The Kumpulan Mujahidin Malaysia (KMM), or Malaysian Mujahideen Movement, is/was a
terrorist organisation
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that supported an overthrow of the Mahathir government and is/was for the creation of a pan-regional Islamic state comprising southern
Thailand
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, the entirety of
Indonesia
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, and the southern
Philippines
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. It is believed to be self-financing and is often tied in correlation to smaller more extremist groups in
Southeast Asia
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. The KMM is often cited as being associated with the
Jemaah Islamiyah
Jemaah Islamiyah ( ar, الجماعة الإسلامية, ''al-Jamāʿah al-Islāmiyyah'', meaning "Islamic Congregation", frequently abbreviated JI) is a Southeast Asian militant extremist Islamist terrorist group based in Indonesia, which i ...
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.
According to
Thai military
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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.
An October 2014 report by the
Malay Mail
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recently claimed that the KMM is currently no longer active.
[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. .]
See also
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Jemaah Islamiyah
Jemaah Islamiyah ( ar, الجماعة الإسلامية, ''al-Jamāʿah al-Islāmiyyah'', meaning "Islamic Congregation", frequently abbreviated JI) is a Southeast Asian militant extremist Islamist terrorist group based in Indonesia, which i ...
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Zulkifli Abdhir
Zulkifli Abdhir (5 January 1966 or 5 October 1966 – 25 January 2015) was a Malaysian who was one of the FBI Most Wanted Terrorists. The American Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) agency offered a reward for information leading to his cap ...
References
Rebel groups in Malaysia
Terrorism in Malaysia
Islamism in Malaysia
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