Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters

Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters
Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters
	Flag of the Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters
Leader	Ameril Umbra Kato †; Ismael Abubakar (alias "Imam Bongos"); Ustadz Karialan (alias "Imam Minimbang"); Esmael Abdulmalik (alias "Abu Toraife");
Dates of operation	2008–present
Active regions	Maguindanao, North Cotabato and Sultan Kudarat
Ideology	Salafi jihadist Islamism; Moro nationalism (one faction); Ideology of the Islamic State (one faction)
Status	Active
Size	c. 500 (July 2016); 264 (2018); 252 (2020); c. 80 (2022)
Designated as a terrorist group by	Australia; Malaysia; Philippines

The Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters (BIFF), also known as the Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Movement, is an Islamist jihadist militant organization based in Mindanao, in the southern Philippines. It is a smaller player in the overall Moro insurgency in the Philippines and is mostly active in Maguindanao and other places in central Mindanao. It is a breakaway group from the Moro Islamic Liberation Front founded by Ameril Umbra Kato. Following Kato's death, the group split into three factions, one of which has aligned with the Islamic State (IS), while the other two are less radical.

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