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Ansar (Arabic for "helpers") may refer to:
Places
- Ansar, Hamadan, a village in Hamadan Province, Iran
- Ansar, Lebanon, a village in south Lebanon
- Ansar, North Khorasan, a village in North Khorasan Province, Iran
- Ansar Rural District, in West Azerbaijan Province, Iran
- Ansar, a village in Siwan district of Bihar, India
- Ansar (Islam), citizens from Medina who helped Muhammad
- Ansar (military), a class of Arabian warriors
- Ansar (Sudan), a Sufi] religious movement in the Sudan
- Ansar (Kazakhstan) a rural locality in Akmola Region
Sports teams
- Al Ansar Club (Libya), a Libyan association football team
- Al-Ansar Club Medina, a Saudi Arabian association football club
- Al Ansar FC, a Lebanese association football team
- Al Ansar FC Women, a Lebanese former association football team
- Al-Ansar (Saudi Arabia, basketball), a Saudi Arabian basketball team
- Ansar Howara SC, a Lebanese association football team
Others
- Ansar Brigade, a Syrian rebel group
- Ansar al-Islam, a Sunni Islamist group of Iraqis promoting a radical interpretation of Islam
- Ansar-e Hezbollah, a militant conservative Islamic group in Iran
- Ansar al-Sharia (disambiguation), a number of Islamist groups active in the Arab world
- Ansar Dine, a Tuareg Islamist group, accused of having links with Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb and other Islamist groups
- Ansaru, a Nigerian Islamist group, in conflict with the Nigerian state
- Ansarullah (Ahmadiyya), an auxiliary organization of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community
- Anshar, an ancient Babylonian sky god
- Bangladesh Ansar, an internal security force in Bangladesh
- The Nuwaubian Nation, formerly the Ansaaru Allah Community, a black nationalist group founded by Malachi Z. York
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See also
- Ansari (disambiguation)
- Anser (disambiguation)
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