Moro conflict

group based in Mindanao, Philippines seeking an autonomous region of the Moro people

insurgency in the Mindanao region of the Philippines

internal security

Terrorist attack in the Philippines

Malaysian Islamist

Juramentado, in Philippine history, refers to a male Moro swordsman (from the Tausug people of the Sulu Archipelago) who attacked and killed occupying and invading police and soldiers, expecting to be killed himself. This was undertaken as a form of jihad or martyrdom. Unlike an amok, who commits acts of random violence against Muslims and non-Muslims alike, a juramentado was a dedicated, premeditated, and sometimes highly skilled warrior who prepared himself through a ritual of binding, shaving, and prayer in order to accomplish brazen attacks armed only with edged weapons.

overview of terrorism in the Philippines