Editing Abu Sayyaf (section)

{{Short description|Jihadist militant group in the Philippines}}
{{about|the Filipino Islamist group|individuals known as Abu Sayyaf and other uses|Abu Sayyaf (disambiguation)}}
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{{Use Philippine English|date=October 2023}}
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{{Infobox War Faction
| name             = Abu Sayyaf
| image            = Islamic State - East Asia Province.svg{{!}}class=skin-invert
| war              = [[Moro conflict]], [[Cross border attacks in Sabah]], [[War on Terror]], [[South Thailand insurgency]], [[Philippine drug war]], [[Siege of Marawi]]
| caption          = The logo of ISIL, which was adopted by Abu Sayyaf
| active           = 1989<ref>{{cite book|last=Banlaoi|first=Rommel|title=Al-Harakatul Al-Islamiyyah: Essays on the Abu Sayyaf Group, Terrorism in the Philippines from Al-Qaeda to ISIS|date=2019|publisher=Philippine Institute for Peace, Violence and Terrorism Research|location=Quezon City Philippines|oclc=828628004|page=215|edition=4th|url=https://www.academia.edu/40446207|access-date=October 5, 2019}}</ref>–2024<ref name="ASG dismantled">{{cite news|last=Mendoza |first=John Eric |title=Abu Sayyaf now 'dismantled' after over 30 years – Westmincom chief|url=https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/1922001/abu-sayyaf-now-dismantled-after-over-three-decades-says-westmincom-chief|access-date=23 March 2024|date=22 March 2024|newspaper=Philippine Daily Inquirer}}</ref><ref name="ASG destruction">{{cite web|title=Philippine police kill an Abu Sayyaf militant implicated in 15 beheadings and other atrocities|url=https://apnews.com/article/philippines-abu-sayyaf-rebel-killed-basilan-bf9e3ddfccc1983ca35668bc9ef9d44f|access-date=26 March 2024|date=26 March 2024|last=Gomez|first=Jim|work=Associated Press}}</ref>
| ideology         = [[Ideology of the Islamic State|Islamic Statism]]
| leaders          = [[Abdurajak Abubakar Janjalani]]{{KIA}}<br />[[Khadaffy Janjalani]]{{KIA}}<br />[[Abu Sabaya]]{{KIA}}<br />[[Jainal Antel Sali Jr.]]{{KIA}}<br />[[Albader Parad]]{{KIA}}<br />[[Isnilon Hapilon]]{{KIA}}<ref name="Abu Sayyaf leader swears oath of loyalty to ISIL" /><ref name="the War on ISIS">{{cite magazine|url=https://time.com/3723588/the-war-on-isis/|title=What Comes After the War on ISIS|author=David Von Drehle|magazine=[[Time (magazine)|Time]]|access-date=July 18, 2015|date=February 26, 2015}}</ref><br />Mahmur Japuri{{KIA}}<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.interaksyon.com/article/114276/abu-sayyaf-sub-leader-killed-in-sulu-encounter|title=Abu Sayyaf sub-leader killed in Sulu encounter|work=InterAksyon.com|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150717134424/http://www.interaksyon.com/article/114276/abu-sayyaf-sub-leader-killed-in-sulu-encounter|archive-date=July 17, 2015}}</ref><br />[[Hajan Sawadjaan]]{{KIA}}<br /> [[Radullan Sahiron]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://rewardsforjustice.net/rewards/radullan-sahiron/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130225160500/http://www.rewardsforjustice.net/index.cfm?page=sahiron&language=English|url-status=dead|title=Radullan Sahiron – Rewards For Justice|archive-date=February 25, 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.fbi.gov/wanted/wanted_terrorists/raddulan-sahiron/view|title=FBI – Raddulan Sahiron|work=FBI|access-date=November 13, 2014}}</ref>
