By Joe Fernandez
The only reason Muslim Sultans in southeast Asia
claim to be royals is because they were previously Hindu rajahs.
Example: Parameswara in Malacca.
In Islam itself, a Sultan is
not royal but was democratically elected by the local ummah to be their
spiritual head. These democratic elections in the Middle East were
subsequently stopped somewhere along the way and/or partly by western
intervention and colonialism which wanted puppet rulers.
Anyone
who claims to be the Sultan of Sulu is the Father of All Liars ... Even
if any claimant produces a DNA report to trace direct descent as heir to
the so-called "throne", the "territorial" claim is sheer nonsense under
international law. It's also a distortion of history, the concept of
democracy, the rule of law and sovereignty.