Abu Sayaf’s New Leader: Yasser Igasan the Religious Scholar
THE COMMANDING General of the Philippine Army, LtGen. Romeo Tolentino announced recently that the radical Abu Sayaf Group (ASG) had chosen a new leader in the person of the militant Middle East-trained religious scholar, Ustaz Yasser Igasan. Although Tolentino discounted the capability of Igasan to...
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sg-ntu-dr.10356-824672020-11-01T07:38:47Z Abu Sayaf’s New Leader: Yasser Igasan the Religious Scholar Taharudin Piang Ampatuan S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies DRNTU::Social sciences::Political science THE COMMANDING General of the Philippine Army, LtGen. Romeo Tolentino announced recently that the radical Abu Sayaf Group (ASG) had chosen a new leader in the person of the militant Middle East-trained religious scholar, Ustaz Yasser Igasan. Although Tolentino discounted the capability of Igasan to lead the group, it is interesting to note that the new leader possesses the traits which security experts have long argued ASG has been lacking — a religious anchor and an ideological compass. With Igasan’s emergence, the ASG seems to have finally plugged this gap as the new leader is both an Islamic scholar and a recognized ideologue. 2016-02-23T08:53:57Z 2019-12-06T14:56:14Z 2016-02-23T08:53:57Z 2019-12-06T14:56:14Z 2007 Commentary Taharudin Piang Ampatuan. (2007). Abu Sayaf’s New Leader: Yasser Igasan the Religious Scholar. (RSIS Commentaries, No. 071). RSIS Commentaries. Singapore: Nanyang Technological University. https://hdl.handle.net/10356/82467 http://hdl.handle.net/10220/40084 en RSIS Commentaries, 071-07 Nanyang Technological University 2 p. application/pdf |
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THE COMMANDING General of the Philippine Army, LtGen. Romeo Tolentino announced recently that the radical Abu Sayaf Group (ASG) had chosen a new leader in the person of the militant Middle East-trained religious scholar, Ustaz Yasser Igasan. Although Tolentino discounted the capability of Igasan to lead the group, it is interesting to note that the new leader possesses the traits which security experts have long argued ASG has been lacking — a religious anchor and an ideological compass. With Igasan’s emergence, the ASG seems to have finally plugged this gap as the new leader is both an Islamic scholar and a recognized ideologue. |
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