The Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF) is a secessionist political organization in the Philippines that was founded in 1972. It started as a splinter group of the Muslim Independence Movement. The MNLF was the leading organization among Moro separatists for about two decades beginning from the 1970s. It fights for the independence of Bangsamoro that it has defined to include Mindanao, Palawan and Sulu.