Is the Philippines also a victim of Islamic terrorism? How has the Philippines responded to it?

Yes, that is the outfit led by Abu Sayyaf. The United States sent about 1,300 troops to the Philippines
between January 2002 and July 2002 to support the Philippine military's (AFP) operations against the
Abu Sayyaf terrorist organization on the island of Basilan, southwest of Mindanao, in the southern
Philippines. Up to 450 military personnel from the U.S. were stationed in western Mindanao and Jolo
island, south of Basilan, between 2005 and 2007. These non-combat support activities were in
reaction to Philippine President Arroyo's fervent backing of the US after the September 11 Al Qaeda
attack. In the 1970s, a huge uprising in the Philippines against non-Muslim authorities erupted out of
a long-standing Muslim opposition. The Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF) and the Moro
Islamic Liberation Front (MILF), two sizable resistance organizations, fought the Philippine
government into the 1990s before signing shaky cease-fires in 1996 and 2001, respectively. A
splinter group made up of former MNLF fighters and Filipinos who had fought in Afghanistan, Abu
Sayyaf first appeared in 1990. Terrorist techniques were used by Abu Sayyaf, including the killing of
people, bombings, and increasingly kidnappings for ransom. Early in the 1990s, Abu Sayyaf had ties
to Osamu bin Laden's Al Qaeda group, but by the late 1990s, these ties had apparently weakened.
The remaining Abu Sayyaf leadership formed connections with Jeemah Islamiah (JI), an Al Qaeda
affiliate in Southeast Asia that had started to use Mindanao for training and planning terrorist
attacks, after the 2002 Balikatan operation. Additionally, Abu Sayyaf developed connections with
Rajah Solaiman, an extremist Muslim organization made up of former Filipinos from the northern
Philippines who converted to Islam. After 2003, these groups collaborated to commit significant
attacks, including bombings in Manila's metropolitan area.

ISIS, also known as the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria, is a Sunni jihadist organization that declares
itself a caliphate and asserts religious supremacy over all Muslims. Its philosophy is mostly violent.
Although it was openly ejected from al-Qaida, it was inspired by it. Terrorism experts have been
continuously analyzing this terrorist group's capabilities in various contexts and have discovered that
their influence, management, and organization are particularly rooted in their knowledge of using
social media for recruitment and fundraising, as well as the instability that gave rise to the group as a
regional issue in the Middle East. This group has been sending signals and threats to various parts of
the world. Despite being common in the Middle East, the growth of terrorism has gotten out of hand
since the rise of Isis, which has had major cultural and economic ramifications when it plundered
hundreds of ancient heritage sites in Iraq and Syria in 2013. According to some accounts, behind oil,
the second-largest source of income for ISIS may be the black market sales of looted artifacts. Many
of these antiquated objects have been discovered in London's antique stores. Even after all these
years, it is still well known that Isis has the power and the ability to injure and destroy civilians. In
addition to endangering the integrity of Iraq, this might force the region's borders to be redrawn.
With the intention of advancing conservative politics and religious extremism, this organization has
been roaming, fighting, and murdering. While their commanders advocate for a return to the
earliest days of Islam, fighters are destroying sacred locations and priceless artifacts. When the
name of the organization is spoken, everyone in the community becomes terrified since they even
keep slaves and women and eventually kill them. Since the terrorist attacks are frequently
associated with Isis even if they are not, their effect has been felt here in the Philippines. Before
Prime Minister Nouri al Maliki took a flight to Washington to commemorate the event, the Islamic
State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) already had a history. On the other hand, the seriousness of its influence
and power over Iraq has intensified since the meeting with the president, during which he only
mentioned Iraq in lyrical terms like "self-governing," "inclusive," and "with immense potential." The
president of the United States hasn't observed or has simply become blind to the true issue that is
occurring in the country of Iraq, which has led to such disappointments from the public and experts
as a result of this statement. Maliki was in Washington when Baghdad called him to inform him of a
terrorist plot that involved Tareq alHashemi, the highest ranking Sunni official in the Shia-led
government and his vice president. It alleged that the bodyguards of Hashemi were preparing an
assault on Shia targets. When he received the message, he immediately asked President Obama as
well; however, while the American president may have acknowledged the threat, there is already a
law governing each nation's borders, and this issue is what Obama called "an internal impediment."
This incident gives Maliki the go-ahead to detain Hashemi after he got back to Baghdad. Maliki has
continuing to exterminate Sunnis in Iraq. Then, in December 2012, Maliki increased the stakes when
his police detained the bodyguards of another major Sunni politician, Finance Minister Rafi al Essawi,
who is, on the other hand, well regarded by the populace due to the fact that he is a calm man. They
were aware of Maliki's issues, but it has been challenging to remove him from power due to his
immense popularity and reputation as a powerful influencer. The U.S. ambassador has encouraged
the administration to support the pro-Western rebels in Syria. highlight add note share quote
Otherwise, they would have dispatched warships to Syria and Iraq, where Al Qaeda would rule. The
more moderate Syrian rebels struggled without U.S. weapons. In the meantime, Al Qaeda was
prepared to return to Iraq. They launched several assaults on Iraqi jails as part of a campaign called
"cracking the walls." Newly released prisoners increased the size of Al Qaeda. Iraq voted in 2010 for
a new administration in Baghdad due to Maliki's ongoing failures. However, representatives of the
opposition, including fellow Sunni Arabs Hashemi and Issawi, were ousted. People attempted to
create an alliance region after they had been corrected. They made an effort to engage in civil
disobedience. The armies of Maliki attacked them. So now they have armed themselves. Three
months after Hawijah, ISIS launched a dramatic attack just outside of Baghdad that resulted in the
release of more than 500 prisoners from Abu Ghraib jail. The Islamic State of Iraq and Syria scored a
significant propaganda victory. ISIS poses an imminent threat to American interests in the Middle
East in the short run. Nothing makes us think that they would do anything other than ethnically
cleanse the area and indubitably start a Sunni-Shia civil war. If they succeed in creating the Islamic
State they have declared, it will undoubtedly pose a threat in the long run, initially to Europe and
ultimately to us. The Syrian town of Kobani, which is close to the Turkish border, was under siege by
ISIS one week after the president declared he would increase airstrikes in Syria. While the Turkish
army watched from just across the border as U.S.-led coalition air attacks bombed ISIS strongholds in
Kobani, the U.S. was attempting to organize military assistance from over 20 countries. ISIS
dispatched fighters in pickup trucks and several suicide car bombings into central Mosul on June 6,
2014. On the other hand, the Iraqi army was considered a Shia militia. By June 10th, the army had
retreated without much of a fight, and with the assistance of local Ba'athist military cadres, it only
took 800 ISIS fighters to take control of a city with 1.8 million inhabitants. ISIS was originally believed
to not have come to attack Mosul. They did not come to take control of it. They arrived to free a
number of prisoners by force. ISIS quickly moved from Mosul down the Tigris River, taking Tikrit, the
hometown of Saddam Hussein, Qayyarah, al-Shirqat, Hawijah, and other cities. ISIS had no trouble
rounding up several hundred Iraqi soldiers there. ISIS captured the act of execution.