Abu Sayeff
Thanks you. I thought it may have been Boko-Haram, yet not so sure. Thank you knarf.
ABU SAYYAF (noun)
Sense 1 Abu Sayyaf [BACK TO TOP]
Meaning:
A small gang of terrorist thugs claiming to seek a separate Islamic state for the Muslim minority in the Philippines; uses bombing and assassination and extortion and kidnapping
Classified under:
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects
Synonyms:
Abu Sayyaf; Bearer of the Sword
Context example:
In 2001 Abu Sayyaf kidnapped twenty people and beheaded one of the American captives
Instance hypernyms:
foreign terrorist organization; FTO; terrorist group; terrorist organization (a political movement that uses terror as a weapon to achieve its goals)
Domain category:
act of terrorism; terrorism; terrorist act (the calculated use of violence (or threat of violence) against civilians in order to attain goals that are political or religious or ideological in nature; this is done through intimidation or coercion or instilling fear)
Domain region:
Philippines; Republic of the Philippines (a republic on the Philippine Islands; achieved independence from the United States in 1946)
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thank you again.
Are the moros still active in the Phillipines?