Religious paramilitary organizations

The ' (), formally ' (), is a paramilitary volunteer militia within the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) and one of its five branches. An individual member is called basiji in the Persian language.

religious movement

Assyrian/Syriac military organization in Syria

Yazidi all-women militia

2007 Pakistani military standoff against the Taliban

Tehreek-e-Nafaz-e-Shariat-e-Mohammadi (TNSM, ) is an Sunni Islamist militant group. The group swore an oath of loyalty to Pakistani Taliban and became a part of it in 2007 following the aftermath of the siege of Lal Masjid. The group's stated objective is to overthrow the Pakistani government and enforce Sharia law in Pakistan.

Yazidi military force in Iraq

political party in Iran

Paramilitary wing of the Nation of Islam

Syrian military and police organization