Abu Sayyaf is a terrorism group based in southern Philippines which seeks a separate Islamic state for the country where the Muslims are the minority. Abu Sayyaf is a terrorism group that also has ties with other terrorism groups such as Osama bin Laden's al-Qaeda network, as well as the Indonesian network of Jemaah Islamiyah.
Abu Sayyaf which also means “bearer of the sword” in Arabic is organised by Abdurajak Janjalani, a Philippine Muslim that who fought in the international Islamist brigade in Afghanistan during the Soviet occupation. The next leader was Khadaffy Janjalani, who took over the leadership position when his older brother Abdurajak was killed. Janjalani, who took over the leadership position when his older brother Abdurajak was killed in a gun fight with Philippine police in December 1998.
Abu Sayyaf has engaged in bombings, assassinations, kidnappings, and extortion from the time when it was formed. In February 2004, the group planted a bomb in a passenger ferry expolded at the coast of Manil and more than a hundred lives were lost. In August 2002, Abu Sayyaf kidnapped six Filipino Jehovah's Witnesses and beheaded two of them. In May 2001, Abu Sayyaf kidnapped twenty people, including three Americans, at a Philippine resort and demanded ransom paymen Abu Sayyaf beheaded one of the American hostages and held the other two Americans, a Christian missionary couple,on Basilan Island in the southern Philippines where they were killed later from gun-shoots.
Abu Sayyaf which also means “bearer of the sword” in Arabic is organised by Abdurajak Janjalani, a Philippine Muslim that who fought in the international Islamist brigade in Afghanistan during the Soviet occupation. The next leader was Khadaffy Janjalani, who took over the leadership position when his older brother Abdurajak was killed. Janjalani, who took over the leadership position when his older brother Abdurajak was killed in a gun fight with Philippine police in December 1998.
Abu Sayyaf has engaged in bombings, assassinations, kidnappings, and extortion from the time when it was formed. In February 2004, the group planted a bomb in a passenger ferry expolded at the coast of Manil and more than a hundred lives were lost. In August 2002, Abu Sayyaf kidnapped six Filipino Jehovah's Witnesses and beheaded two of them. In May 2001, Abu Sayyaf kidnapped twenty people, including three Americans, at a Philippine resort and demanded ransom paymen Abu Sayyaf beheaded one of the American hostages and held the other two Americans, a Christian missionary couple,on Basilan Island in the southern Philippines where they were killed later from gun-shoots.
I feel that Abu Sayyaf is crueal as they kidnapped twenty people, including three Americans, at a Philippine resort and demanded ransom paymen Abu Sayyaf beheaded one of the American hostages and held the other two
ReplyDeleteAbu Sayyaf has misused the religion Islam in order to do terrorism. I also can see that Abu Sayyaf is an organised terrorist groups. I also feel that they had made the tourism industry in Philippines unfavourable and hence, this will surely impact the economy. Hence, we can see that terrorist attacks can happen anywhere, and therefore we should be vigilent..
ReplyDeleteYes, i do agree that Abu Sayyaf, this religious organised terrorit group is really very cruel!
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ReplyDeleteI think Abu Sayyaf is consiste of the islamtic extremists.It is impossible to isolate themselves from the world.They should understand other religion and people who have different culture background. The world does know their existence.
ReplyDeletei think that the Abu Sayyaf are using Islam as an excuse for their terror attacks and they want the world to take notice of them. However, i feel that these actions are too extreme. If they want to make a stand and fight for what they want, they should use more peaceful methods and this might even give them a better chance of negotiating a deal.
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