Matches in DBpedia 2016-04 for { ?s ?p "Ansar Bait al-Maqdis (Arabic: أنصار بيت المقدس Anṣār Bayt al-Maqdis, \"Supporters of the Holy House\"), or Ansar Jerusalem (\"Supporters of Jerusalem\") was the name of a jihadist group based in Egypt; many Sinai-based members swore allegiance to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), and most of the group became a branch of ISIL, renaming itself ISIL-Sinai Province.Ansar Bait al-Maqdis emerged as an extremist militant group after the 2011 Egyptian revolution, with its operations increasing in the wake of the 2013 Egyptian coup d'état which deposed President Mohamed Morsi. The group declared the Egyptian army and police apostates that can be killed. The group was believed to have been the main group behind the militant activity in the Sinai. The group recruited Bedouins as well as other Egyptians and people of other nationalities. Ten leaders from the group were reported to have escaped from the Sinai to Gaza and Marsa Matrouh in late 2013.During 2014, the group sent emissaries to ISIL in Syria to seek financial support, weapons and tactical advice. On 10 November 2014, many members of the group took an oath of allegiance to Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, the leader of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant. Following this pledge, ISIL supporters within the group formed an official branch of ISIL in the region."@en }
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- Ansar_Bait_al-Maqdis abstract "Ansar Bait al-Maqdis (Arabic: أنصار بيت المقدس Anṣār Bayt al-Maqdis, \"Supporters of the Holy House\"), or Ansar Jerusalem (\"Supporters of Jerusalem\") was the name of a jihadist group based in Egypt; many Sinai-based members swore allegiance to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), and most of the group became a branch of ISIL, renaming itself ISIL-Sinai Province.Ansar Bait al-Maqdis emerged as an extremist militant group after the 2011 Egyptian revolution, with its operations increasing in the wake of the 2013 Egyptian coup d'état which deposed President Mohamed Morsi. The group declared the Egyptian army and police apostates that can be killed. The group was believed to have been the main group behind the militant activity in the Sinai. The group recruited Bedouins as well as other Egyptians and people of other nationalities. Ten leaders from the group were reported to have escaped from the Sinai to Gaza and Marsa Matrouh in late 2013.During 2014, the group sent emissaries to ISIL in Syria to seek financial support, weapons and tactical advice. On 10 November 2014, many members of the group took an oath of allegiance to Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, the leader of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant. Following this pledge, ISIL supporters within the group formed an official branch of ISIL in the region.".