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Groups and organizations

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Al-Ansar (Iraq) Al-Ansar ( ar, الأنصار, 'the Partisans') was a guerrilla force attached to the Iraqi Communist Party, active between 1979 and 1988. Early phase When the alliance between the Communist Party and the Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party ended, ...
, a Communist guerrilla group in Iraq active from 1979 to 1988 *
Ansar (Islam) The ''Ansar'' ( ar, الأنصار, al-Anṣār, The Helpers’ or ‘Those who bring victory) were the local inhabitants of Medina who, in Islamic tradition, took the Islamic prophet Muhammad and his followers (the '' Muhajirun'') into their home ...
, citizens from Medina who helped Muhammad *
Ansar (military) The Ansar were a group of people consisting of three or four tribes, living in Madinah, who gave aid and protection to prophet Mohammed and his followers. This help came about after they suffered years of hardships and torture at the hands of the lo ...
, a class of Arabian warriors *
Ansar (Sudan) The Ansar ( ar, أنصار) is a Sufi religious movement in the Sudan whose followers are disciples of Muhammad Ahmad (12 August 1844 – 22 June 1885), a Sudanese religious leader based on Aba Island, proclaimed himself Mahdi on 29 June 1881. His ...
, a Sufi religious movement in the Sudan * Ansar Brigade, a Syrian rebel group *
Bangladesh Ansar The Bangladesh Ansar (also known as the Ansar Bahini) is a paramilitary auxiliary force responsible for the preservation of internal security and law enforcement in Bangladesh. It is administered by the Ministry of Home Affairs of the Government ...
, an internal security force in Bangladesh


People

* Ansar, the nickname used by US President George W. Bush for José María Aznar, prime minister of Spain *
Ansar Burney Ansar Burney ( ur, انصار برنی; born 14 August 1956) is a Pakistani human and civil rights activist and former caretaker Federal Minister for human rights in Pakistan cabinet from 2007 to 2008. He graduated with Masters in Law from K ...
, Pakistani-Arab human rights activists *
Manny Ansar Manny is a common nickname for people with the given name Manuel, Emanuele, Immanuel, Emmanuel, Herman, or Manfred. People * Manny Acosta (born 1981), Panamanian pitcher in the Mexican Baseball League * Manny Acta (born 1969), Dominican Major ...
, founder-director of the Festival au Désert in Mali


Places


Iran

* Ansar, Hamadan, a village in Hamadan Province, Iran *
Ansar, North Khorasan Ansar ( fa, انصار, also Romanized as Anşār) is a village in Howmeh Rural District, in the Central District of Maneh and Samalqan County, North Khorasan Province, Iran Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran, and als ...
, a village in North Khorasan Province, Iran *
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, in West Azerbaijan Province, Iran


Other places

* Ansar, India, a village in
Siwan district Siwan district is one of the districts of Bihar state, India. Siwan town is the administrative headquarters of this district. Siwan district is a part of Saran Division since 1972. The district was previously also known as Aliganj Siwan after ...
of Bihar, India * Ansar, Kazakhstan, a rural locality in
Akmola Region Akmola Region ( kz, Ақмола облысы, translit=Aqmola oblysy; russian: Акмолинская область, Akmolinskaya oblast) is a centrally located region of Kazakhstan. Its capital is Kokshetau. The national capital, Astana, is en ...
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Ansar, Lebanon Ansar (; also spelled Insar) is a village in the Nabatieh Governorate region of southern Lebanon located between Nabatieh and Tyre, Lebanon, next to the village of Doueir. It has a population of 31,970. History After the 1982 Israeli invasion o ...
, a village in south Lebanon


Sports teams

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Al Ansar FC Al Ansar Football Club ( ar, نادي الأنصار الرياضي, lit=The Supporters Sporting Club) is a Association football, football club based in Tariq El Jdideh, a district in Beirut, Lebanon, that competes in the . Formed in 1951, th ...
, a Lebanese association football team ** Al Ansar FC (women), a defunct Lebanese women's association football team *
Al Ansar Club (Libya) AlAnsar ( ar, نادي الأنصار الليبي) is a Libyan football club based in Bayda, Libya Libya (; ar, ليبيا, Lībiyā), officially the State of Libya ( ar, دولة ليبيا, Dawlat Lībiyā), is a country in the Maghre ...
, a Libyan association football team *
Al-Ansar FC (Medina) Al-Ansar Football Club ( ar, نادي الأنصار) is a Saudi Arabian professional multi-sports club based in Medina that plays in the Saudi Second Division, the third tier of Saudi football. It was founded in 1953. The club play their home g ...
, a Saudi Arabian association football club *
Al-Ansar (Saudi Arabia, basketball) Al-Ansar is a professional basketball club based in the city of Medina in the Al Madinah Province, Saudi Arabia that plays in the Saudi Premier League. They competed in the 2000 and 2010 Arab Club Championships. Achievements *Saudi Arabia Premier ...
, a Saudi Arabian basketball team *
Ansar Howara SC Ansar Howara Sporting Club ( ar, نادي أنصار حوارة الرياضي ) is a Lebanese football club based in Houara, Lebanon, that competes in the . History Founded in 1988, the club gained promotion to the Lebanese Second Division ...
, a Lebanese association football team * Ansar Al Mawadda SC, a Lebanese association football team