| headquarters     = [[Jolo, Sulu|Jolo]], Sulu, Philippines<ref name="Abu Sayyaf stronghold">{{cite web|url=https://www.france24.com/en/20090508-jolo-stronghold-islamist-group-abu-sayyaf-|title=Jolo, stronghold of Islamist group Abu Sayyaf|work=France 24|date=May 8, 2009|access-date=January 28, 2019}}</ref>
| area             = 
| partof           = {{flag|Islamic State}}
| clans            = 
| size             = ≤20 members (April 2023 {{estimation}})<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.thestar.com.my/news/nation/2023/04/05/abu-sayyaf-a-threat-no-more|title=Abu Sayyaf a threat no more|last1=Vanar|first1=Muguntan|last2=Lee|first2=Stephanie|work=The Star|date=5 April 2023|access-date=December 24, 2024}}</ref>
| allies           = [[14K (triad)|14K]]<ref name="Miani 2011">{{cite book|author=Lino Miani|title=The Sulu Arms Market: National Responses to a Regional Problem|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=IWpYd_qYhc8C&pg=PA74|year=2011|publisher=Institute of Southeast Asian|isbn=978-981-4311-11-3|page=74}}</ref><br />{{flagicon image|AQMI Flag asymmetric.svg}} [[Maute group]]<br />{{flagicon image|Flag of Jihad.svg}} [[al-Qaeda]] (formerly)
| opponents        = {{flag|Philippines}}<ref name="PH terror group designation">{{cite news|url=http://www.iran-daily.com/News/126636.html|title=Abu Sayyaf declared as terrorist organization in Philippines|newspaper=Iran Daily|date=September 10, 2015|access-date=November 20, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151017062945/http://www.iran-daily.com/News/126636.html|archive-date=October 17, 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref> 
{{collapsible list|bullets = yes | title = Other combatants: 
| {{flag|Australia}}<ref name="AU terror group designation">{{cite web |url=http://www.nationalsecurity.gov.au/Listedterroristorganisations/Pages/AbuSayyafGroup.aspx |title=Australian National Security, Terrorist organisations, Abu Sayyaf Group|publisher=Australian Government|date=July 12, 2013|access-date=November 30, 2015|archive-date=December 24, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181224194939/https://www.nationalsecurity.gov.au/Listedterroristorganisations/Pages/AbuSayyafGroup.aspx}}</ref>
| {{flag|Brunei}}
| {{flag|Cambodia}} 
| {{flag|Canada}}<ref name="cpto">{{cite web|url=http://www.publicsafety.gc.ca/cnt/ntnl-scrt/cntr-trrrsm/lstd-ntts/crrnt-lstd-ntts-eng.aspx|title=Currently listed entities|publisher=Public Safety Canada|access-date=March 31, 2016|date=December 16, 2015}}</ref> 
| {{flag|China}}
| {{flag|East Timor}}
| {{flag|Fiji}} 
| {{flag|France}} 
| {{flag|Indonesia}}<ref name="kill Abu Sayyaf">{{cite web|url=http://m.nasional.rimanews.com/keamanan/read/20160329/270652/Indonesia-Tak-Boleh-Tunduk-Terhadap-Terorisme-Abus-Sayyaf-|archive-url=https://archive.today/20160425095842/http://m.nasional.rimanews.com/keamanan/read/20160329/270652/Indonesia-Tak-Boleh-Tunduk-Terhadap-Terorisme-Abus-Sayyaf-|archive-date=April 25, 2016|title=Indonesia Tak Boleh Tunduk Terhadap Terorisme Abus Sayyaf!|author=Febrianto|language=id|publisher=Rima News|date=March 29, 2016|url-status=usurped|access-date=March 30, 2016}}</ref> 
| {{flag|Japan}}<ref name=PSIA>{{cite web|url=http://www.moj.go.jp/psia/ITH/organizations/ES_E-asia_oce/ASG.html|title=Abu Sayyaf Group|publisher=Public Safety Intelligence Agency|access-date=July 16, 2017}}</ref>
| {{flag|Kiribati}} 
| {{flag|Laos}}
