Entity

Devotos del Islam

Listed by United States, UN Security Council, European Union, United Kingdom and Canada. Lists as published through October 30, 2026. EU data: Financial Sanctions Files export of October 23, 2026, corrected for Official Journal acts through July 30, 2026.

• ISIS, al-Qaeda and Affiliates

Listing Status by Jurisdiction

• US Listed
• UN Listed
• EU Listed
• UK Listed
• CA Listed

Entries on Each List

All 5 entries tie through OpenSanctions entity NK-Tn2mTHreJqp2u62FNduhfj plus an exact name or alias. Any further match basis is shown on the entry.

• United States

  ANSAR AL-ISLAM

  Reference

  OFAC entry 7472

  Listing date

  Not stated in the SDN list file

  Program or regime as stated

  FTO; SDGT

  Match basis

  • Same organization name on both lists (al ansar army sunna) (with EU entry EU.888.32)
  • Same organization name on both lists (al ansar jaish sunna) (with EU entry EU.888.32)
  • Same organization name on both lists (al islam jund) (with EU entry EU.888.32)

  Source

  OFAC SDN List, file of October 30, 2026

• UN Security Council

  ANSAR AL-ISLAM

  Reference

  QDe.098

  Listing date

  February 24, 2003

  Program or regime as stated

  Al-Qaida

  Match basis

  • Official name match (hand-checked): "Ansar al-Islam", see the Public Safety Canada entry (with CA entry Criminal Code listed entity 13)
  • Same organization name on both lists (al ansar army sunna) (with EU entry EU.888.32)
  • Same organization name on both lists (al ansar jaish sunna) (with EU entry EU.888.32)
  • Same organization name on both lists (al islam jund) (with EU entry EU.888.32)
  • Same organization name on both lists (devotees islam of) (with EU entry EU.888.32)
  • Same organization name on both lists (followers in islam kurdistan of) (with CA entry Criminal Code listed entity 13)
  • Same organization name on both lists (god of soldiers) (with CA entry Criminal Code listed entity 13)
  • Same organization name on both lists (in islam kurdistan of supporters) (with CA entry Criminal Code listed entity 13)
  • Same organization name on both lists (islam kurdistan of supporters) (with CA entry Criminal Code listed entity 13)
  • Same organization name on both lists (islam of soldiers) (with CA entry Criminal Code listed entity 13)
  • Same organization name on both lists (kurdish taliban) (with EU entry EU.888.32)
  • UN reference number QDe.098 (with UK entry AQD0032)

  Source

  UN Security Council Consolidated List, file of October 29, 2026

• United Kingdom

  ANSAR AL-ISLAM

  Reference

  AQD0032

  Listing date

  February 24, 2003

  Program or regime as stated

  Isil (Da'esh) and Al-Qaeda (United Nations Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019

  Identifiers on the entry

  UN reference QDe.098

  Match basis

  • Same organization name on both lists (al ansar army sunna) (with EU entry EU.888.32)
  • Same organization name on both lists (al ansar jaish sunna) (with EU entry EU.888.32)
  • Same organization name on both lists (al islam jund) (with EU entry EU.888.32)
  • Same organization name on both lists (devotees islam of) (with EU entry EU.888.32)
  • Same organization name on both lists (followers in islam kurdistan of) (with CA entry Criminal Code listed entity 13)
  • Same organization name on both lists (god of soldiers) (with CA entry Criminal Code listed entity 13)
  • Same organization name on both lists (in islam kurdistan of supporters) (with CA entry Criminal Code listed entity 13)
  • Same organization name on both lists (islam kurdistan of supporters) (with CA entry Criminal Code listed entity 13)
  • Same organization name on both lists (islam of soldiers) (with CA entry Criminal Code listed entity 13)
  • Same organization name on both lists (kurdish taliban) (with EU entry EU.888.32)
  • UN reference number QDe.098 (with UN entry QDe.098)

  Source

  UK Sanctions List, file of October 29, 2026

• European Union

  Devotos del Islam

  Reference

  EU.888.32

  Listing date

  Not stated on the entry; earliest regulation cited was published January 18, 2012

