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How to Cite

Crenshaw, M., & Robinson, K. (2025). Mapping Militants Project. Rice University. https://doi.org/10.25613/G0K4-WF70
Mapping Militants Project. “Justice for Islamic Movement.” Last modified . https://mappingmilitants.org/node/425/

Profile Contents

Narrative

Narrative of the Organization's History

Organization

Leadership, Name Changes, Size Estimates, Resources, Geographic Locations

Strategy

Ideology, Aims, Political Activities, Targets, and Tactics

Interactions

Foreign Designations and Listings, Community Relations, Relations with Other Groups, State Sponsors and External Influences

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Mapping relationships with other militant groups over time in regional maps

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Overview
Formed: 
January 1, 2013

The Justice for Islamic Movement (JIM) was founded in November 2013 as a splinter group of the Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters (BIFF). The JIM seeks to establish an independent state in the southern Philippines governed by Shariah law and exclusively for Filipino Muslims. The group was founded by Mohammad Ali Tambako, who had previously served as the BIFF’s leader, after he left or was ousted from the BIFF in 2013 for conducting an attack on a Christian community. However, Tambako and the BIFF seemingly reconciled soon after the JIM’s establishment, and in 2015, the JIM and the BIFF formally allied themselves to fight against the Philippine government.

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