Moro National Liberation Front

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The Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF; Arabic: الجبهة الوطنية لتحرير مورو, romanized: Al-Jabha Al-Wataniya Li-Tahrir Moro) is a political organization in the Philippines that was founded in 1972. It began as a splinter group of the Muslim Independence Movement (MIM). The MNLF was the most active organization during the Moro conflict for about two decades, beginning in the 1970s. The MNLF is internationally recognized by the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) and its Parliamentary Union of OIC Member States (PUIC). Since 1977, the MNLF has been an observer member of the OIC. On January 30, 2012, the MNLF became an observer member of the Parliamentary Union of Islamic Cooperation (PUIC), as approved during the 7th PUIC global session held in Palembang, Indonesia. In 1996, the MNLF signed a landmark peace agreement with the Philippine government under the administration of President Fidel V. Ramos, which led to the creation of the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM), an area...

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