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Banner of the Ansar at the Battle of Siffin. The Ansar or Ansari (Arabic: الأنصار, romanized: al-Anṣār, lit. 'The Helpers' or 'Those who bring victory') are the local inhabitants (mostly Muslims) of Medina who took the Islamic prophet Muhammad and his followers (the Muhajirun) into their homes when they fled from Mecca during the hijra.
During the 2006 Lebanon War, the village was bombed by Israeli forces and five civilians were killed. [8] [9] Ansar is the hometown of the poet and journalist Said Fayad (1921 - 2003). Home of Said Fayad in Ansar
The Bangladesh Ansar and Village Defence Party (Bengali: বাংলাদেশ আনসার ও গ্রাম প্রতিরক্ষা বাহিনী; also known as the Ansar Bahini or Ansar VDP) is a paramilitary auxiliary force responsible for the preservation of internal security and law enforcement in Bangladesh.
Al-Ansari or Ansari is an Arab community, found predominantly in the Arab and South Asian countries. They are descended from the Ansar of Madinah.The Ansari are an Urdu-speaking community also called Muhajir, although the Ansari clan of Gujarat have Gujarati as their mother tongue.
The later armies of the Mahdiyah were recruited among various groups, including mostly autonomous groups such as the Beja people. [12] The early forces of the Mahdi were termed the "ansar", [15] and divided into three units led by a Khalifa. These units were termed raya ("flags") in accordance to their standards. The "Black Flag" was mostly ...
Nu'man ibn Bashir belonged to the Ansar, which consisted of the Arab tribes that were native to Medina, and according to some Muslim authorities, he was the first member of the Ansar to be born after the Hijrah, the Islamic prophet Muhammad's migration to Medina.
Ansar-e Hezbollah, a militant conservative Islamic group in Iran Ansar al-Sunna (Mozambique) , an Islamist militant group active in Cabo Delgado Province, Mozambique Ansar Dine , a Tuareg Islamist group, accused of having links with Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb and other Islamist groups
In 1976, the Village Defence Party were created. In 1980 a separate cadre was established in the Bangladesh Civil Service for Ansars. They were declared a disciplined force through he passage of Ansar Bahini, Battalion Ansar, Village Defence Party Acts in the parliament of Bangladesh in 1995. [5]