Kumpulan Mujahidin Malaysia

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Kumpulan Mujahidin Malaysia
Leaders Zulkifli Abdhir  
Nik Adli Nik Abdul Aziz (former)
Zainuri Kamaruddin  
Dates of operation1990s-2014
Headquarters Malaysia
Active regions Southeast Asia
Ideology Islamic fundamentalism
Islamic state
Islamism
Jihadism
Pan-Islamism
Size70–200
Part ofFlag of Jihad.svg Jemaah Islamiyah
Allies Gerakan Mujahidin Islam Patani
Bendera Barisan Revolusi Nasional.png Barisan Revolusi Nasional
OpponentsFlag of Malaysia.svg  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]

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An October 2014 report by the Malay Mail recently claimed that the KMM is currently no longer active.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

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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) Pattani Islamic Mujahideen Movement". www.globalsecurity.org.
  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>.