List of Black Lagoon Characters - Protectors of The Islamic Front

Protectors of The Islamic Front

The "Protectors of the Islamic Front" (known as "Islamic Front of National Salvation" in the manga ) is a Jihadist group based in South East Asia. They seem to be a fairly large organization, judging from the sizable group of fighters they send to attack the Lagoon office, and the number of men in the Philippine Jungle encampment located in Mindanao. They also appear to be a rather skilled terrorist group, carrying out a successful bombing of the U.S. Embassy in Zaire (see also Democratic Republic of the Congo), and the planning of a terrorist attack in the United States with the implicit goal of assassinating the President by using biological weapons on the New York Subway in Manhattan. Among their main allies is the Abu Sayyaf Group.

Documents detailing the plan of this "Presidential Attack" fall into the hands of Chang, who plans to give them to the CIA in exchange for money, with the Lagoon Company acting as the couriers. Subsequently, the group desperately attempts to recapture the documents, as the attack would be foiled should the documents reach their destination. The Islamic Front's members appear to be more well versed in military style tactics than the Lagoon Company's other opponents (such as the Aryan Socialist Union or Luak's gang), but prove to be little match for Revy, Chang, and Shenhua, and many of them are killed in their efforts to retrieve the Documents.

The anime depicts the Islamic fighters wearing balaclavas while the manga depicts them wearing shemaghs.