The Rajah Sulaiman Movement was an organization in the
Philippines
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, founded in the late 1990s.
[Philippines arrests key militants]
Its membership consisted of Filipino Christians
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who had converted to Islam. - BBC.com[Ticking Time Bombs]
- msnbc.com According to the Philippine government, the group's militants were trained and financed by
Jemaah Islamiah and
Abu Sayyaf
Abu Sayyaf (; , ASG), officially known by the Islamic State as the Islamic State – East Asia Province, was a Jihadist militant and piracy, pirate group that followed the Wahhabi doctrine of Sunni Islam. It was based in and around Jolo and B ...
, a terrorist group with links to the
Al-Qaeda
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.
[
On October 16, 2024, the group's founder Hilarion Del Rosario Santos III, was convicted by a Philippine court for participating in the 2000 Sipadan kidnappings and was sentenced to life imprisonment.][{{cite news , last=Ayalin , first=Adrian , url=https://news.abs-cbn.com/regions/2024/10/21/17-abu-sayyaf-men-found-guilty-over-2000-sipadan-kidnapping-1013 , title=17 Abu Sayyaf men found guilty over 2000 Sipadan kidnapping , work=]ABS-CBN News
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, date=October 21, 2024 , access-date=October 21, 2024
See also
* History of the Philippines
* Religious terrorism
Religious terrorism (or, religious extremism) is a type of religious violence where terrorism is used as a strategy to achieve certain religious goals or which are influenced by religious beliefs and/or identity.
In the modern age, after the d ...
References
External links
Philippines Terrorism: The Role of Militant Islamic Converts
Terrorism in the Philippines