PROSCRIBED TERRORIST
ORGANISATIONS

PROSCRIPTION CRITERIA
What is a proscribed organisation?
A. Under the Terrorism Act 2000, the Home Secretary may proscribe an organisation if she
believes it is concerned in terrorism, and it is proportionate to do. For the purposes of the
Act, this means that the organisation:
 commits or participates in acts of terrorism;
 prepares for terrorism;
 promotes or encourages terrorism (including the unlawful glorification of terrorism); or
 is otherwise concerned in terrorism.
What is meant by ‘terrorism’ in the proscription context?
A. “Terrorism” as defined in the Act, means the use or threat which: involves serious violence
against a person; involves serious damage to property; endangers a person’s life (other than
that of the person committing the act); creates a serious risk to the health or safety of the
public or section of the public; or is designed seriously to interfere with or seriously to disrupt
an electronic system. The use or threat of such action must be designed to influence the
government or an international governmental organisation or to intimidate the public or a
section of the public and be undertaken for the purpose of advancing a political, religious,
racial or ideological cause.
What determines whether proscription is proportionate?
A. If the statutory test is met, the Secretary of State will consider whether to exercise her
discretion to proscribe the organisation. In considering whether to exercise this discretion,
the Secretary of State will take into account other factors, including:
 the nature and scale of an organisation’s activities;
 the specific threat that it poses to the UK;
 the specific threat that it poses to British nationals overseas;
 the extent of the organisation’s presence in the UK; and
 the need to support other members of the international community in the global fight
against terrorism.

ALIASES
Section 3(6) of the Terrorism Act 2000 allows the Home Secretary to specify by order that an
alternative name or alias is to be treated as another name for a proscribed organisation listed in
Schedule 2 to the Act. The Secretary of State can make an order where she believes the
proscribed organisation is operating under that alternative name or that an organisation
operating under a name not included in Schedule 2 is for all practical purposes the same as the
proscribed organisation.
The use of an alternative name which has not been formally recognised in an order does not
prevent the police and Crown Prosecution Service from taking action against an individual for
proscription offences. For a successful prosecution, it is necessary to demonstrate that (1) the
organisation in question, whatever name it professes to be operating under, is for all practical
purposes the same as the proscribed organisation listed in Schedule 2; and (2) that the person
in question has committed one of the proscription offences in relation to that organisation.
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PROSCRIPTION OFFENCES
Proscription makes it a criminal offence to:
 belong, or profess to belong, to a proscribed organisation in the UK or overseas (section
11 of the Act);
 invite support for a proscribed organisation (and the support is not, or is not restricted to
the provision of money or other property) (section 12(1));
 arrange, manage or assist in arranging or managing a meeting in the knowledge that the
meeting is to support or further the activities of a proscribed organisation, or is to be
addressed by a person who belongs or professes to belong to a proscribed organisation
(section 12(2)); or to address a meeting if the purpose of the address is to encourage
support for, or further the activities of, a proscribed organisation (section 12(3));and
 wear clothing or carry or display articles in public in such a way or in such circumstances
as arouse reasonable suspicion that an individual is a member or supporter of the
proscribed organisation (section 13).
What are the penalties for a proscription offence?
A. The penalties for proscription offences under sections 11 and 12 are a maximum of 10 years
in prison and/or a fine. The maximum penalty for a section 13 offence is 6 months in prison
and/or a fine not exceeding £5,000.
Do the proscription offences apply to all designated and proscribed organisations?
A. No, the proscription offences set out in sections 11 to 13 of the Terrorism Act 2000 only
apply in relation to proscribed organisations i.e. those specified in Schedule 2 to the
Terrorism Act 2000. These offences do not apply in relation to groups subject to an asset
freeze in the UK as a result of a UN Al Qa’ida, EU CP 931 or UK domestic, asset freeze
unless that entity is also proscribed in the UK.
How does proscription help disrupt terrorism?
A. In addition to the proscription offences, proscription can support other disruptive activity
including the use of immigration powers such as exclusion, prosecution for other offences,
encouraging removal of on-line material, messaging and EU asset freezes. The resources of
a proscribed organisation are terrorist property and are, therefore, liable to be seized.
Do the offences relating to a proscribed organisation apply overseas?
A. Only the section 11 offence of membership of a proscribed organisation has extra-territorial
effect. Sections 12 and 13 of the Terrorism Act 2000 do not have extra-territorial effect (i.e.
only conduct that takes place within the UK can form the basis of a prosecution). The
offences do not prevent non-governmental organisations interacting with proscribed
organisations overseas.
Is it an offence to arrange or manage a meeting relating to a proscribed organisation?
A. Section 12(2)(c) of the Terrorism Act 2000 provides that it is an offence to arrange or
manage (or assist in the arrangement or management) of a meeting in the knowledge that it
is to be addressed by a person who belongs or professes to belong to a proscribed
organisation. However, section 12(4) provides a defence, in the case of private meetings, if
a person can prove that he had no reasonable cause to believe that the address by the
member of the proscribed organisation would support the proscribed organisation or
advance its terrorist activities.
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Further, the explanatory notes to the Terrorism Act 2000 (which are designed to provide
clarification of the legislation’s intent and can be taken into account by the prosecuting
authorities when considering whether prosecution is in the public interest and by courts in
interpreting Parliament’s intentions) explain that the defence in section 12(4) is intended to
permit the arrangement of ‘genuinely benign’ meetings. A ‘genuinely benign’ meeting is
interpreted as a meeting at which the terrorist activities of the group are not promoted or
encouraged, for example, a meeting designed to encourage a designated group to engage
in a peace process or facilitate delivery of humanitarian aid where this does not involve
knowingly transferring assets to a designated organisation.

