History Essay

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A terrorist group is a political or religious movement that uses terror as a weapon to achieve its goals. A freedom fighting group is people who take part in a revolutionary struggle to achieve a political goal. Whilst some people argue that Abu Sayyaf is a terrorist organization in line of the fact that they have used forms of terror in their pursuit to create an Islamic nation in the Philippines, others are of the opinion that it is a freedom fighting group due to the fact that they take part in a revolutionary struggle in the hopes of creating an Islamic nation in the Philippines. Therefore, in order to come to a measured conclusion about how far Abu Sayyaf are considered to be a terrorist group, or a freedom fighting group, one must take into account a number of factors which include what they have done and what are their reasons for doing these things.
The Abu Sayyaf group was established in 1991 on Basilan Island by Abdurajik abubakar Janjalani and other mujahedeen Moro National Liberation Front members. They have been linked with other terrorist organisations which include Je...

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