'Abu Sayyaf Group Essay\r'

'Abdurajak Janjalani’s religious and semipolitical thoughts provided the basis for ASG’s original ideology.23 The sign premise for creating the group was for a Muslim Mujahideen that would be committed to â€Å"a struggle in the cause of Allah” or â€Å"fighting and dying for the cause of Islam.”24 To his ASG followers Janjalani was more than a leader, he provided their ideological path and enlightenment.\r\nJanjalani was well ameliorate and knowledgeable of various areas that impacted the Muslim population in the Philippines. These included the historical, religious, economic, political, and hearty conditions that existed at the time25 and it was his aim to build his image of an Islamic state in the southerly Philippines to improve those conditions.26 Funding to initiate and control the movement in the beginning was supposedly supplied by Mohammed Jamal Khalifa, Osama bin Laden’s brother-in-law.27 This was the first reported link to Al Qaeda .\r\nLater, in 1992, Janjalani and his group established an positive headquarters in Isabela, Basilan naming the battalion Al-Madinah Mujahideen, but the camp was captured by the Philippine Marines in 1993 forcing ASG to relocate and establish a new base in Patikul, Sulu. This fostered greater cooperation and alliance with Ghalib Andang who led the Sulu-based unit of the ASG.28 works together the combined ASG forces began an assertive recruiting exploit to expand their manpower, acquire arms and munitions, and began the stipendiary series of fund-raising activities in kidnappings and demanding high ransoms.29\r\n in the first place his death in 1998, Janjalani delivered eight home ideological messages called Khutbahs. These Khutbahs are regarded as first sources of his radical Islamic thought and show the depth of his Abu Sayyaf . . .5 understanding of Wahabi Islam. One of the Khutbahs open(a) an intense resentment of Christian missionaries in Mindanao, especially those reg arded as criticizing Islam. His interpretation was that â€Å"aggressive preaching of Christian missionaries in Mindanao thereof insulted Islam and provoked Muslims to respond violently. As a result, the bombing of the Christian missionary send M/V Doulos in 1991 was requital against Christian missionaries who used derogatory words against Islam and called Allah a false God.”\r\n'