DEPROSCRIPTION
As indicated to Parliament by the then Immigration and Security Minister, James Brokenshire
MP, on 10 December 2013, the Home Secretary will consider deproscription on application
only.
Section 4 of the Terrorism Act 2000 provides that the organisation or any person affected by a
proscription can submit a signed, written application to the Home Secretary requesting that she
considers whether a specified organisation should be removed from the list of proscribed
organisations. The application must set out the grounds on which it is made. The precise
requirements are contained in the Proscribed Organisations (Applications for Deproscription
etc) Regulations 2006 (SI 2006/2299).
The Home Secretary is required to determine the application within 90 days from the day after it
is received. If the deproscription application is refused the applicant may appeal to the
Proscribed Organisations Appeals Commission (POAC). The Commission will allow an appeal
if it considers that the decision to refuse deproscription was flawed, applying judicial review
principles. Either party can seek leave to appeal the POAC’s decision at the Court of Appeal.
If the Home Secretary agrees to deproscribe the organisation or the appeal is allowed, the
Home Secretary will lay a draft order before Parliament removing the organisation from the list
of proscribed organisations. The Order is subject to the affirmative resolution procedure so
must be agreed by both the House of Commons and the House of Lords.
Section 10 of the Terrorism Act 2000 provides that evidence of anything done in relation to a
deproscription application is not admissible as evidence in proceedings against an individual for
an offence under that Act.
The Mujaheddin e Khalq (MeK) also known as the Peoples’ Mujaheddin of Iran (PMOI) was
removed from the list of proscribed groups in June 2008 as a result of judgments of the POAC
and the Court of Appeal.
The International Sikh Youth Federation (ISYF) was removed from the list of proscribed
groups in March 2016 following receipt of an application to deproscribe the organisation.

ASSET FREEZING
There are also domestic and international financial asset freezing sanctions regimes that
involve the listing of terrorist organisations and individuals. The current consolidated list of asset
freeze targets designated by the United Nations, European Union and United Kingdom, under
current financial sanctions regimes is available at:
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/financial-sanctions-consolidated-list-of-targets.
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LIST OF PROSCRIBED INTERNATIONAL TERRORIST
GROUPS
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70 international terrorist organisations are proscribed under the Terrorism Act 2000.
14 organisations in Northern Ireland that were proscribed under previous legislation.

