Islamic Legion

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Islamic Legion الفيلق الإسلامي
Active	1972–c.1987
Country	Libya  Chad  Sudan  Mali  Niger
Allegiance	Libya
Type	Militia
Engagements	Chadian–Libyan War Second Sudanese Civil War

The Islamic Legion (Arabic: الفيلق الإسلامي al-Faylaq ul-'Islāmiyyu^[1]) (a.k.a. Islamic Pan-African Legion) was a Libyan-sponsored pan-Arabist and pan-Islamist paramilitary force, created in 1972. The Legion was part of Muammar Gaddafi's dream of creating the Great Islamic State of the Sahel.^[2]