Jul 4 Callum Paton

Tripoli’s Omar Mukhtar Street closed after kidnapping of Sufi imam

By Moutaz Ali. Tripoli, 4 July 2014: The abduction of a Sufi imam in central Tripoli today sparked small but angry protests this afternoon as neighb...

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Mar 29 Michel Cousins

Sufi tomb destroyed in Brak Al-Shatti

By Jamal Adel.Tripoli, 29 March 2014:A 200-year old tomb of a prominent local Sufi teacher, Sa’eed Al-Tayer, was blown up early Thursday in the villag...

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Mawlid festivities draw to a close
Jan 14 Callum Paton

Mawlid festivities draw to a close

By Callum Paton.Tripoli, 14 January 2014:As the last few splutters of sporadic fireworks echo across Tripoli today, Mawlid Al-Nabi celebrations have d...

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Derna Sufi leader murdered
Sep 22 Michel Cousins

Derna Sufi leader murdered

By Ashraf Abdul-Wahab and Hadi Fornaji.Tripoli, 22 September 2013:A prominent local Sufi cleric, Sheikh Mustafa Rajab Al-Mahjoubi, was murdered on Fri...

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Graves desecrated in Mizdah
Sep 4 thomwestcott

Graves desecrated in Mizdah

By Houda Mzioudet.Tripoli, 4 September 2013:The desecration of graves and shrines in Mizdah on Monday night has been condemned by local council member...

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Sebha Sufi shrine attacked
May 10 Michel Cousins

Sebha Sufi shrine attacked

Tripoli, 10 May 2103:The Hamid Hudairi Sufi shrine in Sebha has been extensively damaged as a result of a rocket during the early morning on Thursday....

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Salafists destroy major Sufi shrine
Mar 28 Michel Cousins

Salafists destroy major Sufi shrine

By Farah Waleed. Tripoli, 28 March 2013: The Al-Andlusi mausoleum in Tajura area, one of the major Sufi shrines in Libya, was destroyed early this m...

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Feb 25 Michel Cousins

Southern Ulema support Abusaad

Tripoli, 25 February 2013:Members of the Libyan League of Ulema from the southern region (Fezzan) have put out a statement expressing their support fo...

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Mawlid celebrations take their course, undisturbed
Jan 24 Michel Cousins

Mawlid celebrations take their course, undisturbed

By Rzszard Bouvier.Tripoli, 24 January 2013:Hundreds of Tripolitans gathered this morning in the capital’s Old City to celebrate Mawlid Al-Nabi, the P...

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Mawlid celebrations begin in Tripoli
Jan 23 Nihal Zaroug

Mawlid celebrations begin in Tripoli

By Nihal Zaroug.Tripoli, January 23, 2013: The call not to celebrate Mawlid Al-Nabi, the Prophet’s birthday, issued by Dar Al-Iftha appears to have f...

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