Entity

The al-Jihad-Fisi-Sabililah Special Islamic Regiment

Listed by United States, UN Security Council, European Union and United Kingdom. No matched entry on the Canada list. Lists as published through October 13, 2026.

• ISIS, al-Qaeda and Affiliates

Listing Status by Jurisdiction

• US Listed
• UN Listed
• EU Listed
• UK Listed
• CA No matched entry

Canada gives effect to UN Security Council listings through regulations under the United Nations Act, so this UN-listed entity is subject to Canadian measures even though it has no entry on the two Canadian lists compared here.

Entries on Each List

All 4 entries tie through OpenSanctions entity NK-P7cbW8hZNb7DFnGM7kPupH plus an exact name or alias. Any further match basis is shown on the entry.

• United States

  THE SPECIAL PURPOSE ISLAMIC REGIMENT

  Reference

  OFAC entry 7474

  Listing date

  Not stated in the SDN list file

  Program or regime as stated

  SDGT

  Match basis

  OpenSanctions entity stated above

  Source

  OFAC SDN List, file of October 13, 2026

• UN Security Council

  SPECIAL PURPOSE ISLAMIC REGIMENT (SPIR)

  Reference

  QDe.101

  Listing date

  March 4, 2003

  Program or regime as stated

  Al-Qaida

  Match basis

  • UN reference number QDe.101 (with UK entry AQD0077)

  Source

  UN Security Council Consolidated List, file of October 12, 2026

• United Kingdom

  SPECIAL PURPOSE ISLAMIC REGIMENT

  Reference

  AQD0077

  Listing date

  March 4, 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.101

  Match basis

  • UN reference number QDe.101 (with UN entry QDe.101)

  Source

  UK Sanctions List, file of October 12, 2026

• European Union

  The al-Jihad-Fisi-Sabililah Special Islamic Regiment

  Reference

  EU.1053.92

  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

  OpenSanctions entity stated above

  Source

  EU Consolidated Financial Sanctions List, file of October 12, 2026

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 (14)

• ISLAMIC REGIMENT OF SPECIAL MEANING
• Islamic Regiment of Special Meaning
• Regimento Islâmico de Operações Especiais
• Regimento Islâmico de Significado Especial
• Regimento Islâmico Especial al-Jihad-Fisi-Sabililah
• SPECIAL PURPOSE ISLAMIC REGIMENT
• Special Purpose Islamic Regiment
• SPECIAL PURPOSE ISLAMIC REGIMENT (SPIR)
• SPIR
• THE AL-JIHAD-FISI-SABILILAH SPECIAL ISLAMIC REGIMENT
• The al-Jihad-Fisi-Sabililah Special Islamic Regiment
• THE ISLAMIC SPECIAL PURPOSE REGIMENT
• The Islamic Special Purpose Regiment
• THE SPECIAL PURPOSE ISLAMIC REGIMENT

Cite: Middle East Forum, "The al-Jihad-Fisi-Sabililah Special Islamic Regiment," Sanctions Comparator, accessed October 13, 2026, https://sanctions.meforum.org/e/us-7474/.