Another Sufi mosque attacked
Aug 25 Michel Cousins

Another Sufi mosque attacked

By Hadi Fornaji.Tripoli, 25 August:Another mosque has been vandalised by Salafists. The Sidi Sha’ab Mosque opposite the Mahari Radisson Blu hotel over...

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Mar 15 Michel Cousins

Grand Mufti says that Fatwa Office will speak out politically if necessary

Tripoli, March 15: Libya’s Grand Mufti and Head of the Supreme Council for Fatwa, Sheikh Sadeq Al-Ghariani, said on Wednesday that the Dar Al-Iftaa (F...

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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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Mar 11 Michel Cousins

Salafist attempt to destroy Zliten shrine sparks country-wide anger

Tripoli, March 11: The attempt by Salafists on Friday to attack and destroy one of Libya’s most important Sufi shrines, in Zliten, has angered Libyans...

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Feb 2 Michel Cousins

Freed from Gaddafi, Libyan Sufis face violent Islamists

By Tom Heneghan Freed from Muammar Gaddafi’s 42-year dictatorship, Libya’s Sufi Muslims find themselves under renewed pressure from violent Islam...

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