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| Grand Mufti calls on revolutionaries to smash "outlaws" with "iron fist" |
| 2014-10-03 |
| [Libya Herald] The Grand Mufti has called on Libya Dawn ...aka Fajr Libya, the Islamist operation launched to counter that of General Khalifa Haftar (Operation Dignity). It is made up of the Libya Shield militia (Misrata and Moslem Brotherhood), Libya Revolutionaries Operations Room (Moslem Brotherhood), and Tripoli Brigade (close to Abdul Hakim Belhaj, head of Al-Watan party). Financing and moral support come from Turkey and Qatar... in Tripoli ...a confusing city, one end of which is located in Lebanon and the other end of which is the capital of Libya. Its chief distinction is being mentioned in the Marine Hymn... and revolutionaries in Benghazi and Sebha to unite and impose law and order throughout the country by force. It was needed, he said, to protect people and institutions from those whom he called vandals, thieves and crisis makers. These "outlaws", Sheikh Sadik Al-Ghairani said, had to be smashed "with an iron fist", tossed in the clink Please don't kill me! and made to pay for their injustice. The role of the revolutionaries was to protect people's property from arson, looting and vandalism, he declared. Moreover, no one, Ghariani added in his latest fatwa, had the right to disrupt vital public services or the country's utilities, such as the electricity supply, or oil fields, ports or the health services. No one had the right to claim they were doing so in order to obtain employment or to improve their situation. Protestors believed to be from Ajdabiya, are currently blockading the Abu Tifl oilfield south east of Jalu and run operated by Eni, demanding jobs. However, the hip bone's connected to the leg bone... it is not clear that the Grand Mufti's condemnation is directly primarily at them. Similar scathing comment in recent weeks have been directed primarily at Operation Dignity in Benghazi, Zintani and other forces ranged against Libya Dawn, the House of Representatives, and groups supporting it. Also, when the Grand Mufti has spoken previously about revolutionaries in Benghazi, he has made it clear he has been referring to the members of the Benghazi Revolutionaries Shoura Council, the umbrella organization including Ansar al-Sharia ...a Salafist militia which claims it is not part of al-Qaeda, even though it works about the same and for the same ends. There are groups of the same name in Libyaand Yemen, with the Libyan versions currently most active. Tunisia's Shabaab al-Tawhid started out an Ansar al-Sharia and changed its name in early 2014. It still uses the old name now and then, probably because the stationery's not all used up and the web site hasn't expired yet... and other Islamist groups. |
| Posted by:Fred |