Abu | Sayyaf

The group's professed mission is to establish an independent Islamic state in the southern Philippines, governed by Sharia law.

Founded in the early 1990s by Abdurajak Abubakar Janjalani , a former Islamic scholar who fought in the Soviet-Afghan War. abu sayyaf

It follows the Wahhabi doctrine of Sunni Islam and has historical ties to Al-Qaeda and Jemaah Islamiyah. Tactics and Operations The group's professed mission is to establish an