Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Movement: A Policy OptionMain MenuExecutive SummaryTypical OperationTactics, Techniques, and ProceduresBIFM Attack Sites of 2014 According to the GTDOrigins and CommunicationsLife of the OrganizationQuestion of International SupportState SupportThe Creation of an Independent StateCounter-Insurgency and Counter-TerrorismA Policy Option for ResponseBibliographyCary Yballa98e3545aa46567f71b3ab847ed3420c7a004d55d
Ideology
1media/391951eb-7981-4242-958a-f730fe5f97a2.jpg2015-12-10T22:24:27-08:00Cary Yballa98e3545aa46567f71b3ab847ed3420c7a004d55d736410image_header2015-12-13T20:24:27-08:00Cary Yballa98e3545aa46567f71b3ab847ed3420c7a004d55dThe ideology of the BIFM is based upon religious conflict between Christian Filipinos from the north and Muslim Filipinos in the south. BIFM, like MILF before them, believes that the national government is illegitimate and that the only peaceful solution is the creation of an independent Islamic state in the southern Philippines. Much of the BIFM ideology is focused upon the colonization of the Philippines by first the Spanish, followed by the occupation by the US. This colonization is seen by the BIFM as the foundation upon which a immoral national government that persecutes Muslim Filipinos was created.
