The group claims to be an ethno-nationalist insurgent group and has denied allegations that they are Islamist, claiming they are secular and "have no links to terrorist groups or foreign Islamists".
該組織聲稱是一個民族主義的叛亂組織，並否認有關他們是伊斯蘭主義者的指控，聲稱他們是世俗的並且“與恐怖主義團體或外國伊斯蘭主義者沒有聯繫”。