Ansar Dine (Arabic: أنصار الدين ʾAnṣār ad-Dīn, also transliterated Ançar Deen), meaning "helpers of the religion" (Islam) (Defenders of the Faith) and also known as Ansar al-Din (abbreviated as AAD), was a Sunni Islamist militant group led by Iyad Ag Ghaly. Ansar Dine sought to impose absolute sharia across Mali.
Ansar Dine (Arabic: أنصار الدين ʾAnṣār ad-Dīn, also transliterated Ançar Deen), meaning "helpers of the religion" (Islam) (Defenders of the Faith) and also known as Ansar al-Din (abbreviated as AAD), was a Sunni Islamist militant group led by Iyad Ag Ghaly. Ansar Dine sought to impose absolute sharia across Mali.
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