| {{flag|Malaysia}}<ref name="hunt down">{{cite news|url=http://www.dailyexpress.com.my/news.cfm?NewsID=104582|title=Hunt down the killers, CM tells Manila|newspaper=[[Daily Express (Malaysia)|Daily Express]]|date=November 19, 2015|access-date=November 20, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160403092239/http://www.dailyexpress.com.my/news.cfm?NewsID=104582|archive-date=April 3, 2016 }}</ref> 
| {{flag|Marshall Islands}} 
| {{flag|Federated States of Micronesia|name=Micronesia}} 
| {{flag|Mongolia}}
| {{flag|Myanmar}}
| {{flag|Nauru}} 
| {{flag|New Zealand}} 
| {{flag|North Korea}}
| {{flag|Palau}} 
| {{flag|Papua New Guinea}} 
| {{flag|Russia}}
| {{flag|Samoa}}
| {{flag|Singapore}} 
| {{flag|Solomon Islands}}
| {{flag|South Korea}}
| {{flag|Taiwan}} 
| {{flag|Thailand}} 
| {{flag|Tonga}} 
| {{flag|Tuvalu}} 
| {{flag|United Kingdom}}<ref name="Proscribed">{{cite act |title=[[Terrorism Act 2000]] |number=11 |year=2000 |article=2 |articletype=Schedule |url=http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2000/11/schedule/2}}</ref> 
| {{flag|United States}}<ref name="US terror group designation">{{cite web|url=http://www.gmanetwork.com/news/story/507386/news/nation/us-govt-lists-npa-abu-sayyaf-ji-among-foreign-terrorist-organizations-in-phl|title=US govt lists NPA, Abu Sayyaf, JI among foreign terrorist organizations in PHL|author=Joel Locsin|publisher=GMA News|date=June 20, 2015|access-date=November 20, 2015}}</ref> 
| {{flag|Vanuatu}} 
| {{flag|Vietnam}}<ref name="attack on fishermen">{{cite web|url=http://dtinews.vn/en/news/017004/36946/filipino-pirates-attack-vietnamese-fishermen-near-banggi.html|title=Filipino pirates attack Vietnamese fishermen near Banggi|work=Borneo Post|publisher=Dantri|date=October 16, 2014|access-date=April 3, 2016}}</ref><ref name="AS involved">{{cite web|url=http://www.thestar.com.my/news/nation/2014/10/16/abu-sayyaf-suspected-of-shooting-fishing-boat/|title=Abu Sayyaf suspected of shooting fishing boat|author=Stephanie Lee|work=The Star|date=October 16, 2014|access-date=April 3, 2016}}</ref> 
| {{flagicon image|MNLF flag.svg}} [[Moro National Liberation Front]]<ref name="MNLF against Abus">{{cite news|url=http://gulfnews.com/news/asia/philippines/mnlf-faction-helps-troops-in-hunt-for-abu-sayyaf-1.152911|title=MNLF faction helps troops in hunt for Abu Sayyaf|author=Gilbert Felongco|newspaper=Gulf News|date=January 30, 2007|access-date=August 12, 2016}}</ref> 
| {{flagicon image|Flag of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front.svg}} [[Moro Islamic Liberation Front]]<ref name="MILF against Abus">{{cite news|url=http://globalnation.inquirer.net/139216/milf-helps-in-hunt-for-abu-sayyaf-calls-ridsdel-beheading-anti-islam|title=MILF helps in hunt for Abu Sayyaf, calls Ridsdel beheading anti-Islam|author=Jeoffrey Maitem|newspaper=Philippine Daily Inquirer|date=May 3, 2016|access-date=August 12, 2016}}</ref> 
| {{flagicon image|Flag of Jihad.svg}} [[File:Flag of Islamic State of Indonesia.svg|23px]] [[Jemaah Islamiyah]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://thediplomat.com/2018/10/jemaah-islamiyah-still-southeast-asias-greatest-terrorist-threat/|title=Jemaah Islamiyah: Still Southeast Asia's Greatest Terrorist Threat|author=Singh, Bilveer|date=October 7, 2018|access-date=April 15, 2021|work=The Diplomat}}</ref> (until 2024)<ref>{{cite web 
|url=https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/indonesia-s-ji-terror-group-declares-dissolution-but-security-threat-remains-say-analysts 
|title=Indonesia's JI terror group declares dissolution, but security threat remains, say analysts 
|work=The Straits Times 
|date=3 July 2024 