The information about the groups' aims was given to Parliament when they were proscribed.
Users should bear in mind that there is no universal standard for transliterating Arabic and other
languages into Latin characters. Therefore, the spelling of the names of proscribed
organisations appearing in other publications may differ slightly from that given in this list.
17 November Revolutionary Organisation (N17) - Proscribed March 2001
Aims to highlight and protest at what it deems to be imperialist and corrupt actions, using
violence. Formed in 1974 to oppose the Greek military Junta, its stance was initially anti-Junta
and anti-US, which it blamed for supporting the Junta.
Abdallah Azzam Brigades, including the Ziyad al-Jarrah Battalions (AAB) - Proscribed
June 2014
AAB is an Islamist militant group aligned with Al Qa’ida and the global jihad movement,
currently fighting in Syria and Lebanon. The group began operating in Pakistan in 2009. The
Lebanese branch uses the name the Ziyad al Jarrah Battalion, and is named after Lebanese
9/11 hijacker Ziyad al Jarrah who participated in the hijacking and crash of United Flight 93.
AAB has increased its operational pace since the onset of the Syrian insurgency, claiming
responsibility for a rocket attack launched from Lebanon into northern Israel in August 2013.
On 19 November 2013, AAB claimed responsibility for a double suicide bombing outside the
Iranian embassy in Beirut, which killed at least 22 people and wounded over 140.
On 19 February 2014, the group's media wing, the Al-Awzaey Media Foundation, announced on
Twitter and YouTube that the group claimed responsibility for two suicide bombings near the
Iranian cultural centre in Beirut killing 11 and wounding 130, in revenge for actions by Iran and
Hizballah, in Lebanon and Syria.
The group has threatened to launch further terrorist attacks and has demanded that the
Lebanese Government free imprisoned jihadists. It has also threatened attacks on Western
targets in the Middle East.
Abu Nidal Organisation (ANO) - Proscribed March 2001
ANO’s principal aim is the destruction of the state of Israel. It is also hostile to ‘reactionary’ Arab
regimes and states supporting Israel.
Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG) - Proscribed March 2001
The precise aims of the ASG are unclear, but its objectives appear to include the establishment
of an autonomous Islamic state in the Southern Philippine island of Mindanao.
Ajnad Misr (Soldiers of Egypt) - Proscribed November 2014
The group is a jihadist group based in Egypt and is believed to be a splinter group of Ansar Bayt
al Maqdis (ABM), which was proscribed on 4 April. Ajnad Misr has stated that it seeks to
protect Egyptian Muslims and avenge alleged abuse against them by the Egyptian security
services.
Ajnad Misr is believed to have been active since 20 November 2013, when it attacked an
Egyptian checkpoint. It announced its establishment on 23 January 2014 and has claimed
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responsibility a number of attacks on Egyptian security forces in a military campaign. The claims
were made in three communiqués posted on its Facebook and Twitter accounts on 23 January,
24 January, and 31 January. On the jihadi forum al-Fida’, Ansar Bayt al Maqdis, referred to
Ajnad Misr in a communiqué issued on January 28, expressing support for the group and
identifying it as being responsible for two attacks in Greater Cairo in January. Ajnad Misr has
claimed responsibility for the bombing at Cairo University on 2 April that resulted in the death of
a policeman and injuries to three others.
Al-Gama'at al-Islamiya (GI) - Proscribed March 2001
The main aim of GI is to overthrow the Egyptian government and replace it with an Islamic state
through all means, including the use of violence. Some members also want the removal of
Western influence from the Arab world.
Al Ghurabaa - Proscribed July 2006
Al Ghurabaa / The Saved Sect is an Islamist group which seeks to establish an Islamic
Caliphate ruled by Shariah law. The group first emerged as Al Muhajiroun in the UK, in 1996,
led by Omar Bakri Muhammed, who then publicly disbanded the organisation in 2004. The
organisation reformed in 2004 under the names Al Ghurabaa and the Saved Sect. While the
Group has some links to groups overseas, it is based and operates within the UK.
Note: The Government laid Orders, in January 2010 and November 2011, which provide that Al
Muhajiroun, Islam4UK, Call to Submission, Islamic Path, London School of Sharia and
Muslims Against Crusades should be treated as alternative names for the organisation which
is already proscribed under the names Al Ghurabaa and The Saved Sect.
The Government laid an Order, in June 2014 recognising Need4Khilafah, the Shariah Project
and the Islamic Dawah Association as the same as the organisation proscribed as Al
Ghurabaa and The Saved Sect, which is also known as Al Muhajiroun.
Al Ittihad Al Islamia (AIAI) - Proscribed October 2005
The main aims of AIAI are to establish a radical Sunni Islamic state in Somalia, and to regain
the Ogaden region of Ethiopia as Somali territory via an insurgent campaign. Militant elements
within AIAI are suspected of having aligned themselves with the ‘global jihad’ ideology of Al
Qa’ida, and to have operated in support of Al Qa’ida in the East Africa region.
Al Murabitun - Proscribed April 2014
Al Murabitun resulted from a merger of two Al Qa’ida in the Maghreb (AQ-M) splinter groups
that are active in Mali and Algeria, the Movement for the Unity and Jihad in West Africa
(MUJWA) and Mokhtar Belmokhtar’s group, the Al Mulathamine Battalion which included the
commando element ‘Those Who Sign in Blood’. The merger was announced in a public
statement in August 2013.
Al Murabitun aspires to unite Muslims from “the Nile to the Atlantic” and has affirmed its loyalty
to al-Qaida leader Ayman al-Zawahiri and the emir of the Afghan Taleban, Mullah Omar.
As at 3 April 2014, the group has not claimed responsibility for any terrorist attacks since the
merger but both precursor groups have participated in a number of terrorist attacks and
kidnapping for ransom during the past 13 months. Belmokhtar’s group was responsible for the
attack against the In Amenas gas facility in January 2013 that resulted in the death of over thirty
people including Britons. In May 2013 the two groups targeted a military barracks in Agadez,
Niger and a uranium mine in Arlit which supplies French nuclear reactors. The suicide attack in
Agadez resulted in the deaths of at least twenty people.
Despite previously separating themselves from AQM, citing leadership issues and the desire to
expand their control, both precursor groups continued to cooperate and fight alongside AQM
fighters in Mali and other regions of West Africa. This activity has continued since the merger.
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Al Qa’ida (AQ) - Proscribed March 2001
Inspired and led by Usama Bin Laden, its aims are the expulsion of Western forces from Saudi
Arabia, the destruction of Israel and the end of Western influence in the Muslim world.
Note: The Government laid an Order, in July 2013, which provided that the al-Nusrah Front
(ANF) and Jabhat al-Nusrah li-ahl al Sham should be treated as alternative names for the
organisation which is already proscribed under the name Al Qa’ida.
Al Shabaab - Proscribed March 2010
Al Shabaab is an organisation based in Somalia which has waged a violent campaign against
the Somali Transitional Federal Government and African Union peacekeeping forces since
2007, employing a range of terrorist tactics including suicide bombings, indiscriminate attacks
and assassinations. Its principal aim is the establishment of a fundamentalist Islamic state in
Somalia, but the organisation has publicly pledged its allegiance to Usama Bin Laden and has
announced an intention to combine its campaign in the Horn of Africa with Al Qa'ida's aims of
global jihad.
Ansar Al Islam (AI) - Proscribed October 2005
AI is a radical Sunni Salafi group from northeast Iraq around Halabja. The group is antiWestern, and opposes the influence of the US in Iraqi Kurdistan and the relationship of the KDP
and PUK to Washington. AI has been involved in operations against Multi-National Forces-Iraq
(MNF-I).
Ansar al-Sharia-Benghazi (AAS-B) which translates as the Partisans of Islamic Law Proscribed November 2014
AAS-B is a Sunni Islamist militia group that has an anti-Western rhetoric and advocates the
implementation of strict Sharia law. AAS-B came into being in 2011, after the fall of the Gaddafi
regime. The group was led by Mohammed Ali al-Zahawi and Ahmed Abu Khattalah is an AAS-B
senior leader.
AAS-B is involved in terrorist attacks against civilian targets, frequent assassinations, and
attempted assassinations of security officials and political actors in eastern Libya. On 11
September, 2012 members of AAS-B took part in the attack against the U.S. Special Mission
and Annex in Benghazi, Libya, killing the US ambassador and three other Americans. In
September 2012, Mohammed Ali al-Zahawi, in an interview openly stated his support for Al
Qa’ida’s strategy but denied any links to the organisation. He also confirmed AAS-B had
demolished and desecrated Sufi shrines in Benghazi, which the group regard as idolatrous.
AAS-B used its online presence to denounce the 2013 capture and removal from Libya of al
Qa’ida operative Abu Anas al-Libi, by American military forces. In August 2013, Ahmed Abu
Khattala, a senior leader of the group, was charged with playing a significant role in last year's
attack on the U.S. diplomatic compound in Benghazi.
AAS-B continues to pose a threat to Libya and Western interests and is alleged to have links to
proscribed organisation Ansar al-Sharia-Tunisia and Al Qa’ida.
The US designated AAS-B as a terrorist organisation in January 2014 and the UN listed AAS-B
on 19 November
Ansar Al Sharia-Tunisia (AAS-T) - Proscribed April 2014
Ansar Al Sharia-Tunisia (AAS-T) is a radical Islamist group founded in April 2011. The group
aims to establish Sharia law in Tunisia and eliminate Western influence. The group is
ideologically aligned to Al Qa’ida (AQ) and has links to AQ affiliated groups. It is reported that
the group announced its loyalty to AQM in September 2013.
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AAS-T’s leader, Seif Allah Ibn Hussein also known as Abu Ayadh al-Tunis, is a former AQ
veteran combatant in Afghanistan. He has been hiding following issue of a warrant for his arrest
relating to an allegation of inciting the attack on the US Embassy in Tunis that killed four people
in September 2012.
Extremists believed to have links with AAS-T are assessed to be responsible for the attacks in
October 2011 on a television station and, in June 2012, an attack on an art exhibit. AAS-T is
assessed to be responsible for the attacks on the US Embassy and American school in Tunis in
September 2012. The Tunisian government believe AAS-T was responsible for the
assassination of two National Coalition Assembly members; Chokri Belaid in February 2013 and
Mohamed Brahmi in July 2013.
Additionally, elements of the group are believed to have been involved in the attempted suicide
attack, in October 2013, at a hotel in a tourist resort in Sousse where a significant number of
British tourists were staying.
Ansar Al Sunna (AS) - Proscribed October 2005
AS is a fundamentalist Sunni Islamist extremist group based in central Iraq and what was the
Kurdish Autonomous Zone (KAZ) of Northern Iraq. The group aims to expel all foreign
influences from Iraq and create a fundamentalist Islamic state.
Ansar Bayt al-Maqdis (ABM) - Proscribed April 2014
ABM is an Al Qa’ida inspired militant Islamist group based in the northern Sinai region of
Egypt. The group is said to recruit within Egypt and abroad and aims to create an Egyptian state
ruled by Sharia law.
ABM is assessed to be responsible for a number of attacks on security forces in Egypt since
2011. The attacks appear to have increased since the overthrow of the Morsi government in
July 2013. The group’s reach goes beyond the Sinai, with the group claiming responsibility for a
number of attacks in Cairo and cross-border attacks against Israel. ABM has undertaken
attacks using vehicle borne improvised explosive devices and surface-to-air missiles. Examples
of attacks that the group has claimed responsibility for include:
 in September 2013 an attack on the Egyptian Interior Minister in which a UK national was
seriously injured;
 the attack on a police compound in Mansoura on 24 December 2013, killing at least 16
people, including 14 police officers; and
 an attack on a tourist bus in which three South Koreans and their Egyptian driver died on
16 January 2014.
Ansarul Muslimina Fi Biladis Sudan (Vanguard for the protection of Muslims in Black
Africa) (Ansaru) - Proscribed November 2012
Ansaru is an Islamist terrorist organisation based in Nigeria. They emerged in 2012 and are
motivated by an anti-Nigerian Government and anti-Western agenda. They are broadly aligned
with Al Qa’ida.
Armed Islamic Group (Groupe Islamique Armée) (GIA) - Proscribed March 2001
The aim of the GIA is to create an Islamic state in Algeria using all necessary means, including
violence.
Asbat Al-Ansar ('League of Partisans' or 'Band of Helpers') - Proscribed November 2002
Sometimes going by the aliases of 'The Abu Muhjin' group/faction or the 'Jama'at Nour', this
group aims to enforce its extremist interpretation of Islamic law within Lebanon and,
increasingly, further afield.

