Mujib Rahman Ansari | |
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مجیبالرحمن انصاری | |
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| Born | 1982 |
| Died | 2 September 2022 (aged 39–40) Herat, Afghanistan |
| Cause of death | Assassination |
| Religion | Islam |
| Denomination | Sunni |
| Movement | Salafi, Wahhabi |
Mujib-ur-Rahman Ansari (Dari: مجیبالرحمن انصاری, romanized: Mujīb-ur-Rahmān Ansārī; 1982 – 2 September 2022) was an Afghan mullah and cleric who operated in the city of Herat. An ally of the Taliban, Ansari was considered to be a Salafist and Wahhabist preacher, and was a staunch opponent of the American-backed Afghan government. In the late 2010s, Ansari seized control of a district of Herat, where he established extrajudicial sharia courts and checkpoints operated by his armed enforcers. A Taliban official described Ansari as being Afghanistan's most popular religious scholar in 2022.
Ansari was assassinated in a suicide bombing on 2 September 2022. Though no group claimed responsibility, the Taliban government alleged that the Islamic State – Khorasan Province was responsible for the attack.