ABU SAYYAF

Ang Abu Sayyaf ang kinikilalang pinakabayolenting grupo ng mga

nasyonalistang muslim sa Mindanao. Kilala sila dahil sa ibat-ibang klase
ng krimen na naging paraan nila upang mabuhay at makapagpatuloy sa
kanilang mga gawain. Layunin din nila ang mga estadong muslim sa
kanlurang bahagi ng Mindanao at ang kapuluan ng Sulu ay mahiwalay sa
Pilipinas.

Ang teroristang Abu Sayyaf ay nahiwalay galing sa Moro Islamic

Liberation Front (MNLF) noong 1990. Mula noon, ang mga bandidong ito
ay lagi ng sangkot sa pangingidnap, asasinasyon, pambobomba, at
pagpaslang. Sinasabing ang grupong ito ay nakikipagsanib pwersa sa mga
Jemaah Islamiya (JI) na kilala ring terorista sa ibang bansa. Kasalukuyang
pinagtataguan ng grupong ito ang kabundukan ng Basilan, Sulu, at
Tawi-Tawi. Ang iba naman ay sa kalat-kalat na lugar ng Rehiyong
ARMM. Minsan ang mga ito’y pumupunta rin ng Luzon dahil sa ibat-ibang
teroristang layunin.

Naging sentro ng usapan ang Abu Sayyaf noong Abril 2000 kung saan ang
grupong ito ay nasangkot sa pangingidnap ng 21 katao kasama na dito ang
sampung taga kanlurang bahagi ng mundo (westerners) sa isang Malaysian
resort. Makalipas ang isang taon kinidnap naman ng mga ito ang 3
amerikano at 17 ka Pilipino sa isang resort sa Palawan, sakop ng Pilipinas,
na sa di kalauna’y pinatay nila ang iba sa mga ito kasama ang isang
amerikano.

Noong Pebrero ng taong 2004, ang lider ng grupo na si Khadafi Janjalani

kasama ng kanyang pangkat ay nasangkot sa pambobomba sa isang barko
sa baybayin ng Maynila na pumatay ng 116 katao. Matapos ang isang taon,
sunod-sunod na naman ng pambobomba ang ginawa ng grupo sa mga lugar
ng Manila, General Santos, at Davao na nagresulta ng 8 patay at 150
kataong sugatan. Ang pangkat ni Janjalani ay namalagi sa Sulu sa taong
2006 matapos hantingin ng pamahalaan at nakipagsanib pwersa doon sa
mga muslim na sumusuporta sa gawain ng Abu Sayyaf na siya ring
sumusuporta sa mga myembro ng Jemaah Islamiya galing ng Indonesia.

Ilang myembro naman ng ASG kasama ng MILF ay nakipagbakbakan sa

mga militar sa isla ng Basilan noong hulyo ng taong 2007 na pumatay ng
14 katao. Buwan ng nobyembre sa parehong taon, isang motorsiklo ang
sumabog sa labas ng Kongreso na naging sanhi ng pagkakamatay ng isang
kongresista at tatlong empleyado. Tatlong myembro ng ASG ang inaresto
matapos ang ilang sunod-sunod sa pagsasaliksik sa mga lungga ng mga
bandidong grupo sa Metro Manila.

Hindi pa makontento ang grupo at noong Enero 2009, kinidnap ng grupo

ang tatlong myembro ng International Red Cross sa probinsya ng Sulu, at
nasa kamay ng mga ito ang isang hostage sa loob ng anim na buwan. Isang
bakbakan sa Jolo, Sulu laban sa mga militar ang naging sanhi ng
pagkamatay ng isang bayolenteng kumander ng ASG na si Albader Parad
pero di parin nabuyag ang grupo at gumawa pa ng pangingidnap noong
2011 at pinagpalit sa ransom. Parehong taon ding iyon sangkot parin ang
ASG sa ibat-ibang pambobomba, pagpatay, at kidnapping sa ibat-ibang
lugar sa Mindanao kasama na Sulu, Zamboanga at Basilan Island.

