Kumpulan Mujahidin Malaysia

The Kumpulan Mujahidin Malaysia (KMM), or Malaysian Mujahideen Movement, is/was a terrorist organisation that supported an overthrow of the Mahathir government and is/was for the creation of a pan-regional Islamic state comprising southern Thailand, the entirety of Indonesia, and the southern Philippines. It is believed to be self-financing and is often tied in correlation to smaller more extremist groups in Southeast Asia. The KMM is often cited as being associated with the Jemaah Islamiyah or JI. The Malaysian government, which is actively fighting against the Malaysian Mujahideen Movement, has arrested anywhere from 70 to 80 terrorists. The government currently has 48 members in total detained.[1][2]

Kumpulan Mujahidin Malaysia
LeadersZulkifli Abdhir †
Nik Adli Nik Abdul Aziz (former)
Zainuri Kamaruddin †
Dates of operation1990s-2014
HeadquartersMalaysia
Active regionsSoutheast Asia
IdeologyIslamic fundamentalism
Islamic state
Islamism
Jihadism
Pan-Islamism
Size70–200
Part ofJemaah Islamiyah
AlliesJemaah Islamiyah
Gerakan Mujahidin Islam Patani
Barisan Revolusi Nasional
OpponentsMalaysia

According to Thai military authorities, Kumpulan Mujahidin Malaysia is behind the revival of Gerakan Mujahidin Islam Patani (GMIP) and the Barisan Revolusi Nasional (BRN), groups that now have more hard-line Islamic political goals.[3]

An October 2014 report by the Malay Mail recently claimed that the KMM is currently no longer active.[4]

See also

References
  1. "Kumpulan Mujahidin Malaysia". fas.org. Retrieved 7 April 2014.
  2. "Kumpulan Mujahidin Malaysia". www.globalsecurity.org. Retrieved 7 April 2014.
  3. Gerakan Mujahideen Islam Pattani (GMIP) - Globalsecurity
  4. Palansamy, Yiswaree. "In Hunt for Malaysians Joining Islamic State, a Faceless Menace." In Hunt for Malaysians Joining Islamic State, a Faceless Menace. Malaysia Mail Online, 5 October 2014. Web. 24 December 2014. <http://www.themalaymailonline.com/malaysia/article/in-hunt-for-malaysians-joining-islamic-state-a-faceless-menace>.


This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.