Islamic Liberation Front of Patani

Islamic Liberation Front of Patani
Barisan Islam Pembebasan Patani
LeadersTengku Mahmud Mahyiddin[1][2]
Tengku Abdul Jalal[3][4]
Dates of operation1947 (1947)[2] – present
Group(s)Tentara Nasional Pembebasan Rakyat Patani (People's National Liberation Army of Patani)[1]
HeadquartersKelantan, Malaysia[5]
Active regionsSouthern Thailand
IdeologySeparatism
Religious conservatism[5]
Nationalism[3]
Islamism[6]
Opponents Thailand
Battles and warsSouth Thailand insurgency
Preceded by
Reorganised as BNPP in 1959[7]
Renamed to BIPP in 1986

The Islamic Liberation Front of Patani (Malay: Barisan Islam Pembebasan Patani, abbreviated BIPP), until 1986 known as the National Liberation Front of Patani (NLFP; Malay: Barisan Nasional Pembebasan Patani, BNPP; also translated as "Patani National Liberation Front" or "National Front for the Liberation of Pattani"; Thai: ขบวนการแนวร่วมปลดแอกแห่งชาติปัตตานี) is a militant Islamic separatist movement based in northern Malaysia and with a history of operations in the South Thailand insurgency.

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  2. ^ a b Moshe Yegar (2002). Between Integration and Secession: The Muslim Communities of the Southern Philippines, Southern Thailand and Western Burma/Myanmar. Lexington Books. p. 143.
  3. ^ a b Kobkua Suwannathat-Pian (2013). Historical Identity, Nation, and History-Writing: The Malay Muslims of Southern Thailand, 1940s–1980s. NUS Press. p. 238. {{cite book}}: |work= ignored (help)
  4. ^ Wan Kadir Che Man (1995). National Integration and Resistance Movement: The Case of Muslims in Southern Thailand. Harrassowitz Verlag. p. 242. {{cite book}}: |work= ignored (help)
  5. ^ a b David Carment; Patrick James; Zeynep Taydas (2006). "Thai Malay Separatism: Managing Interstate Ethnic Conflict". Who Intervenes? Ethnic Conflict and Interstate Crisis. Ohio State University Press. p. 120.
  6. ^ Cite error: The named reference Singh was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  7. ^ Bertil Lintner (8 September 2007). "Who's who in Thailand's Muslim insurgency". Asia Times. Archived from the original on 13 September 2007.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)

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