Islamic Liberation Front of Patani

Islamic Liberation Front of Patani
Barisan Islam Pembebasan Patani
LeadersTengku Mahmood Mahyideen
Tengku Abdul Jalal
Dates of operation1947 (1947) – present
Group(s)Tentara Nasional Pembebasan Rakyat Patani (People's National Liberation Army of Patani)
HeadquartersKelantan, Malaysia
Active regionsSouthern Thailand
IdeologySeparatism
Religious conservatism
Nationalism
Islamism
Opponents Thailand
Battles and warsSouth Thailand insurgency

The Islamic Liberation Front of Patani (Malay: Barisan Islam Pembebasan Patani, abbreviated BIPP), until 1986 known as the National Liberation Front of Patani (NLFP; Malay: Barisan Nasional Pembebasan Patani, BNPP; also translated as "Patani National Liberation Front" or "National Front for the Liberation of Pattani"; Thai: ขบวนการแนวร่วมปลดแอกแห่งชาติปัตตานี) is a militant Islamic separatist movement based in northern Malaysia and with a history of operations in the South Thailand insurgency.