Ansar al-Sharia (Mauritania)
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Ansar Al-Sharia fi Bilad Shinqit (Arabic: أنصار الشريعة في بلاد شنقيط, romanized: anṣār aš-šarīʿah fī bilād Šinqīṭ, lit. 'Partisans of Islamic Law in the Land of Chinguetti'), better known as Ansar al-Sharia in Mauritania was a small radical Islamist group that operated in Mauritania.
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Ansar al-Sharia fi Bilad Shinqit | |
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أنصار الشريعة في بلاد شنقيط | |
Leaders | Ahmed Salem Ould al-Hassan (2013 - 2019) |
Foundation | 11 February 2013 (2013-02-11) |
Dates of operation | 11 February 2013 (2013-02-11) – August 2019 (2019-08) (6 years, 6 months, 2 weeks and 2 days) |
Dissolved | August 2019 |
Country | Mauritania |
Ideology | Salafi Jihadism |
Part of | Ansar al-Sharia |
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