MILF

Ang Moro Islamic Liberation Front o MILF ay isang grupong

separatista sa Timog Pilipinas. Aktibo sila sa Timog na bahagi
ng Mindanao, kapuluan ng Sulu, Palawan, Basilan at Borneo ang mga
katabing pulo.
Ang MILF ay itinatag ni Salamat Hashim, na itinaguyod ang isang
konserbatibong klase ng Islam na naimpluwensahan ng Wahhabism.Sila
sa MILF 1950, inayon ang mga salita ni Qutb na dalhin ang isang jihad o
kabanalang digmaan laban sa "kolonyal na militar ng Pilipinas" na
pinagbintangan ng krimen laban sa Muslim sa rehiyon na iyon. Namatay
si Salamat , at ipinalit siya ni Al Haj Murad Ebrahim.

AL-QAEDA
Ang Al-Qaeda (bigkas: /ælˈkaɪdə/ or IPA: /ælˈkeɪdə/; Arabe: ‫القاعدة‬, al-qā
ʿidah, "ang base"), binabaybay ring al-Qaida at minsa'y al-Qa'ida, ay
isang grupong Islamiko na naitatag noong pagitan ng Agosto 1988[5] at
huling yugto ng 1989/maagang 1990.[6] Ang operasyon nito ay bilang
isang kawing-kawing na binubuo ng parehong multinasyonal, at walang
estadong hukbo[7]

ISIS

The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL, IPA: /ˈaɪsɪl/), also
known as the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria[note
1] (ISIS/ˈaɪsɪs/),[47] Islamic State (IS) and by its Arabic language
acronym Daesh (Arabic: ‫ داعش‬dāʿish, IPA: [ˈdaːʕɪʃ]),[48][49] is a Salafi
jihadist militant group and unrecognised proto-state that follows
a fundamentalist, Wahhabi doctrine of Sunni Islam.[50][51] ISIL gained
global prominence in early 2014 when it drove Iraqi government
forces out of key cities in its Western Iraq offensive,[52]followed by
its capture of Mosul[53] and the Sinjar massacre.[54]
This group has been designated a terrorist organisation by the United
Nations and many individual countries. ISIL is widely known for its
videos of beheadings[55] of both soldiers and civilians, including
journalists and aid workers, and its destruction of cultural heritage
sites.[56] The United Nations holds ISIL responsible for human rights
abuses and war crimes and Amnesty International has charged the group
with ethnic cleansing on a "historic scale" in northern Iraq.[57]
ISIL originated as Jama'at al-Tawhid wal-Jihad in 1999, which pledged
allegiance to al-Qaeda and participated in the Iraqi insurgency following
the 2003 invasion of Iraq by Western forces. The group proclaimed itself
a worldwide caliphate[58][59] and began referring to itself as the Islamic
State (‫ اإلسالمية الدولة‬ad-Dawlah al-Islāmiyah) or IS[60] in June 2014. As a
caliphate, it claims religious, political and military authority over
all Muslims worldwide.[61] Its adoption of the name Islamic State and its
idea of a caliphate have been widely criticised, with the United Nations,
various governments and mainstream Muslim groups rejecting
its statehood.[62]
In Syria, the group conducted ground attacks on both government
forces and opposition factions and by December 2015 it held a large area
in western Iraq and eastern Syria containing an estimated 2.8 to 8 million
people,[63][64] where it enforced its interpretation of sharia law. ISIL is
now believed to be operational in 18 countries across the world, including
Afghanistan and Pakistan, with "aspiring branches" in Mali, Egypt,
Somalia, Bangladesh, Indonesia and the Philippines.[65][66][67][68] As
of 2015, ISIL was estimated to have an annual budget of more than US$1
billion and a force of more than 30,000 fighters.[69]
In July 2017, the group lost control of its largest city, Mosul, to the Iraqi
army.[70] Following this major defeat, in August 2017 ISIL continued to
lose territory to the various states and other military forces allied against
it, resulting in significant territorial losses for ISIL in the areas of Syria
and Iraq.[71]

