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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.
Ansar al-Islam, a Sunni Islamist group of Iraqis promoting a radical interpretation of Islam; Ansar al-Sharia, a number of Islamist groups active in the Arab world; Ansar-e Hezbollah, a militant conservative Islamic group in Iran
If Ansar Allah is designated as a foreign terrorist organization under 8 U.S.C. 1189, the Secretary of State and the Administrator of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) will review the United Nations partners, nongovernmental organizations, and contractors through which USAID works in Yemen, and identify any entities ...
The Houthi movement, [a] officially the Ansar Allah, [b] is a Zaydi Shia Islamist political and military organization that emerged from Yemen in the 1990s. It is predominantly made up of Zaydi Shias , with their namesake leadership being drawn largely from the Houthi tribe . [ 95 ]
Ansar member weaving on duty. The name originates from the Arabic word of "Ansar" which denotes a "volunteer". The Ansar were the local inhabitants of Medina who, in Islamic tradition, took the Islamic prophet Muhammad and his followers (the Muhajirun) into their homes when they emigrated from Mecca during the hijra.
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.
Ansar (Islam), an Islamic term that literally means "helpers" and denotes the Medinan citizens that helped the Islamic prophet Muhammad after the Hijra; Ansari (nesba), people known as Ansari or Al-Ansari as a nesba; Ansari (surname), contemporary people known as Ansari or Al-Ansari as a surname
Ansar ul Islam or Ansar al-Islam (Arabic: انصار الاسلام; "Partisans of Islam" or "Helpers of Islam") may refer to: Ansar al-Islam in Kurdistan, a Kurdish Salafist group in Northern Iraq and Syria; Ansar al-Islam (Bangladesh) also called Ansarullah Bangla Team, a radical islamist group in Bangladesh