The Libyan Islamic Sharia Research and Studies Center of the Fatwa House has issued a call for boycotting the United Arab Emirates (UAE).
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Grand Mufti: Libya has the right to launch tit-for-tat attacks on the UAE
Grand Mufti Sheikh Al-Sadiq Al-Gharyani said Libyans have the right to defend themselves from the UAE’s brutal air raids on civilians and infrastructure in Libya, urging the Libyan government to look for anti-UAE allies to curb its evil.
Armed students close Tobruk University
A group of armed students has closed the gates of Tobruk University in east Libya to protest a decision to appoint a new president for the university and dismiss the former one, Abdulaziz Bouhliqa.
Libya’s Grand Mufti urges public to fight Haftar forces
Libya’s highest religious authority called on the public Thursday to take to the streets against military commander Khalifa Haftar’s campaign aimed at capturing the capital, Anadolu reports.
Grand Mufti demands agenda of UN-backed National Conference be made public
Libya’s top religious cleric Shaikh Sadiq Al-Gharyan said on Wednesday that Libyans should not take part in the UN-backed National Conference until they know the agenda and names of the attendees.
Libya among four largest arms importers in Africa
Libya is among the four largest importers of arms in the African continent, along with Algeria, Morocco, and Tunisia, which represent together 75% of the continent’s arms imports, according to the think tank Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) annual report released Monday.
Libyan Muslim Brotherhood had relatively little support from Libyan people: report
A report on the Libyan Muslim Brotherhood (LMB) concludes that the LMB had relatively little support from the Libyan people post Qaddafi.
Grand Mufti calls Libyans to declare civil disobedience if Derna shelling does not stop
Libyan Grand Mufti Sheikh Al-Sadiq Al-Gharyani called on all Libyans to support their brothers in Derna by all means within their capabilities and to declare civil disobedience if the shelling on the city does not stop.
Migration through the Mediterranean: mapping the EU response
Since 2014, European citizens have been engaged in an intensifying discussion about migration. This is the result of an unprecedented increase in the number of refugees and other migrants entering Europe, many of them fleeing protracted conflicts in Africa and the Middle East, particularly the war in Syria. The phenomenon …
Libya’s continuing war economy is making a functioning state less likely: report
As Libya’s war economy persists, prospects for the restoration of functioning central governance become more distant, concluded a Chatham House report published today.