Banned International Terrorist Groups By UK Government List

Total 75 international terrorist organisations are Banned under the Terrorism Act 2000.

Total 14 organisations in Northern Ireland that were Banned under previous legislation.

List is under updation as and when updated by Government of UK.

• 17 November Revolutionary Organisation (N17) – Banned March 2001
• Abdallah Azzam Brigades, including the Ziyad al-Jarrah Battalions (AAB) – Banned June 2014
• Abu Nidal Organisation (ANO) – Banned March 2001
• Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG) – Banned March 2001
• Ajnad Misr (Soldiers of Egypt) – Banned November 2014
• Al Ghurabaa – Banned July 2006 (Other names – “Al Muhajiroun”, “Islam4UK”, “Call to Submission”, “Islamic Path”, “London School of
• Al Ittihad Al Islamia (AIAI) – Banned October 2005
• Al Murabitun – Banned April 2014
• Al Qa’ida (AQ) – Banned March 2001 (Other Names – “al-Nusrah Front (ANF)”, “Jabhat al-Nusrah li-ahl al Sham”, “Jabhat Fatah al-Sham”, “Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham”)
• Al Shabaab – Banned March 2010
• al-Ashtar Brigades including Saraya al-Ashtar, Wa’ad Allah Brigades, Islamic Allah Brigades, Imam al-Mahdi Brigades and al-Haydariyah Brigades – Banned December 2017
• Al-Gama’at al-Islamiya (GI) – Banned March 2001
• al-Mukhtar Brigades including Saraya al-Mukhtar – Banned December 2017
• Ansar Al Islam (AI) – Banned October 2005
• Ansar Al Sharia-Tunisia (AAS-T) – Banned April 2014
• Ansar Al Sunna (AS) – Banned October 2005
• Ansar al-Sharia-Benghazi (AAS-B) which translates as the Partisans of Islamic Law – Banned November 2014
• Ansaroul Islam also known as Ansar ul Islam and Ansaroul Islam Lil Irchad Wal Jihad – Banned March 2019
• Ansarul Muslimina Fi Biladis Sudan (Vanguard for the protection of Muslims in Black Africa) (Ansaru) – Banned November 2012
• Ansarullah Bangla Team (ABT) and Ansar-al Islam – Banned July 2016
• Armed Islamic Group (Groupe Islamique Armée) (GIA) – Banned March 2001
• Asbat Al-Ansar (League of Partisans or Band of Helpers) – Banned November 2002 (Other names – ‘The Abu Muhjin’ ‘Jama’at Nour’)
• Babbar Khalsa (BK) – Banned March 2001
• Baluchistan Liberation Army (BLA) – Banned July 2006
• Basque Homeland and Liberty (Euskadi ta Askatasuna) (ETA) – Banned March 2001
• Boko Haram (Jama’atu Ahli Sunna Lidda Awati Wal Jihad) (BH) – Banned July 2013
• DHKP-C – Banned March 2001
• Egyptian Islamic Jihad (EIJ) – Banned March 2001
• Global Islamic Media Front (GIMF) including GIMF Banlga Team also known as
• Groupe Islamique Combattant Marocain (GICM) – Banned October 2005
• GSPC – Banned March 2001
• Hamas aims to end Israeli occupation in Palestine and establish an Islamic state.
• Hamas Izz al-Din al-Qassem Brigades – Banned March 2001
• Haqqani Network (HQN) – Banned March 2015
• Harakat Mujahideen (HM) – Banned March 2001
• Harakat-Ul-Jihad-Ul-Islami (Bangladesh) (HUJI-B) – Banned October 2005
• Harakat-Ul-Jihad-Ul-Islami (HUJI) – Banned October 2005
• Harakat-Ul-Mujahideen / Alami (HuM/A) and Jundallah – Banned October 2005
• Hizballah (Party of God) – Banned March 2019
• Imarat Kavkaz (IK) also known as the Caucasus Emirate – Banned December 2013
• Indian Mujahideen (IM) – Banned July 2012
• Islamic Army of Aden (IAA) – Banned March 2001
• Islamic Jihad Union (IJU) – Banned July 2005
• Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan (IMU) – Banned November 2002
• Islamic State of Iraq (ISI), Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) and Dawlat al Islamiya fiIraq wa al Sham (DAISh) and the Islamic State in Iraq and Sham – Banned June 2014 (Other names – “Dawlat al Islamiya”, “Jaysh Khalid Bin Walid (JKbW) (JKW)” “Jaysh Khalid bin al-Walid (KBW)” and “Khalid ibnWalid Army (KBWA)” )
• Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) also known as Dawlat al-‘Iraq al-Islamiyya,
• Jaish e Mohammed (JeM) and splinter group Khuddam Ul-Islam (Kul) – JeM Banned March 2001 and KuI Banned October 2005
• Jamaah Anshorut Daulah – Banned July 2016
• Jamaat Nusrat al-Islam Wal-Muslimin (JNIM) also known as Jamaat Nusrat al-Islam WalMuslimin (JNIM), Nusrat al-Islam, Nusrat al-Islam wal Muslimeen (NIM), including Ansar alDine (AAD), Macina Liberation Front (MLF), al-Murabitun, al-Qa’ida in the Maghreb and azZallaqa – Banned March 2019
• Jamaat ul-Ahrar (JuA) – Banned March 2015
• Jamaat Ul-Furquan (JuF) – Banned October 2005
• Jammat-ul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) – Banned July 2007
• Jaysh al Khalifatu Islamiya (JKI) which translates as the Army of the Islamic Caliphate – Banned November 2014
• Jeemah Islamiyah (JI) – Banned November 2002
• Jund al-Aqsa (JAA) which translates as Soldiers of al-Aqsa – Banned January 2015
• Kateeba al-Kawthar (KaK) also known as Ajnad al-sham and Junud ar-Rahman al
• Lashkar e Tayyaba (LT) – Banned March 2001
• Lashkar-e Jhangvi (LeJ) – Banned March 2001
• Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) – Banned March 2001
• Liwa al-Thawra – Banned December 2017
• Minbar Ansar Deen also known as Ansar al-Sharia UK – Banned July 2013
• National Action – Banned December 2016
• Palestinian Islamic Jihad – Shaqaqi (PIJ) – Banned March 2001
• Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine-General Command (PFLP-GC) – Banned
• Saved Sect or Saviour Sect /Al Ghurabaa – Banned July 2006 (Oyher Names – “Al Muhajiroun”, Sipah-e Sahaba Pakistan (SSP), (Aka Millat-e Islami Pakistan (MIP)
• Sharia” and “Muslims Against Crusades”, “Need4Khilafah”, “Shariah Project” “Islamic Dawah Association”, “Al Muhajiroun”)
• Sonnenkrieg Division (SKD) – Banned February 2020
• Tehrik Nefaz-e Shari’at Muhammadi (TNSM) – Banned July 2007
• Tehrik-e Taliban Pakistan (TTP) – Banned January 2011
• Turkestan Islamic Movement (ETIM) and Hizb al-Islami al-Turkistani (HAAT) – Banned July 2016
• Turkiye Halk Kurtulus Partisi-Cephesi (THKP-C) is also known as Peoples’ Liberation Party / Front of Turkey, THKP-C Acilciler and the Hasty Ones – Banned June 2014

List Of Banned 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

Updated till – 28 February 2020