|access-date=4 July 2024}}</ref>}}
}}

'''Abu Sayyaf''' ({{IPAc-en|audio=En-us-Abu Sayyaf from Philippines pronunciation (Voice of America).ogg|ˈ|ɑː|b|uː|_|s|ɑː|ˈ|j|ɑː|f}}; {{langx|ar|جماعة أبو سياف}}; ''{{transliteration|sem|Jamāʿat Abū Sayyāf}}'', '''ASG'''),<ref>{{cite web |last=Banlaoi |first=Rommel |title=Al Harakatul Al Islamiyah: Essays on the Abu Sayyaf Group |url=http://pipvtr.com/pipvtr/files/Book_AHAI_Essays_on_ASG_Book_Banlaoi_2008.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110824123839/http://pipvtr.com/pipvtr/files/Book_AHAI_Essays_on_ASG_Book_Banlaoi_2008.pdf |archive-date=August 24, 2011}}</ref> officially known by the [[Islamic State]] as the '''Islamic State – East Asia Province''',<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Zenn |first=Jacob |date=2019 |title=The Islamic State's Provinces on the Peripheries: Juxtaposing the Pledges from Boko Haram in Nigeria and Abu Sayyaf and Maute Group in the Philippines |journal=Perspectives on Terrorism |volume=13 |issue=1 |pages=87–104 |jstor=26590511 |issn=2334-3745}}</ref> was a [[Jihadist]] [[militant]] and [[piracy|pirate]] group that followed the [[Wahhabi]] doctrine of [[Sunni Islam]]. It was based in and around [[Jolo]] and [[Basilan]] islands in the southwestern part of the [[Philippines]], where for more than five decades, [[Moro people|Moro]] groups had been engaged in an [[insurgency]] seeking to make [[Moro Province]] independent. The group was considered violent<ref name="csis-AS">{{cite web|last1=Feldman|first1=Jack|title=Abu Sayyaf|url=http://csis.org/files/publication/111128_Fellman_ASG_AQAMCaseStudy5.pdf|publisher=Center for Strategic and International Studies|access-date=May 16, 2015|archive-date=April 17, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150417072952/http://csis.org/files/publication/111128_Fellman_ASG_AQAMCaseStudy5.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref> and was responsible for the Philippines' worst terrorist attack, the [[2004 SuperFerry 14 bombing|bombing of MV ''Superferry 14'' in 2004]], which killed 116 people.<ref name=banloai/> The name of the group was derived from Arabic {{Lang|ar-latn|[[Abu (Arabic term)|abu]]}} (أبو; "father of"), and {{Lang|ar-latn|sayyaf}} (سيّاف; "swordsmith").<ref name="24threlease">[https://www.fbi.gov/pressrel/pressrel06/mostwantedterrorists022406.htm FBI Updates Most Wanted Terrorists and Seeking Information – War on Terrorism Lists], ''FBI national Press Release'', February 24, 2006 {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100830144046/https://www.fbi.gov/pressrel/pressrel06/mostwantedterrorists022406.htm |date=August 30, 2010}}</ref> {{As of|2023|April}}, the group was estimated to have about 20 members,<ref name="ASG commander killed">{{cite web|url=https://www.thestar.com.my/news/nation/2021/06/13/abu-sayyaf-commander-linked-to-sabah-kidnappings-killed-by-philippines-forces|title=Abu Sayyaf commander linked to Sabah kidnappings killed by Philippines forces|last=Vanar|first=Muguntan|work=The Star|date=13 June 2021|access-date=24 December 2024|url-access=subscription}}</ref> down from 1,250 in 2000.<ref name="east-3">{{cite book|last1=East|first1=Robert|title=Terror Truncated: The Decline of the Abu Sayyaf Group from the Crucial Year 2002|date=2013|publisher=Cambridge Scholars Publishing|page=3|url={{google books |plainurl=y |id=pzgyBwAAQBAJ|page=2}}|access-date=May 17, 2015|isbn=9781443866699}}</ref> They used mostly [[improvised explosive device]]s, mortars and automatic rifles.

