MNLF
| Moro National Liberation Front | |
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| Participant in Moro conflict | |
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Flag and logo of the MNLF
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| Active |
October 21, 1972 – September 2, 1996 (As a secessionist group) September 2, 1996 – present (As a political organization) |
| Ideology | Bangsamoro self-determination Egalitarianism Secularism |
| Leaders | disputed since 1996 – Nur Misuari (MNLF), Alvarez Isnaji (Isnaji group), Habib Mujahab Hashim (MNLF-ICC), Hadja Bainon Karon (MNLF Women’s Committee), Dimas Pundato (MNLF-RG), Muslimin Sema (EC-15), Hatimil Hassan (EC-15) and Abul Khayr Alonto (MNLF) |
| Headquarters | Sulu |
| Allies |
 Republic of the Philippines
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| Opponents |
 Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters
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| Website | mnlfnet |
October 21, 1972 – September 2, 1996 (As a secessionist group)
The Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF) is a political and militant part of the Muslim separatist movement in the Philippines. It was founded in 1972 as a splinter group of the Muslim Independence Movement. The MNLF was the leading organization among Moro separatists for about two decades beginning from the 1970s.
In 1996, the MNLF signed a landmark peace agreement with the Philippine government that saw the creation of Autonomous Region of Muslim Mindanao (ARMM), an area composed of two mainland provinces and three island provinces in which the predominantly Muslim population enjoys a degree of self-rule.Nur Misuari was installed as the region's governor but his rule ended in violence when he led a failed rebellion against the Philippines government in November 2001, and fled to Sabah before being deported back to the Philippines by the Malaysian authorities.
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