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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 .
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.
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
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 Ansaris are an Arabic speaking community, though the descendants of those who settled elsewhere outside of Arabia, speak the native language of the regions they settled in. [1]: 984
The Mahdi's eldest surviving son, Abd al-Rahman al-Mahdi, was the religious and political leader of the Ansar throughout most of the colonial era of Anglo-Egyptian Sudan (1898–1955) and for a few years after the Sudan gained independence in January 1956. His descendants have led the movement since then.
The Bangladesh Ansar mutinied in the Ansar Academy in Shafipur, and Khilgaon on 1 December 1994, demanding higher pay, job security and better treatment from officers. [1] [5] The mutiny was ended on 4 December 1994, when a military operation was launched by Bangladesh Rifles, supported by the Bangladesh Police and helicopters from Bangladesh Air Force.
Ansar al-Tawhid (Arabic: أنصار التوحيد, lit. ' Supporters of monotheism ' ) was an armed Islamist group fighting in the Syrian Civil War . The group was made up of former Jund al-Aqsa members. [ 3 ]
The Ansar–Khatmiyya rivalry, [1] [2] [3] also known as al-Mahdi and al-Mirghani rivalry or the Two Sayyids rivalry, [4] was a sectarian division in Sudan that shaped the country's political landscape after the end of the Mahdist State in 1899 and until the Kizan era in 1989.