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03/09/2015

Abu Sayyaf (DIEEEINV06-2015)

Abu Sayyaf is one of the radical Islamic groups fighting for the creation of an Islamic state in the southern Philippines. The difference with others who have worked there for decades is the proximity to the thesis of global Jihad. Its founder, Abubakar Janjalani, spread the Wahhabism among the population and combatants frustrated by the other rebel groups. So, despite not being the largest group or the most supported by the southern Philippine society, contacts with Al Qaeda and Jemaah Islamiyah, his terrorist activities and their regional objectives make this small group one of the most difficult for the Philippine government to defeat. Its weakness, however, lies in a tendency to fall into common crime such as kidnappings and piracy.

Author: Jesús Blanco Alonso

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