The Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF; Arabic: جبهة تحرير مورو الإسلامية, romanized: Jabhat Taḥrīr Moro al-ʾIslāmiyyah) is an Islamist group based in Mindanao, Philippines, which sought an autonomous region of the Moro people from the central government. [2]

1 day ago · On January 22, 2025, the Philippine Army were on their way to escort a United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) team when they were attacked by armed men led Najal Buena and Oman Hajal Jali and are allegedly linked to the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) in Sumisip, Basilan, Philippines. [1] The attack occurred in the Bangsamoro region which is supervised by a transition government led ...

Oct 8, 2012 · The Moro Islamic Liberation Front is considered the country's largest Muslim rebel group. It was formed in 1981 after its leader, Salamat Hashim, split from the MNLF in 1978.

Aug 24, 2015 · The Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) is an Islamic separatist organization based in the southern Philippines. It seeks an independent Islamic state or autonomous region for the Filipino Muslim minority, known as the Moro people, who live primarily in the Philippines’ Mindanao region.

Nov 10, 2022 · Three soldiers and at least four rebels have been killed in fierce clashes between the Philippine Army and members of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front in the island province of Basilan.

In 1978, Sheikh Salamat Hashim established the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF), a splinter group of the MNLF seeking to establish an Islamic state. [84] Conflicts between these rebel groups and the Armed Forces of the Philippines continued …

Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF), Muslim separatist movement in the southern Philippines that has employed guerrilla tactics and violence in its campaign for the creation of an independent democratic, Islamic state.

Jun 16, 2015 · The Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) rebel group in the Philippines has handed over its first batch of weapons as part of a peace process.

6 days ago · The Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) signed a landmark peace deal with Manila in 2014, trading its insurgency for autonomous governance in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao ...

Sep 6, 2022 · The normalization — disarmament, demobilization and reintegration — of former combatants in the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) is a critical component of the peace process in southern Philippines.