The group has carried out [[bombing]]s, [[kidnapping]]s, assassinations and [[extortion]].<ref name="banlaoi">{{Cite journal |last=Banlaoi |first=Rommel C. |author-link=Rommel Banlaoi |year=2006 |title=Abu Sayyaf Group: From Mere Banditry to Genuine Terrorism |url=https://muse.jhu.edu/article/399610 |journal=Southeast Asian Affairs |volume=2006 |issue=1 |pages=247–262 |doi=10.1355/SEAA06O|doi-broken-date=January 16, 2025 |url-access=subscription }}</ref> It has been involved in [[Organized crime|criminal]] activities, including rape, [[Child sexual abuse|child sexual assault]], [[forced marriage]],<ref>{{cite news |author=Mendez |first=Christina |date=May 25, 2002 |title=Deborah married to Sayyaf leader? |newspaper=The Philippine Star |url=https://www.philstar.com/headlines/2002/05/25/162110/deborah-married-sayyaf-leader |access-date=April 3, 2016}}</ref> [[drive-by shooting]]s and drug trafficking.<ref>{{cite book |last=Martin |first=Gus |author-link=C. Augustus Martin |year=2012 |title=Understanding Terrorism: Challenges, Perspectives, and Issues |publisher=Sage Publications |page=319}}</ref> The goals of the group "appear to have alternated over time between criminal objectives and a more ideological intent".<ref name="USDS-ASG">{{cite web|title=ABU SAYYAF GROUP (ASG)|url=https://2009-2017.state.gov/j/ct/rls/crt/2011/195553.htm#asg|website=US Department of State}}</ref>

The group was designated as a [[List of designated terrorist groups|terrorist group]]<!-- see link for inclusion of national bodies --> by Australia,<ref name="AU terror group designation"/> Canada,<ref name="cpto"/> Indonesia,<ref name="kill Abu Sayyaf"/> Japan,<ref name=PSIA /> Malaysia,<ref name="hunt down"/> the Philippines,<ref name="PH terror group designation"/> the United Arab Emirates, the United Kingdom<ref name="Proscribed"/> and the United States.<ref name="US terror group designation"/><ref name="TKBAbu">{{cite web|url=http://tkb.org/Group.jsp?groupID=204|title=Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG)|publisher=MIPT Terrorism Knowledge Base|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060827045351/http://www.tkb.org/Group.jsp?groupID=204|archive-date=August 27, 2006|access-date=September 20, 2006}}</ref> From January 15, 2002, to February 24, 2015,<ref name="JSOTF-P">{{Cite web |last=LaGrone |first=Sam |date=2015-02-27 |title=U.S. Officially Ends Special Operations Task Force in the Philippines, Some Advisors May Remain |url=https://news.usni.org/2015/02/27/u-s-officially-ends-special-operations-task-force-in-the-philippines-some-advisors-may-remain |access-date=2023-03-26 |website=USNI News |language=en-US}}</ref> fighting Abu Sayyaf became a mission of the American military's [[Operation Enduring Freedom – Philippines|Operation Enduring Freedom]] and part of the [[War on Terror|Global War on Terrorism]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2007-09-01 |title=Flashpoint: No bungle in the jungle |url=http://armedforcesjournal.com/flashpoint-no-bungle-in-the-jungle/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071021075220/http://www.armedforcesjournal.com/2007/09/2926516 |archive-date=21 October 2007 |access-date=2023-03-26 |website=Armed Forces Journal |language=en-US}}</ref><ref name="GMA&others">{{cite news |title=2 US Navy men, 1 Marine killed in Sulu land mine blast |newspaper=[[GMA Network|GMA News]] |date=September 29, 2009 |url=http://www.gmanews.tv/story/173383/2-us-navy-men-1-marine-killed-in-sulu-land-mine-blast |access-date=September 29, 2009 |quote=Two US Navy personnel and one Philippine Marine soldier were killed when a land mine exploded along a road in Indanan, Sulu Tuesday morning, an official said. The American fatalities were members of the US Navy construction brigade, Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) spokesman Lt. Col. Romeo Brawner Jr. told GMANews.TV in a telephone interview. He did not disclose the identities of all three casualties. |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091002030114/http://www.gmanews.tv/story/173383/2-us-navy-men-1-marine-killed-in-sulu-land-mine-blast |archive-date=October 2, 2009 |url-status=live }} and <br />{{cite news |title=2 US troops killed in Philippines blast |author=Jim Gomez |work=CBS News |date=September 29, 2009 |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/2-us-troops-killed-in-philippines-blast/ |access-date=January 12, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110202201004/http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/09/29/world/main5348332.shtml |archive-date=February 2, 2011 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="VOA Pentagon">{{cite news |title=Pentagon Says Troops Killed in Philippines Hit by Roadside Bomb |work=[[Voice of America]] |date=November 