Other uses

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Anshar Anshar, also spelled Anšar ( Sumerian: , Neo-Assyrian: , meaning "whole heaven"), was a primordial god in the Babylonian creation myth Enuma Elish. His consort is Kishar which means "Whole Earth". They were the children of Lahamu and Lahmu an ...
, also spelt Anšar, an ancient Babylonian sky god


See also

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Ansar al-Islam Ansar al-Islam in Kurdistan ( ku, ئەنسارولئیسلام له کوردستان),Chalk, Peter, ''Encyclopedia of Terrorism'' Volume 1, 2012, ABC-CLIO simply called Ansar al-Islam ( ku, ئەنسارولئیسلام), also nicknamed the Kurdi ...
, a Sunni Islamist group of Iraqis promoting a radical interpretation of Islam *
Ansar al-Sharia Ansar al-Sharia or Ansar al-Shariah is a name used by a collection of radical or militant Islamist groups or militias, in at least eight countries. While they share names and ideology, they lack a unified command structure. *Ansar al-Sharia (Yemen ...
, a number of Islamist groups active in the Arab world *
Ansar-e Hezbollah Ansar-e Hezbollah ( fa, انصار حزب‌الله, lit=Supporters of the Party of God) is a conservative paramilitary organization in Iran.
, a militant conservative Islamic group in Iran *
Ansar al-Sunna (Mozambique) Al-Shabaab ( ar, الشباب, lit=The Youth), also known as Ansar al-Sunna ( ar, أنصار السنة, links=no, ) or Ahlu Sunna Wal Jammah, is an Islamist militant group active in Cabo Delgado Province, Mozambique. Since October 2017, it has ...
, an Islamist militant group active in Cabo Delgado Province, Mozambique *
Ansar Dine Ansar Dine ( ar, أنصار الدين ''ʾAnṣār ad-Dīn'', also transliterated ''Ançar Deen''; meaning " helpers of the religion" (Islam) also known as Ansar al-Din (abbreviated as AAD) was a Salafi jihadist group led by Iyad Ag Ghaly. Ans ...
, a Tuareg Islamist group, accused of having links with Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb and other Islamist groups *
Ansari (disambiguation) Ansari may refer to: People * 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 ...
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Ansaru The Vanguard for the Protection of Muslims in Black Africa ( ar, جماعة أنصار المسلمين في بلاد السودان '), better known as Ansaru and less commonly called al-Qaeda in the Lands Beyond the Sahel, is an Islamic fundame ...
, a Nigerian Islamist group, in conflict with the Nigerian state *
Ansarullah (Ahmadiyya) Majlis Ansarullah ( ar, مجلس انصار الله; ''Association for the Helpers n the causeof Allah'') is an auxiliary organization of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community for men above forty years of age. It was founded in 1940 by Mirza Bashir- ...
, an auxiliary organization of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community * Anser (disambiguation) *
Jamaat Ansar al-Sunna Jamaat Ansar al-Sunnah ( ar, جماعة أنصار السنه, Jama'at 'Anṣār as-Sunnah, lit=Jamia, Assembly of the Ansar (Islam), Helpers of Sunnah), also known as Jaish Ansar al-Sunna (Army of the Ansar (Islam), Helpers of Sunnah), Ali ib ...
, an Iraqi Sunni insurgent group that fought against US Troops and their local allies during the Iraq War *
Nuwaubian Nation The Nuwaubian Nation, Nuwaubian movement, or United Nuwaubian Nation () is an American new religious movement founded and led by Dwight York, also known as Malachi Z. York. York began founding several black Muslim groups in New York in 1967. He ...
, formerly the Ansaaru Allah Community, a black nationalist group in the US {{disambiguation, geo