This article is about the Islamist group based in Mali. For the Islamist group based in Syria, see Ansar al-Din Front. For the Sufi-based organization, see Chérif Ousmane Madani Haïdara.
Ansar Dine
Dates of operation
2012 (2012)–2017 (2017)
Active regions
Mali Senegal Mauritania
Ideology
Salafi jihadism Salafi movement
Opponents
State opponents
Mali
Senegal
Mauritania
United States
France
Turkey
Non-state opponents
National Movement for the Liberation of Azawad
Battles and wars
Insurgency in the Maghreb (2002–present)
Succeeded by Jama'at Nasr al-Islam wal Muslimin[1]
Ansar Dine (Arabic: أنصار الدينʾAnṣār ad-Dīn, also transliterated Ançar Deen; meaning "helpers of the religion" (Islam)[2] also known as Ansar al-Din (abbreviated as AAD)[3] was a Salafi jihadist group led by Iyad Ag Ghaly. Ansar Dine sought to impose absolute sharia across Mali.[4][5] The group took over the city of Timbuktu in 2012, which prompted the French-led intervention, Operation Serval.[6]
The organization is not to be confused with the Sufi movement Ançar Dine, founded in Southern Mali in the 1990s by Chérif Ousmane Madani Haïdara, which is fundamentally opposed to militant Islamism.[7][8] Ansar Dine is opposed to Sufi shrines, and it has destroyed a number of such shrines.[9]
Ansar Dine was active from March 2012 until March 2017, when it merged with other militant Islamist groups to form Jama'at Nasr al-Islam wal Muslimin.[10]
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^"Timbuktu taken as Mali junta signals talks". Agence France-Presse. 2 April 2012. Retrieved 3 April 2012.
^"American commandos face complicated mission in Mali". Army Times. 18 September 2017.
^Armed Islamist group claims control in northeast Mali, AFP
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^"Ban Ki-moon met en garde contre une intervention au Mali". Le Monde.fr (in French). 29 November 2012. Retrieved 27 July 2022.
^"2012 - Society - Qantara.de". En.qantara.de. 19 December 2012. Archived from the original on 17 February 2013. Retrieved 30 April 2013.
^Flood, Derek Henry (24 July 2012), "Between Islamization and Secession: The Contest for Northern Mali", CTC Sentinel, Combating Terrorism Center, archived from the original on 2 May 2017, retrieved 12 January 2013
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