Translated as "Defenders of the Faith" also transliterated Ançar Deen, is an Islamist group led by Iyad Ag Ghaly. Ag Ghaly, one of the most prominent leaders of a Tuareg rebellion in the 1990s, is accused of having links with Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb and other Islamist groups, a splinter group which is led by his cousin Hamada Ag Hama. Ansar Dine wants the imposition of strict Sharia law across Mali.The group's first action was in March 2012.
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