Abu Sayyaf Abu Sayyaf /ˈɑːbuː saɪˈjɑːf/

noun

1. A small gang of terrorist thugs claiming to seek a separate Islamic state for the Muslim minority in the Philippines; uses bombing and assassination and extortion and kidnapping  ( Abu Sayyaf , Bearer of the Sword )
   a small gang of terrorist thugs claiming to seek a separate Islamic state for the Muslim minority in the Philippines; uses bombing and assassination and extortion and kidnapping
    In 2001 Abu Sayyaf kidnapped twenty people and beheaded one of the American captives
   In 2001 Abu Sayyaf kidnapped twenty people and beheaded one of the American captives