Abu Sayyaf (/ ˈ ɑː b uː s ɑː ˈ j ɑː f / ⓘ; Arabic: جماعة أبو سياف; Jamāʿat Abū Sayyāf, ASG), [26] officially known by the Islamic State as the Islamic State – East Asia Province, [27] was a Jihadist militant and pirate group that followed the Wahhabi doctrine of Sunni Islam.

The Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG) is the most violent of the Islamic separatist groups operating in the southern Philippines and claims to promote an independent Islamic state in western Mindanao and the Sulu Archipelago.

The Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG) is a Philippines-based Islamic extremist organization with historical links to al-Qa‘ida. The group formed in 1991 when it splintered from the Moro Islamic Liberation Front, an insurgent group that made peace with the Philippine Government in 2014.

The Abu Sayyaf Group began as one such band of former guerrillas, led by Abdurajak Abubakar Janjalani, a charismatic former Islamic scholar who had traveled to Afghanistan in the 1980s to fight against the Soviet occupation.

2016年4月26日 · Abu Sayyaf is one of the smallest and most violent jihadist groups in the southern Philippines. Its name means "bearer of the sword" and it is notorious for kidnapping for...

2017年10月16日 · Abu Sayyaf is one of the smallest and most violent jihadist groups in the southern Philippines. Its name means "bearer of the sword" and it is notorious for kidnapping for...

The Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG) is an Islamist terrorist organization that seeks to establish an independent Islamic state in the southern Philippines. ASG is known for kidnapping innocents, including Westerners, for ransom, and beheading captives if their demands are not met.