Ansar ul-Islam (Pakistan)

Not to be confused with Ansar al-Islam, Muhammad Ahsan Dar ยง Ansarul Islam, Jabhat Ansar al-Islam, or Ansaru.

Ansar ul Islam
Founding leaderSaif-ur-Rehman
LeadersQazi Mehboob-ul-Haq
Foundation2004
Country Pakistan
IdeologyBarelvi'ism
Islamism
StatusInactive
Opponents
WarsWar in North-West Pakistan
Designated as a terrorist group by

Ansar ul-Islam was a Barelvi Sunni Islamist militant group which operated in North-west Pakistan. It was founded in 2004 by Pir Saif-ur Rehman, an Afghan Sufi preacher, influenced by the Barelvi movement of Sunni Islam. The group was a rival to Lashkar-e-Islam.

By 2013n the group was being led by Qazi Mehboob-ul-Haq.

The group was banned by the Pakistani government in June 2008, and the ban was renewed in Pakistan's 2014 National Internal Security Policy.

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