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{{Short description|Islamic militant separatist organization in South Thailand}}
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{{Infobox war faction
| name             = Islamic Liberation Front of Patani
| native_name      = Barisan Islam Pembebasan Patani
| native_name_lang = ms
| war              = the [[South Thailand insurgency]]
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| active           = {{Start date|1947}}<ref name="Yegar_143"/> – present
| leaders          = [[Tengku Mahmood Mahyideen]]<ref name="Dijk"/><ref name="Yegar_143">{{Cite book |author=Moshe Yegar |title=Between Integration and Secession: The Muslim Communities of the Southern Philippines, Southern Thailand and Western Burma/Myanmar |publisher=Lexington Books |year=2002 |page=143}}</ref><br>[[Tengku Abdul Jalal]]<ref name="Kobkua">{{Cite book |author=Kobkua Suwannathat-Pian |title=Historical Identity, Nation, and History-Writing: The Malay Muslims of Southern Thailand, 1940s–1980s |work=Ghosts of the Past in Southern Thailand |publisher=NUS Press |year=2013 |page=238}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |author=Wan Kadir Che Man |title=National Integration and Resistance Movement: The Case of Muslims in Southern Thailand |work=Regions and National Integration in Thailand, 1892-1992 |publisher=Harrassowitz Verlag |year=1995 |page=242}}</ref>
| ideology         = [[Separatism]]<br>[[Conservatism#Religious conservatism| Religious conservatism]]<ref name="Intervene">{{Cite book |author1=David Carment |author2=Patrick James |author3=Zeynep Taydas |title=Who Intervenes? Ethnic Conflict and Interstate Crisis |publisher=Ohio State University Press |year=2006 |page=120 |chapter=Thai Malay Separatism: Managing Interstate Ethnic Conflict}}</ref><br>[[Nationalism]]<ref name="Kobkua"/><br>[[Islamism]]<ref name="Singh"/>
| clans            = [[Tentara Nasional Pembebasan Rakyat Patani]] (People's National Liberation Army of Patani)<ref name="Dijk">{{Cite book |author=Kees van Dijk |chapter= Coping with Separatism: Is there a solution? |title= Violent Internal Conflicts in Asia Pacific |publisher=Yayasan Obor Indonesia |year=2005 |page=189}}</ref>
| headquarters     = [[Kelantan]], [[Malaysia]]<ref name="Intervene"/>
| area             = [[Southern Thailand]]
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| predecessor      = Reorganised as BNPP in 1959<ref>{{Cite news |author=Bertil Lintner  |title=Who's who in Thailand's Muslim insurgency  |newspaper=Asia Times |date=8 September 2007 |url=http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Southeast_Asia/II08Ae01.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070913205907/http://atimes.com/atimes/Southeast_Asia/II08Ae01.html|url-status=unfit|archive-date=13 September 2007}}</ref><br>Renamed to BIPP in 1986
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| opponents        = {{flag|Thailand}}
| battles          = [[South Thailand insurgency]]
| website          = 
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The '''Islamic Liberation Front of Patani''' ({{langx|ms|Barisan Islam Pembebasan Patani}}, [[Abbreviation|abbreviated]] '''BIPP'''), until 1986 known as the '''National Liberation Front of Patani''' (NLFP; {{langx|ms|Barisan Nasional Pembebasan Patani}}, '''BNPP'''; also translated as "Patani National Liberation Front" or "National Front for the Liberation of Pattani"; {{langx|th|ขบวนการแนวร่วมปลดแอกแห่งชาติปัตตานี}}) is a [[militant Islam]]ic separatist movement based in northern [[Malaysia]] and with a history of operations in the [[South Thailand insurgency]].

==History==
The group was formed in 1959 by [[Tengku Abdul Jalal]], aka Adul na [[Syburi|Saiburi]],<ref>''No one is safe'', [[Human Rights Watch]], p. 15</ref> and is reputed to be one of the first armed insurgent outfits in the [[Pattani Province|Pattani]] area.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20070913205907/http://atimes.com/atimes/Southeast_Asia/II08Ae01.html ''Who's who in Thailand's Muslim insurgency''] by [[Bertil Lintner]]</ref> The group had its base in [[Southern Thailand]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://puloinfo.net/Patani.asp?Show=History |title=PULO Website |access-date=13 October 2014 |archive-date=17 October 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141017061627/http://puloinfo.net/Patani.asp?Show=History |url-status=dead }}</ref>

===''Barisan Islam Pembebasan Patani''===
The BNPP was very active in the 1970s and 1980s. It renamed itself to "Islamic Front for the Liberation of Pattani" (BIPP) in 1986.<ref name="Singh">{{Cite book |author=Bilveer Singh |title=The Talibanization of Southeast Asia: Losing the War on Terror to Islamist Extremists |publisher=Praeger |year=2007}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |author=Sugu Narayanan |title=The Relevance of Islam in Southeast Asian Civil Wars |work=Unraveling Internal Conflicts in East Asia and the Pacific |publisher=Lexington Books |year=2011 |page=134}}</ref> After a period of dormancy, it was revived in 2002. The renewed group has reduced its [[nationalistic]] emphasis and expanded its hard-line Islamic politico-religious goals. It is known for its attacks against the [[Buddhists|Buddhist]] minorities of [[Southern Thailand]]. The political wing of the group participates in [[Malaysia]]n state-level politics.<ref>Barry M. Rubin (ed.), ''Guide to Islamist Movements,'' Volume 2, p. 104</ref>

== See also ==
* [[South Thailand insurgency]]
* [[List of paramilitary organizations]]

== References ==
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{{Southern Thailand Insurgency}}
{{IslamismSEA}}
{{Portal bar|Thailand}}

[[Category:Rebel groups in Thailand]]
[[Category:Independence movements]]
[[Category:Paramilitary organizations based in Thailand]]
[[Category:South Thailand insurgency]]
[[Category:Islamist groups]]
[[Category:Jihadist groups]]


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