Database: Identifiers of Designated Islamic Terrorist Organizations
Ansar Bait al-Maqdis
Designation Status (as of October 12, 2026)
| US State Dept FTO | Listed ISIS-Sinai Province (formerly Ansar Bayt al-Maqdis) since April 10, 2014 |
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| US Treasury OFAC SDN (SDGT) | Listed ISIS-SINAI PROVINCE |
| UK Proscribed | Listed Ansar Bayt al-Maqdis (ABM) since April 2014 |
| EU Terrorist Lists | Not listed official list |
| Canada Listed Entities | Listed Islamic State , Sinai Province (ISSP) since April 7, 2015 |
| Australia Listed | Listed Islamic State Sinai Province (IS-Sinai) since November 29, 2016 |
Profile written 2014 The profile below is the original Jihad Intel text and has not been updated. Designation status above is current.
Designated as terrorist by: United Kingdom, United States
Base of operations: Egypt, Palestinian Territories
A Salafi jihadi group active since 2011, the group's full name is Jamaat Ansar Bait al-Maqdis, which translates as "Group of Supporters of the Holy House," with the Holy House referring to the Dome of the Rock in Jerusalem. The group is widely ascribed responsibility for bomb attacks in the Egyptian press, and it is most active in the Sinai area where there has been a wider jihadi insurgency against the government that has intensified since the overthrow of Morsi. Like the Majlis Shura al-Mujahideen, Ansar Bait al-Maqdis views the Sinai-Gaza area as one immediate battleground, in the latter locality being opposed to the Hamas government it accuses of collaborating with Israel. Ansar Bait al-Maqdis notably came out in support of the Islamic State in the wider infighting that broke out in Syria.
In November 2014, the group pledged allegiance to the Islamic State, becoming the Islamic State's 'Wilayat Sinai' ('Sinai Province').
