Rajah Solaiman Movement

Rajah Solaiman Movement

The Rajah Solaiman Movement is a terrorist organization founded by Ahmed Santos after he converted to Islam [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/4377610.stm Philippines arrests key militants] - BBC.com] . Its membership consists of Filipino Christians who have converted to Islam and it is now one of the top worries for Philippines' intelligence services. [http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/4933472/ Ticking Time Bombs] - msnbc.com] . According to Filipino authorities, the group's members have been trained, financed and directed by Abu Sayyaf and Jemaah Islamiah, a regional terrorist group with links to Al Qaeda [http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/4933472/ Ticking Time Bombs] - msnbc.com] .

The group is named after Rajah Solaiman, the last king of Manila before the Spanish conquest in the 1500s, which introduced Catholicism along with European rule [http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/4933472/ Ticking Time Bombs] - msnbc.com] . Similar to Abu Sayyaf, the converts belonging to this group claim they want to remake the country into an Islamic state. [http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/4933472/ Ticking Time Bombs] - msnbc.com]

ee also

*Islamist terrorism
*Abu Sayyaf
*Religious terrorism

References

External links

* [http://www.crisisgroup.org/home/index.cfm?id=3844 Philippines Terrorism: The Role of Militant Islamic Converts]


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