NOTE: Anṣār al-Islām is a Kurdish Islamist group based near the Iranian border in villages, such as Biyara and Tawela, northeast of Halabja. Anṣār al-Islām was established in September 2001 when there was a merger between Jund al-Islām led by Abū ‘Abdallah al-Shāfi’ī, and a splinter group from the Islamic Movement of Kurdistan led by Mullā Krekār. On May 4, 2010, al-Shāfi’ī the leader of Anṣār al-Islām after Krekār left for Norway in 2003, was captured by the US Coalition forces.
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Ansar Al-Islam- Statement on the occasion of the holy month of Ramadan for the year 1431 H
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