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| IS a 'cancer' says Ghariani, calls on Libya Dawn and Hafter to destroy it |
| 2015-08-16 |
| [Libya Herald] In his strongest statement so far about the Islamic State ...formerly ISIS or ISIL, depending on your preference. Before that al-Qaeda in Iraq, as shaped by Abu Musab Zarqawi. They're very devout, committing every atrocity they can find in the Koran and inventing a few more. They fling Allaharound with every other sentence, but to hear the pols talk they're not reallyMoslems.... , Sheikh Sadek Al-Ghariani has called it a "cancer" which has to be destroyed. In a statement issued by his Dar Al-Ifta (Fatwa House), the controversial sheikh, sacked by the House of Representatives as the country's Grand Mufti, called on the General National Congress (GNC, the government it appointed and revolutionaries, as well as the Libyan National Army under Khalifa Hafter to fight IS. Still considered as Grand Mufti of Libya by the GNC and the rest of the 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... regime 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... , he said that the military and anyone capable of taking up arms should head to Sirte and defend those attacked by IS. It defiled Islam by claiming to be its sole authority and front man, he added. His call on Hafter's forces to join with Libya Dawn and attack IS is unprecedented. He has consistently demonised Hafter over the past year. However, there's no worse danger than telling a mother her baby is ugly... now he describes IS as "the real enemy". His description of IS as a cancer mirrors that of one of the main IS leader in Sirte, Hussein Al-Karamy, who yesterday said that Salafism is a cancer and must be destroyed. Ghariani is widely seen as a Salafist. |
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| Posted by: Heriberto Henbane5351 2015-08-16 14:11 |