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Babbar Khalsa (BK) - Proscribed March 2001
BK is a Sikh movement that aims to establish an independent Khalistan within the Punjab
region of India.
Basque Homeland and Liberty (Euskadi ta Askatasuna) (ETA) - Proscribed March 2001
ETA seeks the creation of an independent state comprising the Basque regions of both Spain
and France.
Baluchistan Liberation Army (BLA) - Proscribed July 2006
BLA are comprised of tribal groups based in the Baluchistan area of Eastern Pakistan, which
aims to establish an independent nation encompassing the Baluch dominated areas of
Pakistan, Afghanistan and Iran.
Boko Haram (Jama’atu Ahli Sunna Lidda Awati Wal Jihad) (BH) - Proscribed July 2013
Boko Haram is a terrorist organisation, based in Nigeria that aspires to establish Islamic law in
Nigeria and has carried out a number of terrorist attacks that have targeted all sections of
Nigerian society.
Egyptian Islamic Jihad (EIJ) - Proscribed March 2001
The main aim of the EIJ is to overthrow the Egyptian government and replace it with an Islamic
state. However, since September 1998, the leadership of the group has also allied itself to the
'global Jihad' ideology expounded by Usama Bin Laden and has threatened Western interests.
Global Islamic Media Front (GIMF) including GIMF Banlga Team (also known as
Ansarullah Bangla Team (ABT) and Ansar-al Islam) – Proscribed July 2016
GIMF is an Islamist extremist propaganda organisation associated with Al Qa’ida (AQ) and
other extremist groups around the world. Its activities include propagating a jihadist ideology,
producing and disseminating training manuals to guide terror attacks and publishing jihadi news
casts. GIMF releases products in a number of languages including Arabic, Urdu, Bengali,
English, German and French.
On 31 December 2015, the GIMF announced a merger with ABT into its ranks and renaming it
GIMF Bangla Team. Prior to the merger using the names ABT and Ansar-al Islam, claimed
responsibility for the prominent murders and attacks of secular bloggers from 2013 to 2015:
including Bangladeshi-American Avijit Roy; Niladri Chatterji Niloy; Ahmed Rajib Haider; Asif
Mohiuddin; Oyasiqur Rahman; Ananta Bijoy; Das and AKM Shafiul Islam. The group have been
linked to a number of hit lists of bloggers, writers and activists around the world (including nine
individuals based in Britain, seven in Germany and two in America, one in Canada and one in
Sweden) in 2015.
On 7 January 2016 GIMF Bangla Team published an infographic chronicling attacks carried out
against “blasphemers in Bangladesh” from January 2013 to October 2015. The graphic
contained names and locations of 13 attacks, eight of which were celebrated as successful
assassinations. Bangladesh banned ABT in May 2015.
Groupe Islamique Combattant Marocain (GICM) - Proscribed October 2005
The traditional primary objective of the GICM has been the installation of a governing system of
the caliphate to replace the governing Moroccan monarchy. The group also has an Al Qa’idainspired global extremist agenda.
Hamas Izz al-Din al-Qassem Brigades - Proscribed March 2001
Hamas aims to end Israeli occupation in Palestine and establish an Islamic state.

