proselytize the regions of the lower banks of Matalag and Kayakayam which are the tributaries of River Kahayan or Bannag in the town of Piat and Kaboloan to Islam and the Sultanate of Saludong is established with the center in Macabebe in the 1580’s and they would adopt the Jawi or Arabic Alphabet as their writing system and due to the previous ruler being of the same dynasty and the conversion of Kaboloan would the temporal absorbtion of Kaboloan by 1590 to the Sultanate of Saludong, however the rulers of Kaboloan would be made as peers as they are of the same dynasty, the Muslim evangelization would cause the Kaboloan encroachment of the Sambals to the West and the South by the people of Kaboloan, their relations with the Sultanate of Mataram and Aceh would strengthen since 1590 and starting the 1580's the Wukou of Japan would encounter the Muslims in Saludong, the muslims would isolate the Hindus who live inland.

The Kingdom of Dapitan was at war with the Sultanate of Ternate in the Moluccas in 1563 which are also raiding Butuan and the other Visayan realms would also have conflicts with the muslims in Sulu and Mindanao as well, the Kingdom of Dapitan would have an alliance with Portugal due to the muslims being a threat to them, however in this point the prosetylization of Muslims in Mindanao and Sulu have been advanced and most of Southern Coastal Mindanao have been majority Muslim by 1580 like in Saludong.

The Kingdoms of Bali, Sunda became completely Christianized by the 1580’s and the Portuguese would completely Christianize their colonies in the east of Bali and the lesser Sunda islands especially have been Christianized and under Portuguese control in the 1580’s.

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