The Islamic
insurgency in the Philippines relates to political anxieties and open conflicts
which started in 1969 between the Jihadist rebel groups and the Government of
the Philippines. The Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF) was set up by
University of the Philippines professor Nur Misuari to criticize the killings
of over 60 Filipino Muslims and afterward became an provoker against the
government while the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF), a splinter group
from the MNLF, was set up to look for an Islamic state within the Philippines
and is more essential and more violent. Conflict dates back to 1899 during the
rebellion of the Bangsamoro people to oppose foreign rule from the United
States. Hostilities ignited again starting in the 1960s when the government
started to oppose imminent revolts by killing above 60 Filipino Muslims and
continues up to now.