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Harakat-Ul-Jihad-Ul-Islami (HUJI) - Proscribed October 2005
The aim of HUJI is to achieve though violent means accession of Kashmir to Pakistan, and to
spread terror throughout India. HUJI has targeted Indian security positions in Kashmir and
conducted operations in India proper.
Harakat-Ul-Jihad-Ul-Islami (Bangladesh) (HUJI-B) - Proscribed October 2005
The main aim of HUJI-B is the creation of an Islamic regime in Bangladesh modelled on the
former Taliban regime in Afghanistan.
Harakat-Ul-Mujahideen/Alami (HuM/A) and Jundallah - Proscribed October 2005
The aim of both HuM/A and Jundallah is the rejection of democracy of even the most Islamicoriented style, and to establish a caliphate based on Sharia law, in addition to achieving
accession of all Kashmir to Pakistan. HuM/A has a broad anti-Western and anti-President
Musharraf agenda.
Harakat Mujahideen (HM) - Proscribed March 2001
HM, previously known as Harakat Ul Ansar (HuA) seeks independence for Indian-administered
Kashmir. The HM leadership was also a signatory to Usama Bin Laden's 1998 fatwa, which
called for worldwide attacks against US and Western interests.
Haqqani Network (HQN) - Proscribed March 2015
The Haqqani Network (HQN) is an Islamist, nationalist group seeking to establish sharia law
and control territory in Afghanistan. It is ideologically aligned with the Taleban, and aims to
eradicate Western influence, disrupt the Western military and political efforts in Afghanistan.
The group is demanding that US and Coalition Forces withdraw from Afghanistan. The group is
led by Jalaluddin Haqqani and his son, Sirajuddin.
HQN has links with a number of terrorist groups in the region including proscribed Central Asian
group Islamic Jihad Union (IJU). HQN also have long established links with Al Qa’ida (AQ) that
were strengthened after the removal of the Taleban by the US when AQ leader Osama bin
Laden was probably sheltered by Jalaluddin in North Waziristan (NWA).
HQN continues to play an active and influential role in the Afghan insurgency in the East of the
country and is seeking to expand its influence in to other areas of Afghanistan. While it can be
difficult to identify specific HQN responsibility for attacks, given the Taleban practice of claiming
attacks on behalf of the insurgency as a whole, the group believed to have been responsible for
the recent attack against the British Embassy vehicle in November 2014 which killed six people
including a UK national and an Afghan member of UK Embassy staff and injuring more than 30
people.
It is likely that HQN will continue to view Kabul as a key target location due to the concentration
of UK and Western interests in the capital.
HQN has been banned as a terrorist group by the USA since September 2012, Canada since
May 2013 and the UN since November 2012.
Hizballah Military Wing – Hizballah’s External Security Organisation was proscribed March
2001and in 2008 the proscription was extended to Hizballah’s Military apparatus including the
Jihad Council
Hizballah is committed to armed resistance to the state of Israel, and aims to seize all
Palestinian territories and Jerusalem from Israel. Its military wing supports terrorism in Iraq and
the Palestinian territories.

