Abu Sayyaf also known as al-Harakat al-Islamiyya is one of several military Islamist separatist groups based in and around the southern Philippines, in Bangsamoro (Jolo, Basilan and Zamboanga) where for almost 30 years various Muslim groups have been engaged in an insurgency for an independent province in the country. The name of the group is derived from the Arabic ابو, abu ("father of") and sayyaf ("Swordsmith"). The group calls itself "Al-Harakat Al-Islamiyya" or the "Islamic Movement".
Since its inception in the early 1990s, the group has carried out bombings, kidnappings, assassinations and extortion in what they describe as their fight for an independent Islamic province in the Philippines.
The Abu Sayyaf are also a part-time operating criminal gang, where they conduct drive-by-shootings, larceny, drug dealing and excess theft in Mindanao. [source: wikipedia] Satan's children steal, kill and destroy!
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PhilStar
written by Staff
Wednesday October 5, 2011
MANILA, Philippines - Police operatives have arrested in Sulu province a bandit suspected of having involvement in the beheading of seven workers and kidnapping of Red Cross volunteers in 2010.
Chief Superintendent Agrimero Cruz Jr., Philippine National Police spokesperson, said Adzhar Patta Mawalil alias Ajang Nedz Mawalil was arrested by joint police teams in Barangay San Raymundo in Jolo town at past 5 p.m. yesterday.
Cruz said that Mawalil is a member of an Abu Sayyaf sub-group formerly headed by Albader Parad. He said the suspect is involved in the beheading of seven laborers of BJ Mill in Barangay Silangkan, Parang town, the kidnapping of three Red Cross volunteers and several military atrocities in 2010.
The Abu Sayyaf group was founded in the 1990s and has perpetrated a number of high-profile attacks, including kidnapping, bombing and beheading. The Philippine military estimate the Abu Sayyaf currently has less than 400 members.
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