Ansar al-Din

E386191

Islamist militant group jihadist organization non-state armed group

Ansar al-Din is a Mali-based Islamist militant group known for its role in the 2012 Northern Mali conflict and its efforts to impose strict Sharia law.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Ansar Eddine	1
Ansar al-Din canonical	1

Statements (52)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Islamist militant group ⓘ jihadist organization ⓘ non-state armed group ⓘ
activeInConflict	Mali War ⓘ surface form: 2012 Northern Mali conflict
alliedWith	Mourabitoun militia ⓘ surface form: Al-Mourabitoun Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb ⓘ MUJAO ⓘ Movement for Oneness and Jihad in West Africa ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	Mali ⓘ
dateFounded	2011 ⓘ 2012 ⓘ
dateMergedIntoJNIM	2017 ⓘ
designatedAs	terrorist organization ⓘ
designatedTerroristBy	Canada ⓘ European Union ⓘ United Kingdom ⓘ United Nations ⓘ United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
ethnicBase	Tuareg ⓘ
foundedBy	Iyad Ag Ghaly ⓘ
goal	imposition of strict Sharia law in Mali ⓘ
hasAlias	Ansar Dine ⓘ Ansar al-Din self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Ansar Eddine
hasBranch	Ansar al-Din Macina Brigade ⓘ
hasNameMeaning	Defenders of the Faith ⓘ
ideology	Salafi jihadism ⓘ
involvedIn	Mali War ⓘ surface form: Malian Civil War Mali War ⓘ surface form: Northern Mali conflict
leader	Iyad Ag Ghaly ⓘ
mergedInto	Jama'at Nusrat al‑Islam wal‑Muslimin ⓘ surface form: Jama'at Nusrat al-Islam wal-Muslimin
notableFor	attacks on Malian security forces ⓘ attacks on UN peacekeepers in Mali ⓘ destruction of cultural heritage in Timbuktu ⓘ implementation of harsh hudud punishments ⓘ
operatesIn	Mali ⓘ northern Mali ⓘ surface form: Northern Mali
opposes	Government of Mali ⓘ surface form: Malian government secular Tuareg nationalism ⓘ
partOf	Jama'at Nusrat al‑Islam wal‑Muslimin ⓘ surface form: Jama'at Nusrat al-Islam wal-Muslimin
recruitmentBase	Fulani communities in central Mali ⓘ Tuareg communities in northern Mali ⓘ
regionOfActivity	Azawad ⓘ Gao Region ⓘ Kidal Region ⓘ Timbuktu Region ⓘ
religion	Sunni Islam ⓘ
usesLanguage	Arabic ⓘ French ⓘ Tamasheq ⓘ
usesTactic	guerrilla warfare ⓘ improvised explosive devices ⓘ suicide bombings ⓘ

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Ansar Dine → hasAlternativeName → Ansar al-Din ⓘ

Ansar al-Din → hasAlias → Ansar al-Din self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ansar Eddine