Ansar al-Sharia

Ansar al-Sharia ( Arabic أنصار الشريعة, DMG Anṣār aš-Šarīʿa  , follower of Islamic law ') is the name of various Islamist organizations in the Middle East and North Africa with ideological and personal proximity to al-Qaida, which arose in the course of the Arab Spring.

• Ansar al-Sharia (Egypt) : one since July 2012, one since July 2013,
• Ansar al-Sharia (Libya) : Libyan militia split off from the February 17 Martyrs Brigade in the summer of 2011, blamed for the attack on the American consulate in Benghazi on September 11, 2012; as well as one other organization (Derna, 2011–2012)
• Ansar al-Sharia (Mali) : since December 2012
• Ansar al-Sharia (Morocco) : September to the end of October / beginning of November 2012
• Ansar al-Sharia (Mauritania) : since June 2013
• Ansar al-Sharia (Pakistan) : in Karachi since 2017
• Ansar al-Sharia (Syria) : in Aleppo since 2015
• Ansar al-Sharia (Tunisia) , a Salafist organization founded in April 2011, classified as a terrorist organization by the Tunisian government in August 2013
• Ansar al-Sharia (Yemen) since April 2011 an alias of al-Qaeda operating in Yemen on the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP)

as well as other, small groups with this name.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ http://www.dw.de/neue-islamisten-gruppe-droht-mit-gewalt/a-16932731
2. ↑ Archive link ( Memento from September 22, 2013 in the Internet Archive )
3. ↑ http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/09/23/us-protests-libya-idUSBRE88M08D20120923
4. ↑ http://magharebia.com/en_GB/articles/awi/features/2012/12/14/feature-01
5. ↑ - ( Memento of the original from October 10, 2017 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
6. ↑ http://www.dailystar.com.lb/News/Middle-East/2012/Nov-05/193970-morocco-arrests-terror-cell.ashx#axzz2BNlBFleq
7. ↑ http://magharebia.com/en_GB/articles/awi/features/2013/06/26/feature-01
8. ↑ Archive link ( Memento from September 25, 2012 in the Internet Archive )