  Program or regime as stated

  TAQA

  Identifiers on the entry

  Regulations 34/2012 (OJ L15)

  Match basis

  • Same organization name on both lists (al ansar army sunna) (with UK entry AQD0032)
  • Same organization name on both lists (al ansar jaish sunna) (with UK entry AQD0032)
  • Same organization name on both lists (al islam jund) (with UK entry AQD0032)
  • Same organization name on both lists (devotees islam of) (with UK entry AQD0032)
  • Same organization name on both lists (followers in islam kurdistan of) (with CA entry Criminal Code listed entity 13)
  • Same organization name on both lists (god of soldiers) (with CA entry Criminal Code listed entity 13)
  • Same organization name on both lists (in islam kurdistan of supporters) (with CA entry Criminal Code listed entity 13)
  • Same organization name on both lists (islam kurdistan of supporters) (with CA entry Criminal Code listed entity 13)
  • Same organization name on both lists (islam of soldiers) (with CA entry Criminal Code listed entity 13)
  • Same organization name on both lists (kurdish taliban) (with UK entry AQD0032)

  Source

  EU Consolidated Financial Sanctions List, file of October 23, 2026

• Canada

  Ansar al-Islam (AI)

  Reference

  Criminal Code listed entity 13

  Listing date

  May 17, 2004

  Program or regime as stated

  Criminal Code listed entity

  Match basis

  • Official name match (hand-checked): "Ansar al-Islam", see the Public Safety Canada entry (with UN entry QDe.098)
  • Same organization name on both lists (followers in islam kurdistan of) (with EU entry EU.888.32)
  • Same organization name on both lists (god of soldiers) (with EU entry EU.888.32)
  • Same organization name on both lists (in islam kurdistan of supporters) (with EU entry EU.888.32)
  • Same organization name on both lists (islam kurdistan of supporters) (with EU entry EU.888.32)
  • Same organization name on both lists (islam of soldiers) (with EU entry EU.888.32)

  Source

  Canada Criminal Code Listed Terrorist Entities, file of December 10, 2025

Same Name, No Shared Identifier

These entities carry an identical name or alias but no identifier ties them to this one, so they are kept separate. They may describe the same subject.

• Defensores del Islam (US + EU, not UN / UK / CA)
• ASwJ (US + EU + CA, not UN / UK)

Program Assignment

• ISIS, al-Qaeda and Affiliates: list program EU TAQA; Isil (Da'esh) and Al-Qaeda (United Nations Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019; UN Al-Qaida list

Names and Aliases on the Lists (45)

• ANSAR AL-ISLAM
• Ansar al-Islam
• Ansar al-Islam (AI)
• ANSAR AL-SUNNA
• Ansar al-Sunna
• ANSAR AL-SUNNA ARMY
• Ansar al-Sunna Army
• Apoiantes Curdos do Islão
• Apoiantes do Islão no Curdistão
• Devotees of Islam
• Devotos del Islam
• Devotos do Islão
• Ejército Ansar al-Sunna
• Exército Ansar al-Sunna
• Followers of Islam in Kurdistan
• Helpers of Islam
• JAISH ANSAR AL-SUNNA
• Jaish Ansar al-Sunna
• JUND AL-ISLAM
• Jund al-Islam
• Kurdish Taliban
• Kurdistan Supporters of Islam
• Kurdistan Taliban
• Seguidores del Islam en Kurdistán
• Seguidores do Islão no Curdistão
• Simpatizantes del Islam en Kurdistán
• Simpatizantes kurdos del Islam
• Soldados de Deus
• Soldados de Dios
• Soldados del Islam
• Soldados do Islão
• Soldiers of God
• Soldiers of Islam
• Supporters of Islam
• Supporters of Islam in Kurdistan
• Talibanes kurdos
• The Partisans of Islam
• Войници на бог
• Войници на исляма
• Кюрдски поддръжници на исляма
• Кюрдски талибани
• Поданици на исляма
• Поддръжници на исляма в Кюрдистан
• Последователи на исляма в Кюрдистан
• أنصار الاسلام

Cite: Middle East Forum, "Devotos del Islam," Sanctions Comparator, accessed October 30, 2026, https://sanctions.meforum.org/e/us-7472/.