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Terrorism is a reality that always isolates peace in a place. Whether or not it is brought by the armed group or provoked by the tyranny of the government. The former depict the case of Marawi in 2017 when Maute Group, inspired from a prominent single-family in Lanao del Sur, spread terror in the entire city. Hence, this study aims to determine the possible underlying factors that led to its emergence and to identify its effect to its people. The researcher adopted a cross-sectional survey research design to the 100 respondents in MSU Main Campus and made used of the qualitative descriptive methods in the analysis of data. Further, this study used multi-dimensional theories of terrorism such as operant conditioning by Burrhus Fredric Skinner, self-determination by Deci and Ryan and Anarchism theories by Pierre-Joseph Produhn. Results of the study show the rise of Maute group was instigated by interrelated factors such as religion, leadership crisis, family feud, power struggle as well as economic factor. To realize all of these, they resorted into defiance and eventually engaged war with the AFP (Armed force of the Philippines). The war has far-reaching effects in politics, livelihood, peace and order, wellbeing, and education.