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Hezb-E Islami Gulbuddin (HIG) - Proscribed October 2005
Led by Gulbuddin Hekmatyar who is in particular very anti-American, HIG is anti-Western and
desires the creation of a fundamentalist Islamic State in Afghanistan.
Imarat Kavkaz (IK) (also known as the Caucasus Emirate) - Proscribed December 2013
Imarat Kavkaz seeks a Sharia-based Caliphate across the North Caucasus. It regularly uses
terrorist tactics and has carried out attacks against both Russian state and civilian targets. The
organisation claimed responsibility for the attack on Domedodevo airport in Moscow in January
2011, that killed 35 including one British national and a suicide attack on the Moscow Metro in
March 2010 that killed 39. Since then there has been continued activity by Imarat Kavkaz,
including renewed threats of terrorist activity in Russia.
Indian Mujahideen (IM) - Proscribed July 2012
IM aims to establish an Islamic state and implement Sharia law in India using violent means.
Islamic Army of Aden (IAA) - Proscribed March 2001
The IAA's aims are the overthrow of the current Yemeni government and the establishment of
an Islamic State following Sharia Law.
Islamic Jihad Union (IJU) - Proscribed July 2005
The primary strategic goal of the IJU is the elimination of the current Uzbek regime. The IJU
would expect that following the removal of President Karimov, elections would occur in which
Islamic-democratic political candidates would pursue goals shared by the IJU leadership.
Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan (IMU) - Proscribed November 2002
The primary aim of IMU is to establish an Islamic state in the model of the Taleban in
Uzbekistan. However, the IMU is reported to also seek to establish a broader state over the
entire Turkestan area.
Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) also known as Dawlat al-'Iraq al-Islamiyya,
Islamic State of Iraq (ISI), Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) and Dawlat al Islamiya fi
Iraq wa al Sham (DAISh) and the Islamic State in Iraq and Sham - Proscribed June 2014
ISIL is a brutal Sunni Islamist terrorist group active in Iraq and Syria. The group adheres to a
global jihadist ideology, following an extreme interpretation of Islam, which is anti-Western and
promotes sectarian violence. ISIL aims to establish an Islamic State governed by Sharia law in
the region and impose their rule on people using violence and extortion.
ISIL was previously proscribed as part of Al Qa’ida (AQ). However on 2 February 2014, AQ
senior leadership issued a statement officially severing ties with ISIL. This prompted
consideration of the case to proscribe ISIL in its own right.
ISIL not only poses a threat from within Syria but has made significant advances in Iraq. The
threat from ISIL in Iraq and Syria is very serious and shows clearly the importance of taking a
strong stand against the extremists.
We are aware that a number of British nationals have travelled to Syria and some of these will
inevitably be fighting with ISIL. It appears that ISIL is treating Iraq and Syria as one theatre of
conflict and its potential ability to operate across the border must be a cause of concern for the
whole international community.
In April 2014, ISIL claimed responsibility for a series of blasts targeting a Shia election rally in
Baghdad. These attacks are reported to have killed at least 31 people. Thousands of Iraqi
civilians lost their lives to sectarian violence in 2013, and attacks carried out by ISIL will have
accounted for a large proportion of these deaths.
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ISIL has reportedly detained dozens of foreign journalists and aid workers. In September 2013,
members of the group kidnapped and killed the commander of Ahrar ash-Sham after he
intervened to protect members of a Malaysian Islamic charity.
In January 2014, ISIL captured the Al-Anbar cities of Ramadi and Fallujah, and is engaged in
ongoing fighting with the Iraqi security forces. The group also claimed responsibility for a car
bomb attack that killed four people and wounded dozens in the southern Beirut suburb of Haret
Hreik.
ISIL has a strong presence in northern and eastern Syria where it has instituted strict Sharia law
in the towns under its control. The group is responsible for numerous attacks and a vast number
of deaths. The group is believed to attract foreign fighters, including Westerners, to the region.
The group has maintained control of various towns on the Syrian/Turkish border allowing the
group to control who crosses and ISIL’s presence there has interfered with the free flow of
humanitarian aid.
Note: The Government laid an Order in August 2014 which provides that “Islamic State (Dawlat
al Islamiya)” should be treated as another name for the organisation which is already proscribed
as ISIL. The UK does not recognise ISIL’s claims of a ‘restored’ Caliphate or a new Islamic
State.
Jaish e Mohammed (JeM) and splinter group Khuddam Ul-Islam (Kul) – JeM proscribed
March 2001and KuI proscribed October 2005
JeM and KuI seek the 'liberation' of Kashmir from Indian control as well as the 'destruction' of
America and India. JeM has a stated objective of unifying the various Kashmiri militant groups.
Jamaah Anshorut Daulah - Proscribed July 2016
JAD was established in March 2015 following the merger of several Indonesian extremist and
terrorist groups aligned to Daesh. JAD has extensive links to Daesh and actively recruits
fighters in Syria.
The group is led by the imprisoned extremist cleric Aman Abdurrahman and has close ties to
other terrorist groups including Daesh. Its membership includes several former Jemaah
Islamiyah (JI) members. JI were responsible for the 2002 and 2005 Bali attacks.
JAD was responsible for the attack near Sarinah Mall in Jakarta in January 2016, which was
claimed by Daesh and resulted in the deaths of seven people (including the five attackers) and
20 people (including five police officers) being injured.
Jamaat ul-Ahrar (JuA) - Proscribed March 2015
JuA is a militant Islamist group that split away from Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) in August
2014. JuA aims to establish an Islamic caliphate in Pakistan and aspires to extend global jihad
into the Indian subcontinent.
The group have claimed responsibility for a number of recent attacks, including on 21
November 2014, a grenade attack on the Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) in Orangi Town
area of Karachi that killed three members of the Sindh Assembly and injured 50 workers; on 7
November 2014, twin bombings targeting peace committee volunteers in Chinari village of Safi
Tehsil in the Mohmand Agency killed at least six people. JuA’s spokesman, Ehsanullah Ehsan,
claimed responsibility and vowed to continue attacking tribal peace committees; and on 2
November 2014, the suicide bomber attack on the Pakistan side of Wagah border crossing,
shortly after the famous flag-lowering ceremony had concluded, that killed over 60 people.

