'Abu Sayyaf' definitions:
Definition of 'Abu Sayyaf'
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noun
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" [syn: Abu Sayyaf, Bearer of the Sword]