Jan 24 Michel Cousins

Grand Mufti calls on revolutionaries to “eliminate” criminals and insurgents in Warshefana and Sebha

By Ashraf Abdul- Wahab.Tripoli, 24 February 2014:Libya’s Grand Mufti, Sheikh Sadik Al-Ghariani had ordered revolutionaries to “eliminate” alleged crim...

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Dec 16 Callum Paton

Ghariani calls for national unity

By Asharaf Abdul-WahabTripoli, 16 December 2013:The Grand Mufti, Sheikh Sadik Al-Ghariani, has called on Libyans to put differences aside and work tog...

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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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Sep 10 Nihal Zaroug

Air defense colonel killed in Benghazi

By Nihal Zaroug.Tripoli, 10 September:Another senior military official who served in the Qaddafi regime has been murdered in Benghazi.  Colonel Badr K...

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Dead intelligence officer named
Sep 2 Michel Cousins

Dead intelligence officer named

By Maha Ellawati.Benghazi. 2 September:The member of the intelligence services killed in a car bomb explosion in Benghazi’s Gamel Abdul Nasser Street...

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Grand Mufti issues fatwa condemning assassinations of Qaddafi-era officers
Aug 15 George Grant

Grand Mufti issues fatwa condemning assassinations of Qaddafi-era officers

By George Grant.The grand mufti insisted that justice could only be done through the courts.Tripoli, 15 August:Grand Mufti Sheikh Sadik Al-Ghariani ha...

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Just how serious is Derna's "Islamist problem"?
May 31 Michel Cousins

Just how serious is Derna's "Islamist problem"?

By George Grant.Derna, 31 May:You can get a good signal from 100.2 Malta XFM on the approach to Derna, and on clear nights, the lights of nearby Crete...

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Voting is ‘an Islamic duty’ and a ‘right for men and women’ – Sadik Al-Ghariani
May 12 Sami Zaptia

Voting is ‘an Islamic duty’ and a ‘right for men and women’ – Sadik Al-Ghariani

1.25 million Libyans registered to vote by Thursday, 10 MayTripoli, 12 May:With only two days to go to the voter registration deadline, over 1.25 mill...

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Mar 12 Michel Cousins

Ghannouchi in Zliten

Tripoli, March 12: Rachid Ghannouchi, the head of Tunisia’s moderate Islamist Ennahda Party which leads his country’s coalition government, is in Zlit...

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