General information
Current Name: Jama'at Ansar al-Islam
Current Name full English: Jama'at Ansar al-Islam
Current Name full native language: Jama'at Ansar al-Islam
Original Name: Jama'at Ansar al-Islam
Original Name full English: Jama'at Ansar al-Islam
Original Name full native language: Jama'at Ansar al-Islam
Actor Chronology
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UCDP has not recorded any Chronology Activities involving this group.
Conflict issues
Government of Egypt - Jama'at Ansar al-Islam
Conflict Goal Issues: Jama'at Ansar al-Islam was a Sunni-Jihadist rebel group fighting against the government of Egypt. The group emerged in 2017, during which it expressed three conflict goal issues. Jama'at Ansar al-Islam called for the religious rights of Egyptian Muslims to be respected, for the Egyptian government to be ousted, and for Sharia law to be established in Egypt.
Conflict Dynamics Issues: During its only coded year of existence, Jama'at Ansar al-Islam accused the government of Egypt of oppression, blasphemy, and abuses against civilians. The group also called for the removal of foreign influence, stating that the Egyptian government had “opened its borders to the Jews, and handed over its examples to the corrupters.”
Conflict Resolution Issues: The project coded no statements from Jama'at Ansar al-Islam pertaining to conflict resolution issues.
Type of conflict issues: Conflict Goal Issues: Change judicial system, Oust full executive, Religious rights
Conflict Dynamics Issues: Atrocities and abuses, DFI: Removal of foreign influence
Conflict Resolution Issues:
Annual information
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Group Archive
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