Groups proscribed or de-proscribed by the British Government
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| Date | Action | Group | Details |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar-01 | Proscribed | Al Qa’ida | Whole organization; global Salafist network aiming to expel Western influences from Muslim lands. |
| Mar-01 | Proscribed | Abu Nidal Organisation | Whole organization; Palestinian nationalist group hostile to Israel and pro-Israel Arab regimes. |
| Mar-01 | Proscribed | Al-Gama’at al-Islamiya | Whole organization; Egyptian group seeking to overthrow the government and establish an Islamic state. |
| Mar-01 | Proscribed | Armed Islamic Group (Groupe Islamique Armee - GIA) | Whole organization; Algerian militant group aiming for an Islamic state through violence. |
| Mar-01 | Proscribed | Egyptian Islamic Jihad | Whole organization; Egyptian group allied with Al Qa’ida, seeking an Islamic state. |
| Mar-01 | Proscribed | Harakat Mujahideen | Whole organization; Kashmiri group seeking independence and aligned with global jihad. |
| Mar-01 | Proscribed | Islamic Army of Aden | Whole organization; Yemeni group aiming for a Sharia state. |
| Mar-01 | Proscribed | Jaish e Mohammed | Whole organization; Kashmiri group seeking liberation and destruction of Western/Indian influences. |
| Mar-01 | Proscribed | Lashkar e Tayyaba | Whole organization; Pakistani group seeking Kashmiri independence and an Islamic state. |
| Mar-01 | Proscribed | Hamas Izz al-Din al-Qassam Brigades | Military/armed wing; Palestinian group aiming to end Israeli occupation and establish an Islamic state. |
| Mar-01 | Proscribed | Palestinian Islamic Jihad - Shaqaqi | Whole organization; Palestinian group opposing the peace process and seeking an Islamic state. |
| Mar-01 | Proscribed | Salafist Group for Call and Combat (Groupe Salafiste pour la Predication et le Combat - GSPC) | Whole organization; Algerian successor to GIA. |
| Mar-01 | Proscribed | Hizballah External Security Organisation | Military/armed wing; Lebanese Shia group involved in resistance to Israel and terrorism abroad. |
| Nov-02 | Proscribed | Asbat Al-Ansar | Whole organization; Lebanese Sunni group enforcing extremist Islamic law. |
| Nov-02 | Proscribed | Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan (IMU) | Whole organization; Central Asian group seeking an Islamic state. |
| Nov-02 | Proscribed | Jeemah Islamiyah (JI) | Whole organization; Southeast Asian group seeking a unified Islamic state. |
| Jul-05 | Proscribed | Islamic Jihad Union (IJU) | Whole organization; Central Asian splinter from IMU. |
| Oct-05 | Proscribed | Al Ittihad Al Islamia (AIAI) | Whole organization; Somali group seeking a radical Sunni state. |
| Oct-05 | Proscribed | Ansar Al Islam (AI) | Whole organization; Iraqi Sunni Salafi group aligned with Al Qa’ida. |
| Oct-05 | Proscribed | Ansar Al Sunna (AS) | Whole organization; Iraqi fundamentalist Sunni group. |
| Oct-05 | Proscribed | Groupe Islamique Combattant Marocain (GICM) | Whole organization; Moroccan group seeking a caliphate. |
| Oct-05 | Proscribed | Hezb-e Islami Gulbuddin (HIG) | Whole organization; Afghan militant group. |
| Oct-05 | Proscribed | Harakat-Ul-Jihad-Ul-Islami (HUJI) | Whole organization; South Asian group seeking Kashmiri accession to Pakistan. |
| Oct-05 | Proscribed | Harakat-Ul-Jihad-Ul-Islami (Bangladesh) (HUJI-B) | Whole organization; Bangladeshi group seeking a Taliban-like regime. |
| Oct-05 | Proscribed | Harakat-Ul-Mujahideen/Alami (HuM/A) and Jundallah | Whole organization; Kashmiri group rejecting democracy. |
| Oct-05 | Proscribed | Sipah-e Sahaba Pakistan (SSP) and Lashkar-e Jhangvi (LeJ) | Whole organization and splinter; Pakistani anti-Shia groups. |
| Oct-05 | Proscribed | Khuddam Ul-Islam (KuI) | Whole organization; Kashmiri splinter from Jaish e Mohammed. |
| Oct-05 | Proscribed | Jamaat Ul-Furquan (JuF) | Whole organization; Kashmiri splinter from Jaish e Mohammed. |
| Oct-05 | Proscribed | Libyan Islamic Fighting Group (LIFG) | Whole organization; Libyan group aligned with Al Qa’ida. |
| Jul-06 | Proscribed | Al Ghurabaa and The Saved Sect | Whole organizations; UK-based groups evolved from Al Muhajiroun, seeking a caliphate. |
| Jul-07 | Proscribed | Jammat-ul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) | Whole organization; Bangladeshi group involved in bombings. |
| Jun-08 | De-proscribed | Mujaheddin e Khalq (MeK), also known as People's Mujaheddin Organisation of Iran (PMOI) | Whole organization; Iranian opposition group removed after appeals. |
