Kumpulan Mujahidin Malaysia

Kumpulan Mujahidin Malaysia
Leaders	Zulkifli Abdhir † Nik Adli Nik Abdul Aziz (former) Zainuri Kamaruddin †
Dates of operation	1990s-2014
Headquarters	Malaysia
Active regions	Southeast Asia
Ideology	Islamic fundamentalism Islamic state Islamism Jihadism Pan-Islamism
Size	70–200
Part of	Jemaah Islamiyah
Allies	Gerakan Mujahidin Islam Patani Barisan Revolusi Nasional
Opponents	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An October 2014 report by the Malay Mail recently claimed that the KMM is currently no longer active.^[4]

See also

• Jemaah Islamiyah
• Zulkifli Abdhir

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>.