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In September 2014, Ehsanullah Ehsan released a statement criticising the British Government
for arresting Al Muhajiroun (ALM) associates and made a threat, stating that “your future
security depends upon how nicely you treat the Muslims in Britain”.
In March 2015 the group claimed responsibility for fatal attacks on Christian sites in Lahore.
Jammat-ul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) - Proscribed July 2007
JMB first came to prominence on 20 May 2002 when eight of its members were arrested in
possession of petrol bombs. The group has claimed responsibility for numerous fatal bomb
attacks across Bangladesh in recent years, including suicide bomb attacks in 2005.
Jamaat Ul-Furquan (JuF) - Proscribed October 2005
The aim of JuF is to unite Indian administered Kashmir with Pakistan; to establish a radical
Islamist state in Pakistan; the ‘destruction’ of India and the USA; to recruit new jihadis; and the
release of imprisoned Kashmiri militants.
Jaysh al Khalifatu Islamiya (JKI) which translates as the Army of the Islamic Caliphate –
proscribed November 2014
JKI is an Islamist jihadist group, consisting predominately of Chechen fighters. JKI is an
opposition group active in Syria.
JKI splintered from Jaysh al-Muhajireen Wal Ansar (JAMWA) in 2013. At that point a number of
members went with Umar Shishani (aka Umar the Chechen) to join the Islamic State of Iraq and
the Levant (ISIL) and, the rest of the group stayed distinct and renamed itself Majahideen of the
Caucasus and the Levant (MCL) and more recently renamed itself JKI.
Before his death in 2014, JKI was led by Seyfullah Shishani, who had pledged allegiance to the
leader of the Al Nusrah Front, Mohammed Al-Jawlani. JKI has assisted ANF and ISIL in
conducting attacks.
In February 2014, a British individual linked to the group, carried out a suicide attack on a prison
in Aleppo, resulting in prisoner escapes.
Jeemah Islamiyah (JI) - Proscribed November 2002
JI's aim is the creation of a unified Islamic state in Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia and the
Southern Philippines.
Jund al-Aqsa (JAA) which translates as “Soldiers of al-Aqsa” - Proscribed January 2015
JAA is a splinter group of Al Nusrah Front (ANF), active in Syria against the Syrian Government
since September 2013. JAA is a foreign fighter battalion of a variety of nationalities, as well as a
native Syrian contingent. The group is primarily operating in Idlib and Hama.
JAA is believed to be responsible for the attack on 9 February 2014 in Maan village killing 40
people of which 21 were civilians. JAA and Ahrar al-Sham are reported to have uploaded
YouTube footage of their joint offensive against the village, although neither group has claimed
responsibility.
JAA has supported the Islamic Front in an operation to seize Hama military airport during July
2014. ANF released a document summarising its operations in August 2014, which included
details of an attack that targeted a resort hotel conducted in collaboration with JAA.
Jund al Khalifa-Algeria (JaK-A) which translates as Soldiers of the Caliphate - Proscribed
January 2015
JaK-A is an Islamist militant group believed to be made up of members of dormant Al Qa’ida
(AQ) cells. JaK-A announced its allegiance to the Islamic State of Iraq and Levant (ISIL) in a
communiqué released on 13 September 2014.
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In April 2014, JaK-A claimed responsibility for an ambush on a convoy, that killed 11 members
of the Algerian army. On 24 September 2014, the group beheaded a mountaineering guide,
Hervé Gourdel, a French national. The abduction was announced on the same day that a
spokesman for ISIL, warned that it would target Americans and other Western citizens,
especially the French, after French jets joined the US in carrying out strikes in Iraq on ISIL
targets.
Kateeba al-Kawthar (KaK) also known as ‘Ajnad al-sham’ and ‘Junud ar-Rahman al
Muhajireen’- Proscribed June 2014
KaK describes itself as a group of mujahideen from more than 20 countries seeking a ‘just’
Islamic nation.
KaK is an armed terrorist group fighting to establish an Islamic state in Syria. The group is
aligned to the most extreme groups operating in Syria and has links to Al Qa’ida.
The group’s leader is described as a Western Mujaadid commander. KaK is believed to attract
a number of Western foreign fighters and has released YouTube footage encouraging travel to
Syria and asking Muslims to support the fighters.
Partiya Karkeren Kurdistani (PKK) which translates as the Kurdistan Worker’s Party Proscribed March 2001
PKK/KADEK/KG is primarily a separatist movement that seeks an independent Kurdish state in
southeast Turkey. The PKK changed its name to KADEK and then to Kongra Gele Kurdistan,
although the PKK acronym is still used by parts of the movement.
Note: The Government laid an Order in 2006 which provides that KADEK and Kongra Gele
Kurdistan should be treated as another name for the organisation which is already proscribed
as PKK.
Lashkar e Tayyaba (LT) - Proscribed March 2001
LT seeks independence for Kashmir and the creation of an Islamic state using violent means.
Note: The Government laid an Order in March 2009 which provides that Jama’at’ ud Da’wa
(JuD) should be treated as another name for the organisation which is already proscribed as
Lashkar e Tayyaba.
Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) - Proscribed March 2001
The LTTE is a terrorist group fighting for a separate Tamil state in the North and East of Sri
Lanka.
Libyan Islamic Fighting Group (LIFG) - Proscribed October 2005
The LIFG seeks to replace the current Libyan regime with a hard-line Islamic state. The group is
also part of the wider global Islamist extremist movement, as inspired by Al Qa’ida. The group
has mounted several operations inside Libya, including a 1996 attempt to assassinate
Mu’ammar Qadhafi.
Minbar Ansar Deen (also known as Ansar al-Sharia UK) - Proscribed July 2013
Minbar Ansar Deen is a Salafist group based in the UK that promotes and encourages
terrorism. Minbar Ansar Deen distributes content through its online forum which promotes
terrorism by encouraging individuals to travel overseas to engage in extremist activity,
specifically fighting. The group is not related to Ansar al-Sharia groups in other countries.

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Mujahidin Indonesia Timur (MIT) which translates as Mujahideen of Eastern Indonesia Proscribed July 2016
MIT is Indonesia's most active terrorist group based in the mountainous jungle of Poso, in
Central Sulawesi. Its leader, Abu Warda also known as Santoso, is one of Indonesia’s most
wanted terrorist. The group’s modus operandi is to attack the police and the army which
includes the use of explosives (including the use of IEDs), and shootings. MIT have been
responsible for deaths of more than a dozen police officers in Poso in the last three years. They
have also used kidnappings and beheadings of Christian farmers in Poso to dissuade the local
populace from assisting the police.
MIT pledged its allegiance to Daesh in July 2014 and are assessed to have links to other Daesh
affiliated terrorist groups in the region. MIT has claimed responsibility for a number of recent
attacks and has threatened attacks on targets across the country including the capital
(specifically the Jakarta police headquarters and the presidential palace in a video uploaded on
22 November 2015).
In September 2015 MIT was banned as a terrorist group by the USA and the UN.
Palestinian Islamic Jihad - Shaqaqi (PIJ) - Proscribed March 2001
PIJ aims to end the Israeli occupation of Palestine and to create an Islamic state. It opposes the
existence of the state of Israel, the Middle East Peace Process and the Palestinian Authority,
and has carried out suicide bombings against Israeli targets.
Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine-General Command (PFLP-GC) - Proscribed
June 2014
PFLP-GC is a left wing nationalist Palestinian militant organisation formed in 1968. It is based in
Syria and was involved in the Palestine intifada during the 1970s and 1980s. The group is
separate from the similarly named Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP).
From its outset, the group has been a Syrian proxy. PFLP-GC has been fighting in the Syrian
war in support of Assad, including in Yarmouk Refugee Camp in July 2013. The group also
issued statements in support of the Syrian government, Hizballah, and Iran.
Revolutionary Peoples' Liberation Party - Front (Devrimci Halk Kurtulus Partisi - Cephesi)
(DHKP-C) - Proscribed March 2001
DHKP-C aims to establish a Marxist-Leninist regime in Turkey by means of armed revolutionary
struggle.
Salafist Group for Call and Combat (Groupe Salafiste pour la Predication et le Combat)
(GSPC) - Proscribed March 2001
Its aim is to create an Islamic state in Algeria using all necessary means, including violence.
Saved Sect or Saviour Sect - Proscribed July 2006
The Saved Sect /Al Ghurabaa is an Islamist group which seeks to establish an Islamic
Caliphate ruled by Shariah law. The group first emerged as Al Muhajiroun in the UK, in 1996,
led by Omar Bakri Muhammed, who then publicly disbanded the organisation in 2004. The
organisation reformed in 2004 under the names Al Ghurabaa and the Saved Sect. While the
Group has some links to groups overseas, it is based and operates within the UK.
Note: The Government laid Orders, in January 2010 and November 2011, which provide that Al
Muhajiroun, Islam4UK, Call to Submission, Islamic Path, London School of Sharia and
Muslims Against Crusades should be treated as alternative names for the organisation which
is already proscribed under the names Al Ghurabaa and The Saved Sect.

