Organizations designated as terrorist by the United Arab Emirates

Salafi jihadist militant Sunni Islamist group

Al-Qaeda is a pan-Islamist militant organization led by Sunni Islamist jihadists who self-identify as a vanguard spearheading a global Islamist revolution to unite the Muslim world under a supra-national Islamic caliphate. Its membership is mostly composed of Arabs but also includes people from other ethnic groups. Al-Qaeda has mounted attacks on civilian and military targets of the U.S. and its allies; such as the 1998 U.S. embassy bombings, the USS Cole bombing, and the September 11 attacks. It has been designated a terrorist organization by the United Nations and over two dozen countries ar

The Taliban, officially known as the Islamic Movement of Taliban, also referring to themselves by their state name, the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan, is an Afghan political and militant organization with an ideology comprising elements of the Deobandi movement of Islamic fundamentalism and Pashtun nationalism. It ruled approximately 90% of Afghanistan from 1996 to 2001, before it was overthrown by an American-led invasion after the September 11 attacks carried out by the Taliban's ally al-Qaeda. Following a 20-year insurgency and the departure of coalition forces, the Taliban recaptured Kabu

global Islamic organization that serves as the primary reference for many Islamic groups

The Houthis, officially known as Ansar Allah, is a Zaydi revivalist and Shia Islamist political and military organization that emerged from Yemen in the 1990s. It is predominantly made up of Zaydis, whose namesake leadership is drawn largely from the al-Houthi family. The group has been a central player in Yemen's civil war, drawing widespread international condemnation for its human rights abuses, including targeting civilians and using child soldiers. The movement is designated as a terrorist organization by some countries. The Houthis are backed by Iran, and they are widely considered part

Horn of Africa-based Islamist movement affiliated with al-Qaeda

Syrian islamist organization

former jihadist organisation

Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) is a Deobandi-jihadist Pakistani militant group active in Kashmir. The group's primary motive is to separate Jammu and Kashmir from India and integrate it into Pakistan.

Islamist militant organization in Northwest Africa and the Sahel

Islamic extremist organization in China

Syrian Islamist military and political organization

jihadist political party in Iraq

The Popular Mobilization Forces, also known as the Popular Mobilization Units (PMU), is an Iranian-backed paramilitary umbrella group that operates within Iraq. Although formally and legally part of the Iraqi Armed Forces and reporting directly to the prime minister, PMF leaders act independently from state control, and in practice, answer to the supreme leader of Iran.

Shia Islamist militant group based in Iraq

Egyptian Sunni Islamist movement

Palestinian militant group

Iraqi organization and political party

Iraqi Shi'a paramilitary group

Muslim civil rights and advocacy group in the United States

Islamist terror organization in India

African militant jihadist organization

Muslim militia

Islamist organization

Salafist jihadist group in Libya

defunct Egyptian jihadist militant group (2011-14)

Sunni fundamentalist organization

Islamist militant group

Shia militia group from Iraq

militant salafist jihadist organization in Yemen

Bahreini shia militant organization

Branch of Islamic State of Iraq and Levant in the east African country of Somalia

jihadist group that had been active during the Syrian Civil War

educational institute

mosque in Oslo, Norway

Shia militant organization operating in Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, and Bahrain

Syrian rebel group fighting against the Syrian government in the Syrian Civil War

Bahreini political organization

Sirian paramilitary group