Isnilon Hapilon
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Image of Isnilon Hapilon used in US government posters.
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| Birth name | Isnilon Totoni Hapilon |
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| Born |
March 18, 1966 or March 10, 1968 Brgy. Bulanza, Lantawan, Basilan, Philippines or Maluso, Basilan, Philippines |
| Allegiance |
 Moro National Liberation Front(1985–1994)  Abu Sayyaf(1994–present)  Al-Qaeda(1994–2014) ISIS(2014–present) |
| Battles/wars |
Moro conflict Battle of Tipo-Tipo Marawi crisis |
Isnilon Totoni Hapilon (born March 18, 1966 or March 10, 1968), also known by the nom de guerre Abu Abdullah al-Filipini ("Abu Abdullah the Filipino"), is a Filipino Islamist militant who is affiliated with ISIS. He was formerly leader of Abu Sayyaf Group before its battalions pledged their allegiance to Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi. An April 2016 issue of ISIS' weekly newsletter Al Naba said that Hapilon had been appointed as "emir of all Islamic State forces in the Philippines".
According to the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the United States Department of State Rewards for Justice Program, Isnilon Totoni Hapilon was born on March 18, 1966 in Lantawan, Basilan province, Philippines. However, his school transcripts indicate his birthdate as March 10, 1968 and his birthplace as Maluso, Basilan. His listed parent/guardian is Haridja Hapilon, a housekeeper. According to the Philippine Daily Inquirer, he has five siblings, and his father was a village imam named Hapilon Totoni.
Hapilon started elementary school in 1978, at the age of 10 or 12, enrolling at Maluso Central Elementary School. He had a perfect attendance from the first to the fifth grade, but had 28 days of absence and six days of tardiness in his sixth grade claiming that he had to "run errands"; he finished in 1984 with an average grade of 78%. He then enrolled at Basilan National High School, but his transcript ends with his first year even though he was eligible to proceed to second year.
In an interview with the Philippine Daily Inquirer, former Lantawan mayor Tahira Ismael, Hapilon's madrasa classmate, claimed that Hapilon "performed poorly in academics".
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