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Sipah-e Sahaba Pakistan (SSP) (Aka Millat-e Islami Pakistan (MIP) - SSP was renamed
MIP in April 2003 but is still referred to as SSP) and splinter group Lashkar-e Jhangvi
(LeJ) - Proscribed March 2001
The aim of both SSP and LeJ is to transform Pakistan by violent means into a Sunni state under
the total control of Sharia law. Another objective is to have all Shia declared Kafirs and to
participate in the destruction of other religions, notably Judaism, Christianity and Hinduism.
Kafirs means non-believers: literally, one who refused to see the truth. LeJ does not consider
members of the Shia sect to be Muslim, so concludes they can be considered a ‘legitimate’
target.
Note: The Government laid an Order in October 2013 which provides that Ahle Sunnat wal
Jamaat (ASWJ) should be treated as another name for the organisation which is already
proscribed as Sipah-e Sahaba Pakistan (SSP) and Lashkar-e Jhangvi (LeJ).
Tehrik Nefaz-e Shari'at Muhammadi (TNSM) - Proscribed July 2007
TNSM regularly attacks coalition and Afghan government forces in Afghanistan and provides
direct support to Al Qa’ida and the Taliban. One faction of the group claimed responsibility for a
suicide attack on an army training compound on 8 November 2007 in Dargai, Pakistan, in which
42 soldiers were killed.
Tehrik-e Taliban Pakistan (TTP) - Proscribed January 2011
Tehrik-e Taliban Pakistan has carried out a high number of mass casualty attacks in Pakistan
and Afghanistan since 2007. The group have announced various objectives and demands, such
as the enforcement of sharia, resistance against the Pakistani army and the removal of NATO
forces from Afghanistan. The organisation has also been involved in attacks in the West, such
as the attempted Times Square car-bomb attack in May 2010.
Teyre Azadiye Kurdistan (TAK) - Proscribed July 2006
TAK is a Kurdish terrorist group currently operating in Turkey.
Turkestan Islamic Party (TIP) also known as East Turkestan Islamic Party (ETIP), East
Turkestan Islamic Movement (ETIM) and Hizb al-Islami al-Turkistani (HAAT) - Proscribed
July 2016
TIP is an Islamic terrorist and separatist organisation founded in 1989 by Uighur militants in
western China. It aims to establish an independent caliphate in the Uighur state of Xinjiang
Uighur Autonomous Region of North-western China and to name it East Turkestan. TIP is
based in the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) of Pakistan, and operates in China,
Central and South Asia and Syria. The group has claimed responsibility for a number of attacks
in China, the latest of these being in April 2014. TIP has links to a number of terrorist groups
including Al Qa’ida (AQ).
In November 2015, TIP released the 18th issue of its magazine ‘Islamic Turkestan’ through the
Global Islamic Media Front (GIMF), detailing TIP’s jihad against the Chinese authorities. Video
footage from September 2015 shows TIP hosting training camps in areas controlled by the
Pakistani Taliban in North Waziristan.
More recently TIP has maintained an active and visible presence in the Syrian war and has
published a number of video clips of its activities. Examples of this from March to April 2016
include:
 TIP claiming a joint attack with Jund al Aqsa in Sahl al Ghab and published a video of
a suicide bomb attack in April 2016;
 a video published in March 2016 which promotes the victories of TIP in Syria and calls
for Muslims to join jihad; and
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a video slide show published in April 2016 which shows fighters and children in
training.

TIP has been banned by the UN and is also sanctioned by the USA under the Terrorist
Exclusion list.
Turkiye Halk Kurtulus Partisi-Cephesi (THKP-C) is also known as the
Peoples’ Liberation Party/Front of Turkey, THKP-C Acilciler and the Hasty Ones - Proscribed
June 2014
THKP-C is a left wing organisation formed in 1994. The group grew out of the Turkish extreme
left Revolutionary Youth Movements which formed in the 1960s and 70s.
THKP-C now also operates as a pro-Assad militia group fighting in Syria and has developed
increased capability since the Syrian insurgency. THKP-C is assessed to have been involved in
an attack in Reyhanli, Turkey, in May 2013, killing over 50 people and injuring over 100.
The organisation has always been most prominent in the southern province of Hatay. A number
of other groups have been formed under the THKP-C umbrella including ‘Mukavament Suriye’
(Syrian Resistance), which is reported to have been responsible for the recent Banias Massacre
killing at least 145 people.

LIST OF PROSCRIBED GROUPS LINKED TO NORTHERN
IRELAND RELATED TERRORISM
Continuity Army Council
Cumann na mBan
Fianna na hEireann
Irish National Liberation Army
Irish People's Liberation Organisation
Irish Republican Army
Loyalist Volunteer Force

Orange Volunteers
Red Hand Commando
Red Hand Defenders
Saor Eire
Ulster Defence Association
Ulster Freedom Fighters
Ulster Volunteer Force

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