Abu Sayyaf

Abu Sayyaf, officially known by the Islamic State as the Islamic State – East Asia Province, is a Jihadist militant and pirate group that followed the Wahhabi doctrine of Sunni Islam. It is based in and around Jolo and Basilan islands in the southwestern part of the Philippines, where for more than five decades, Moro groups had been engaged in an insurgency seeking to make Moro Province independent. The group is considered violent and is responsible for the Philippines' worst terrorist attack, the bombing of MV Superferry 14 in 2004, which killed 116 people. The name of the group was derived from Arabic abu, and sayyaf. As of April 2023, the group was estimated to have about 20 members, down from 1,250 in 2000. They use mostly improvised explosive devices, mortars and automatic rifles.

16 June 1958

Born on the same birth date (16 June 1958): Darrell Griffith • Ulrike Tauber

Born on the same birth day (16 June): Axel Oxenstierna • Cobi Jones • Craig Fitzgibbon • Enoch Powell • Hemant Kumar • Jean de Thévenot • Joe McElderry • John Newman (singer) • Neil Goldschmidt • Olivier Roumat • Ron LeFlore • Samuel Chappuzeau • Steve Larmer • Tupac Shakur • Yang Jisheng (Ming dynasty)

Born in the same month (June 1958): Bruce Campbell • Daniel McVicar • Elain Harwood • Gennadiy Valyukevich • Jeffrey Lee Pierce • Jello Biafra • John Hayes (British politician) • Kelly Johnson (guitarist) • Riccardo Paletti • Sergei Makarov (ice hockey, born 1958) • Silvio Mondinelli