Ansar Dine

حركة أنصار الدين

Associated Locale
Field of Activity
(lcsh) Islamic fundamentalism--Mali
(lcsh) Terrorism--Mali
(lcsh) Insurgency--Mali

found: OCLC # 898925247, Terrorism and counter-terrorism in Africa: fighting insurgency from Al Shabaab, Ansar Dine and Boko Haram, 2015

found: TRAC, Terrorism Research & Analysis Consortium, website viewed Sep. 28, 2015:Ansar Dine (a paramilitary terrorist group of insurgents based in northern Mali but operating through the country to impose Sharia law; formed c. 2012; captured Timbuktu in 2012 and imposed strict Islam law; also known as Defenders of Faith, Ansar Eddine, Ansar Din, Ansar al-Din, Ansar al-Din al-Salafiya, Salafist Warriors of Religion, Transitional Council of the Islamic State of Azawad; they are associated with the Islamic groups AQLIM, National Movement for the Liberation of Azawad (MNLA), al Qaeda in the Lands of the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM), and the Tuareg rebels) Ansar al-Din al-Salafiya--Mali (Ansar al-Din, created in Nov. 2011 by Iyad Ag Ghali; alternative names include Ansar al-Dine, Ansar Uddin, Ansar Eddin, Defenders of the Faith)

found: Wikipedia, Sep. 28, 2015:article on Ansar Dine (Arabic, ʼAnṣār ad-Dīn, أنصار الدين, also transliterated Ançar Deen; means "helpers of the (Islamic) religion" or "defenders of the faith" in Arabic; a militant Islamist group led by Iyad Ag Ghaly, a prominent leader in the Tuareg rebellion of the 1990s; the group's first action was in Mar. 2012; not to be confused with the Sufi movement Ançar Dine, started in southern Mali by Chérif Ousmane Haidara in the 1980s, which is fundamentally opposed to militant Islamism; its main membership base is among the Ifora tribe from the southern part of the Tuaregs' homeland; it seeks to impose sharia law across Mali; according to several reports, it does not seek independence [of northern Mali], unlike the National Movement for the Liberation of Azawad (NMLA) article on Salafi jihadism (under list of groups: Harakat Ansar al-Din, Mali, 2011-present)