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Bookmark or Share- Philippines unrest: Who are the Abu Sayyaf group? - BBC NewsAbu Sayyaf is one of the smallest and most violent jihadist groups in the southern Philippines. Its name means "bearer of the sword" and it is notorious for kidnapping for...
- Abu Sayyaf - WikipediaAbu Sayyaf (/ ˈ ɑː b uː s ɑː ˈ j ɑː f / ⓘ; Arabic: جماعة أبو سياف; Jamāʿat Abū Sayyāf, ASG), [25] officially known by the Islamic State as the Islamic State – East Asia Province, [26] is a Jihadist militant and pirate group that follows the Wahhabi doctrine of Sunni Islam.
- Abu Sayyaf Group (Philippines, Islamist separatists)Abu Sayyaf, whose name means "bearer of the sword" in Arabic, is a militant organization based in the southern Philippines. It seeks a separate Islamic state for the country’s Muslim...
- National Counterterrorism Center | Groups - DNIThe Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG) is the most violent of the Islamic separatist groups operating in the southern Philippines and claims to promote an independent Islamic state in western Mindanao and the Sulu Archipelago.
- Abu Sayyaf Group | Islamic Militant Group in Philippines ...Abu Sayyaf Group, militant organization based on Basilan island, one of the southern islands in the Philippine archipelago. Beginning in the mid-1990s, the group, whose origins are somewhat obscure, carried out terrorist attacks in the Philippines, including a series of high-profile kidnappings in.
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