▁under ground ▁movement ▁which ▁fought ▁against ▁Christian ▁par amil it ary ▁groups ▁and ▁security ▁forces ▁during ▁the ▁administration ▁of ▁then - Pres ident ▁Ferdinand ▁Mar cos ▁alleg edly ▁target ing ▁Muslim s . ▁He ▁adopted ▁" M ur ad " ▁as ▁his ▁nom ▁de ▁guerre ▁when ▁he ▁joined ▁the ▁Mor o ▁resistance ▁against ▁the ▁government . ▁ ▁He ▁was ▁rec ru ited ▁into ▁the ▁Mor o ▁National ▁Liber ation ▁Front ▁( M NL F ) ▁in ▁ 1 9 6 8 ▁and ▁was ▁part ▁of ▁the ▁" Top ▁ 3 0 0 ", ▁a ▁second ▁batch ▁of ▁M NL F ▁tra ine es ▁sent ▁to ▁Malays ia . ▁Mur ad ▁led ▁the ▁group ' s ▁K ut aw ato ▁Revolution ary ▁Committee ▁in ▁fighting ▁against ▁government ▁forces ▁and ▁the ▁Il aga ▁par amil it ary ▁group ▁in ▁Central ▁Mind ana o . ▁ ▁Mor o ▁Islam ic ▁Liber ation ▁Front ▁Mur ad ▁left ▁the ▁M NL F ▁due ▁to ▁ide ological ▁differences ▁along ▁with ▁Hash im ▁Sal am at ▁who ▁formed ▁the ▁Mor o ▁Islam ic ▁Liber ation ▁Front ▁( M IL F ). ▁In ▁the ▁ 1 9 8 0 s , ▁Mur ad ▁went ▁to ▁Afghan istan ▁to ▁meet ▁with ▁Filip ino ▁reb els ▁fighting ▁against ▁the ▁forces ▁of ▁the ▁Soviet ▁Union ▁amid st ▁the ▁Soviet – A fg han ▁War ▁though ▁he ▁said ▁has ▁not ▁fought ▁alongside ▁them . ▁There ▁he ▁also ▁met ▁Os ama ▁bin ▁L aden , ▁who ▁would ▁later ▁become ▁the ▁head ▁of ▁Al - Q a