BIFF
The Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters (BIFF), also known as
the Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Movement,[3] is an Islamist militant
organization based in Mindanao, the Philippines. They are a smaller
player in the overall Moro insurgency in the Philippines and are mostly
active in Maguindanao and other places in central Mindanao. It is a
breakaway group from the Moro Islamic Liberation Front founded
by Ameril Umbra Kato.[4]
Kato broke with the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) in 2008
because he disagreed with the MILF's acceptance of autonomy rather than
full independence.[4][5] In 2008, after the Philippine Supreme
Court nullified the Memorandum of Agreement on Ancestral
Domain signed by the Philippine government and the MILF, Kato led a
contingent of MILF fighters in an attack against civilians.[6] In December
2010, Kato formed the BIFF.[4] He claimed to have 5,000 fighters but the
government said that he had only 300.[4] It wasn't until August 2011 that
the MILF recognized the break and declared the BIFF a "lost
command".[4]
The BIFF rejected the 2012 Framework Agreement on the Bangsamoro, a
preliminary peace agreement signed between the Government of the
Philippines and the MILF, and vowed to continue their fight.[3][7][8] In
January 2014, after the final annexes of the Framework Agreement were
signed, the Armed Forces of the Philippines launched Operation
Darkhorse against the BIFF. The army captured the BIFF's main camp
in Barangay Ganta, Shariff Saydona Mustapha, Maguindanao which
reportedly had 500 fighters.[9]
On February 4, 2014, the Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF)
commander Habib Mujahab Hashim confirmed reports that the BIFF had
forged an alliance with his group.[10]
Along with the MILF, on January 25, 2015, the BIFF was involved in
the 2015 Mamasapano clash, leading to the deaths of 44 members of SAF,
18 from MILF and 5 from the BIFF. Following the event, the group
engaged in some clashes against the AFP, prompting AFP Chief of
Staff Gregorio Pio Catapang to announce in late February 2015 an all-out
offensive against the BIFF.[11] The offensive resulted in more than 100
casualties in the BIFF. They also suffered a split when a commander
Tambako, formed the Justice for Islamic Movement to protect the foreign
militants hiding in BIFF controlled areas. He was captured in General
Santos City trying to escape the law.[12]
After founder Ameril Umbra Kato's death, BIFF's former vice-chairman
for political affairs, Ismael Abubakar alias "Bongos," took over leadership
of the group.[1]Among the first moves of BIFF under Abubakar was the
bombing of an outpost of the Philippine Army and two different
detachments of the Special Action Force (SAF) in Maguindanao on April
19, 2015.[13]
The group suffered another split, when Ustadz Karialan left and built
another group after disagreements between members regarding ISIL
ideology.
An unknown number of fighters from the group fought alongside other
jihadist groups against the Philippine government in Marawi

MAUTE
The Maute group ([mɐʔutɪ] or [mɐʔute̞ ]), also known as the Islamic
State of Lanao,[2] is a radical Islamist group composed of former Moro
Islamic Liberation Front guerrillas and some foreign fighters[3] led
by Abdullah Maute, the alleged founder of a Dawlah Islamiya, or Islamic
state based in Lanao del Sur, Mindanao, Philippines.[4] The group was
involved in a clash with Philippine Army troops in February 2016 that led
to the capture of their headquarters in Butig, Lanao del Sur.[5][6] There
were reports that Omar Maute, Abdullah's brother, was killed in that
clash.[7] There are also reports to the contrary, claiming that he escaped
before the camp was overrun and is still alive;[8] video footage found on
a cellphone captured by Philippine government troops during the Marawi
crisis indicates this to be true.[9] Since then the group, which a Philippine
Army brigade commander characterized as terrorist,[10] has been
conducting a protection racket in the remote settlements of Butig.[4]