 Zulkifli, uyo aiwanzoshandisa zita remadunhurirwa rekuti Marwan, aifungidzirwa kuti ndiye aitungamirira boka revapanduki vekuSoutheast Asia neIndonesia rainzi Kumpulan Mujahidin Malaysia KMM. KMM iriyaive chikamu chesangano remagandanga renyika dzese, Jemaah Islamiyah JI, iro Zulkifli aifungidzirwa kuti chikamu chemutungamiri waro wepakati. JI ndicho chikonzero chikuru chebhomba rinoparadza ra2002 reBaliuye kumwe kurwisa kwakawanda muSouth-East Asia uko kubatanidzwa kwaZulkifli kunofungidzirwawo. Abdhir akabatanidzwawo mukutanga kweboka remagandanga reKhalifa Islamiyah Mindanao. Pakutanga akanga achitsvakwa nehurumende yeMalaysia nokuda kwokuponda nhengo yechiKristu yeParamende yavo muna 2000, uko kwakanga kuri kurwisa kwakanga kwakatsigirwa neAl-Qaeda. 