[{"command":"openDialog","selector":"#drupal-modal","settings":null,"data":"\u003Cdiv class=\u0022ds-1col clearfix\u0022\u003E\n\n  \n\n  \n  \u003Cp\u003EIn the summer of 2014, a video was released showing Abu Sayyaf leader Isnilon Hapilon swearing allegiance to ISIS.\u003Cspan class=\u0022footnote\u0022\u003EMichelle FlorCruz, \u201cPhilippine Terror Group Abu Sayyaf May Be Using ISIS Link for Own Agenda,\u201d \u003Cem\u003EInternational Business Times,\u003C\/em\u003E September 25, 2014, \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.ibtimes.com\/philippine-terror-group-abu-sayyaf-may-be-using-isis-link-own-agenda-1695156\u0022\u003Ehttp:\/\/www.ibtimes.com\/philippine-terror-group-abu-sayyaf-may-be-using-isis-link-own-agenda-1695156\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/span\u003E In its coverage of ASG\u2019s pledge to ISIS, several media outlets cite ASG\u2019s opportunistic motives as a reason for the pledge, as opposed to pure ideological alignment. Along with other smaller, regional extremist groups such as JI, ASG appears to be using the pledge for publicity to further their own agenda of recruitment.\u003Cspan class=\u0022footnote\u0022\u003EMichelle FlorCruz, \u201cPhilippine Terror Group Abu Sayyaf May Be Using ISIS Link for Own Agenda,\u201d \u003Cem\u003EInternational Business Times,\u003C\/em\u003E September 25, 2014, \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.ibtimes.com\/philippine-terror-group-abu-sayyaf-may-be-using-isis-link-own-agenda-1695156\u0022\u003Ehttp:\/\/www.ibtimes.com\/philippine-terror-group-abu-sayyaf-may-be-using-isis-link-own-agenda-1695156\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EDespite ASG\u2019s motives for supporting ISIS, media in the Philippines, Malaysia, and Australia perceive a dangerous threat in the return of Filipino foreign fighters who have joined ISIS and al-Qaeda.\u003Cspan class=\u0022footnote\u0022\u003ECarmela Fonbuena, \u201cFilipino Jihadists Killed in Syria \u2013 Reports,\u201d Rappler, September 22, 2014, \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.rappler.com\/nation\/69817-dead-filipino-isis-jihadists\u0022\u003Ehttp:\/\/www.rappler.com\/nation\/69817-dead-filipino-isis-jihadists\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/span\u003E In a speech to the United Nations, the Australian Foreign Minister Julie Bishop has expressed the ISIS threat to the Southeast Asia and Australia.\u003Cspan class=\u0022footnote\u0022\u003EAyee Macaraig, \u201cUN told: ISIS is threat to Southeast Asia,\u201d Rappler, September 20, 2014, \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.rappler.com\/nation\/69817-dead-filipino-isis-jihadists\u0022\u003Ehttp:\/\/www.rappler.com\/nation\/69817-dead-filipino-isis-jihadists\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/span\u003E Likewise, in a statement before the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), Philippine Foreign Affairs Secretary Albert del Rosario attributed ISIS\u2019s wide support base in the country to extremist groups such as ASG.\u003Cspan class=\u0022footnote\u0022\u003EAurea Calica, \u201cIslamic State threatens Mindanao, Philippines tells Asean,\u201d \u003Cem\u003EPhilippine Star\u003C\/em\u003E (Manila), April 27, 2015, \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.philstar.com\/headlines\/2015\/04\/27\/1448336\/islamic-state-threatens-mindanao-philippines-tells-asean\u0022\u003Ehttp:\/\/www.philstar.com\/headlines\/2015\/04\/27\/1448336\/islamic-state-threatens-mindanao-philippines-tells-asean\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\n\n\u003C\/div\u003E\n\n","dialogOptions":{"minWidth":850,"resizable":true,"modal":true,"title":"Pledge to Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi and ISIS"}},{"command":"doFootnotes"}]