| Jul-08 | Proscribed | Hizballah Military Wing (including Jihad Council and External Security Organisation) | Military/armed wing; extension from 2001 ESO proscription. |
| Mar-10 | Proscribed | Al Shabaab | Whole organization; Somali group aligned with Al Qa’ida. |
| Jul-12 | Proscribed | Indian Mujahideen (IM) | Whole organization; Indian group seeking Sharia in India. |
| Nov-12 | Proscribed | Ansarul Muslimina Fi Biladis Sudan (Ansaru) | Whole organization; Nigerian group aligned with Al Qa’ida. |
| Dec-13 | Proscribed | Imarat Kavkaz (IK, Caucasus Emirate) | Whole organization; North Caucasus group seeking a Sharia caliphate. |
| Apr-14 | Proscribed | Al Murabitun | Whole organization; Sahel-based Al Qa’ida merger group. |
| Apr-14 | Proscribed | Ansar Al Sharia-Tunisia (AAS-T) | Whole organization; Tunisian group aligned with Al Qa’ida. |
| Apr-14 | Proscribed | Ansar Bayt al-Maqdis (ABM) | Whole organization; Egyptian Sinai-based Al Qa’ida-inspired group. |
| Jun-14 | Proscribed | Abdallah Azzam Brigades (AAB), including Ziyad al-Jarrah Battalions | Whole organization; Syrian/Lebanese group aligned with Al Qa’ida. |
| Jun-14 | Proscribed | Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine-General Command (PFLP-GC) | Whole organization; Syrian-based Palestinian nationalist group. |
| Jun-14 | Proscribed | Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL, also ISIS, DAISh) | Whole organization; Sunni jihadist group seeking a caliphate. |
| Jun-14 | Proscribed | Kateeba al-Kawthar (KaK) | Whole organization; Syrian mujahideen group aligned with Al Qa’ida. |
| Nov-14 | Proscribed | Ajnad Misr (Soldiers of Egypt) | Whole organization; Egyptian jihadist splinter. |
| Nov-14 | Proscribed | Ansar al-Sharia-Benghazi (AAS-B) | Whole organization; Libyan Sunni militia. |
| Nov-14 | Proscribed | Jaysh al Khalifatu Islamiya (JKI) | Whole organization; Chechen-led Syrian jihadist group. |
| Jan-15 | Proscribed | Jund al-Aqsa (JAA) | Whole organization; Syrian splinter. |
| Jan-15 | Proscribed | Jund al Khalifa-Algeria (JaK-A) | Whole organization; Algerian Al Qa’ida/ISIL-aligned group. |
| Mar-15 | Proscribed | Haqqani Network (HQN) | Whole organization; Afghan/Pakistani group aligned with Taliban. |
| Mar-15 | Proscribed | Jamaat ul-Ahrar (JuA) | Whole organization; Pakistani Taliban splinter seeking a caliphate. |
| Jul-16 | Proscribed | Global Islamic Media Front (GIMF), including GIMF Bangla Team (Ansarullah Bangla Team, Ansar-al Islam) | Whole organization; jihadist propaganda network. |
| Jul-16 | Proscribed | Jamaah Anshorut Daulah (JAD) | Whole organization; Indonesian ISIL-aligned group. |
| May-17 | Proscribed | Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) | Whole organization; Syrian group, formerly an Al Qa’ida alias. |
| Dec-17 | Proscribed | Al-Ashtar Brigades | Whole organization; Bahraini Shia militant group. |
| Dec-17 | Proscribed | Al-Mukhtar Brigades | Whole organization; Bahraini Shia militant group. |
| Dec-17 | Proscribed | Hasam (including Harakat Sawa’d Misr) | Whole organization; Egyptian extremist group. |
| Dec-17 | De-proscribed | Hezb-e Islami Gulbuddin (HIG) | Whole organization; removed following application and review. |
| Mar-19 | Proscribed | Ansaroul Islam | Whole organization; Burkina Faso/Mali Salafi jihadist group. |
| Mar-19 | Proscribed | Jamaat Nusrat al-Islam Wal-Muslimin (JNIM) | Whole organization; Sahel Al Qa’ida federation. |
| Mar-19 | Proscribed | Hizballah | Whole organization; extension from military wing, as no distinction between political and military. |
| Nov-19 | De-proscribed | Libyan Islamic Fighting Group (LIFG) | Whole organization; removed following application and review. |
| Nov-21 | Proscribed | Hamas | Whole organization; extension from military wing, assessed as single entity ("a militant Islamist movement" per official description). |
| Jan-24 | Proscribed | Hizb ut-Tahrir | Whole organization; Sunni political group seeking a global caliphate. |
| Jul-25 | Proscribed | Palestine Action | Whole organization; UK-based Palestinian activism group proscribed for property damage actions against arms suppliers to Israel (proscription effective 5 July 2025). |
| Oct-25 | De-proscribed | Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) | Whole organization; removed as no longer an Al Qa’ida alias following review (order laid 21 October 2025).[1] |
- ↑ This timeline is current as of January 2026, based on the latest GOV.UK updates (last revised 28 January 2026) and related parliamentary records. No additional de-proscriptions or proscriptions for these categories appear to have occurred since October 2025.