Ansar al-Islam in Kurdistan

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title: Ansar al-Islam in Kurdistan
text: Ansar al-Islam in Kurdistan, simply called Ansar al-Islam, is a Kurdish Islamist militant and separatist group. It was established in northern Iraq around the Kurdistan Region by Kurdish Islamists who were former Taliban and former Al-Qaeda volunteers, which were coming back from Afghanistan in 2001 after the Fall of Kabul. Its motive is to establish an Islamic state around the Kurdistan region and to protect Kurdish people from other armed insurgent groups. It imposed strict Sharia in villages
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description: Salafi jihadist militant group in Iraq and Syria
original url: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ansar_al-Islam_in_Kurdistan
date created: 2003-03-22T13:06:54Z
date modified: 2024-09-08T07:56:54Z
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