7, 2009 |url=https://www.voanews.com/a/a-13-2009-09-29-voa12/415161.html |access-date=January 12, 2011 }}</ref><ref name="AJ blast">{{cite news |title=Troops killed in Philippines blast |publisher=Al Jazeera |date=September 29, 2009 |url=http://english.aljazeera.net/news/asia-pacific/2009/09/20099298614751808.html |access-date=September 29, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091003002858/http://english.aljazeera.net/news/asia-pacific/2009/09/20099298614751808.html |archive-date=October 3, 2009 |url-status=live }}</ref> Several hundred U.S. soldiers were stationed in the area primarily to train Filipino troops in counter-terror and counter-guerrilla operations, but, following a [[status of forces agreement]] and under Philippine law, they were not allowed to engage in direct combat.<ref name="VOA Pentagon"/><ref name="AJ blast"/><ref>{{Cite web |date=September 29, 2009 |title=2 U.S. Troops Killed in Philippines Blast |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/2-us-troops-killed-in-philippines-blast/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110202201004/http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/09/29/world/main5348332.shtml |archive-date=2 February 2011 |access-date=2023-03-26 |website=CBS News |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=2 US Navy men, 1 Marine killed in Sulu land mine blast |url=https://www.gmanetwork.com/news/topstories/regions/173383/2-us-navy-men-1-marine-killed-in-sulu-land-mine-blast/story/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091002030114/http://www.gmanews.tv/story/173383/2-us-navy-men-1-marine-killed-in-sulu-land-mine-blast |archive-date=October 2, 2009 |access-date=2023-03-26 |website=GMA News Online |date= September 29, 2009|language=en |quote=Two US Navy personnel and one Philippine Marine soldier were killed when a land mine exploded along a road in Indanan, Sulu Tuesday morning, an official said. The American fatalities were members of the US Navy construction brigade, Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) spokesman Lt. Col. Romeo Brawner Jr. told GMANews.TV in a telephone interview. He did not disclose the identities of all three casualties}}</ref>

The group was founded by [[Abdurajak Abubakar Janjalani]], and led after his death in 1998 by his younger brother [[Khadaffy Janjalani]] until his death in 2006. On July 23, 2014, [[Isnilon Hapilon]], one of the group's leaders, swore an [[Bay'ah|oath of loyalty]] to [[Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi]], the leader of the [[Islamic State]] (IS).<ref name="Abu Sayyaf leader swears oath of loyalty to ISIL">{{cite web |last=Ressa |first=Maria Angelita |author-link=Maria Ressa |date=August 4, 2014 |title=Senior Abu Sayyaf leader swears oath to ISIS |url=http://www.rappler.com/nation/65199-abu-sayyaf-leader-oath-isis |access-date=July 18, 2015 |work=Rappler}}</ref> In September 2014, the group began kidnapping people for ransom, in the name of the IS.<ref name="Abu Sayyaf kidnaps 2 Germans in the name of ISIL">{{Cite news |author=Oltermann |first=Philip |date=September 24, 2014 |title=Islamists in Philippines threaten to kill German hostages |newspaper=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/sep/24/islamists-philippines-threaten-kill-german-hostages-isis |access-date=July 18, 2015}}</ref><ref name="SherwellHostageBiz">{{cite news|last1=Sherwell|first1=Philip|title=How Abu Sayyaf makes a business of beheadings as Islamist terror gang releases 'final message' hostage video|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/05/20/how-abu-sayyaf-the-islamist-terror-gang-made-a-business-out-of-b/|access-date=June 14, 2016|newspaper=The Telegraph|date=May 23, 2016}}</ref>

Since the "All-Out-War" directive was issued in 2019 during the term of President [[Rodrigo Duterte]] over continuous attacks perpetrated by Abu Sayyaf towards civilians, especially after the [[2019 Jolo Cathedral bombings|Jolo Cathedral bombings]], this has greatly diminished the terror group, with many of their leaders and members being killed and arrested, while former followers who returned to normal lives were reintegrated into society after serving their time in prison and undergoing rehabilitation.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.philstar.com/headlines/2024/11/23/2402305/former-abu-sayyaf-members-reintegrated-society|title=Former Abu Sayyaf members reintegrated in society|last=Crisostomo|first=Sheila|work=The Philippine Star|date=23 November 2024|access-date=23 December 2024}}</ref> On March 22, 2024, the [[Armed Forces of the Philippines|AFP]]'s [[Western Mindanao Command]] (WESTMINCOM) had announced that the Abu Sayyaf group was dismantled.<ref name="ASG dismantled"/>
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