Title: Discourse On Abu Sayyaf Group: A Secessionist Movement In Southern Philippines
Authors: Amon Rimamtanung Stephen
Dr. Gambo Matudi Ika
Volume: 7
Issue: 12
Pages: 218-227
Publication Date: 2023/12/28
Abstract:
The Islamic insurgency movement in southern Philippines has been ongoing since the initial colonization efforts of the Spanish. It has continued through the American, and later Philippine Republic controlled government, and is controlled by a number of indigenous groups with Christian orientation, that share the cultural identity of the Moro or the Filipino Muslims. Abu Sayyaf group, which is one of the smallest, but most violent Muslim movements in the Philippines, has conducted a series of terrorist attacks with the hope of establishing an autonomous Islamic republic. The attempts to establish by the group an Islamic state in the Southern Philippines have failed. The aims of this paper is to interrogate why the Abu Sayyaf group has deviated from its original aims of establishing or pursuing Islamic state ideology in southern Philippines and they resorted into various activities like piracy, kidnappings extortions, beheadings, and killings of people through abduction when their ransom demand were not paid, and their activities was described as un-Islamic. And this paper recommended that the Philippines Government should monitor the activities of non-governmental organization operating in southern Philippines because some are supporting the activities of the group, and also The government of Philippines, Malaysia, Singapore, and Indonesia should organized a joint military task force that will be patronizing the sea of southeast Asia, to stop the growing numbers of attacks on ships and Tankers passing through, the congested straits of Malacca, in other to disband the activities of the Abu sayyaf