Rajah Sulaiman Movement

{{Short description|Philippines Islamic organization}}

The Rajah Sulaiman Movement{{cite journal|last=Also known as Rajah Solaiman Islamic Movement (RSIM). See Banlaoi|first=Rommel|title=Media and Terrorism in the Philippines: The Rajah Solaiman Islamic Movement|journal=Journal of Policing, Intelligence and Counter Terrorism|year=2009|volume=4|issue=1|pages=64–75|doi=10.1080/18335300.2009.9686924}} was an organization in the Philippines, founded in the late 1990s.[http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/4377610.stm Philippines arrests key militants] Its membership consisted of Filipino Christians who had converted to Islam. {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170620065827/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/4377610.stm |date=2017-06-20 }} - BBC.com[http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/4933472/ Ticking Time Bombs] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060920131445/http://msnbc.msn.com/id/4933472/ |date=2006-09-20 }} - msnbc.com According to the Philippine government, the group's militants were trained and financed by Jemaah Islamiah and Abu Sayyaf, a terrorist group with links to the Al-Qaeda.

On October 16, 2024, the group's founder Hilarion Del Rosario Santos III, was convicted by a Philippine court for participating in the 2000 Sipadan kidnappings and was sentenced to life imprisonment.{{cite news |last=Ayalin |first=Adrian |url=https://news.abs-cbn.com/regions/2024/10/21/17-abu-sayyaf-men-found-guilty-over-2000-sipadan-kidnapping-1013 |title=17 Abu Sayyaf men found guilty over 2000 Sipadan kidnapping |work=ABS-CBN News |date=October 21, 2024 |access-date=October 21, 2024}}