Dec 13 Michel Cousins

Grand Mufti condemns illegal sales of flour

By Ashraf Abdul-Wahab.Tripoli, 13 December 2013:The Grand Mufti, Sheikh Sadik Al-Ghariani, has issued a fatwa forbidding bakeries from selling subsidi...

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Nov 3 Nigel Ash

New Year's Day-off will be Tuesday, not Monday

By Ashraf Abdul Wahab.Tripoli, 3 November 2013:The widespread assumption that tomorrow, Monday would mark the start of the new Islamic year was proved...

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Blockading oil terminals "a sin" says Dar Al-Ifta
Sep 12 Michel Cousins

Blockading oil terminals "a sin" says Dar Al-Ifta

Tripoli, 12 September 2013:The Dar Al-Ifta Islamic Research and Studies Council has said that any tampering with Libya’s oil industry, for any reason...

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Sep 11 Michel Cousins

Don’t change government now says Council of Ulema

By Hadi Fornaji.Tripoli, 11 September 2013:The Libyan League of Ulema has said that that the government of Prime Minister Ali Zeidan should not be sac...

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Aug 25 Michel Cousins

UNSMIL and Dar Al-Ifta make up

By Hadi Fornaji.Tripoli 25 August 2013:The standoff between the UN Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) and the Dar Al-Ifta over a statement by the latte...

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UN refutes Dar Al-Ifta claims
Aug 24 Michel Cousins

UN refutes Dar Al-Ifta claims

By Libya Herald staff.Tripoli, 24 August 2013:The United Nations Support Mission in Libya has rejected claims by the Grand Mufti’s office, the Dar Al-...

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Jul 10 Nigel Ash

Libyans to fight violence against women

By Reem Tombokti.One of the campaign billboardsTripoli, 10 July 2013:A Libyan women’s rights organisation is mounting a powerful media campaign agains...

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The cry that launched the revolution is finally heard
Jun 30 thomwestcott

The cry that launched the revolution is finally heard

By Ahmed Elumami.Tripoli, 30 June 2013:On 15 February 2011 demonstrators in Benghazi's Tahrir Square demanded an investigation into the Abu Selim pris...

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May 27 Nigel Ash

Majority of Libyans want decentralisation: ministry survey

By Reem Tombokti.Tripoli, 27 May 2013:More than half of Libyans want to see a decentralised country, according to a constitutional survey sponsored by...

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Grand Mufti in London for tests after collapsing
May 7 Michel Cousins

Grand Mufti in London for tests after collapsing

By Ashraf Abdul-Wahab.Sheikh Sadilk Al-GharianiTripoli, 7 May 2013:The Grand Mufti, Sheikh Sadik Al-Ghariani,is being treated in London after he colla...

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