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| Midnight anti Libya's Mufti stickers provoke social media ire |
| 2016-08-16 |
| [Libya Observer] Social media activists have reacted angrily to some stickers that were sealed at a number of 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... areas to defame Libya's Grand Mufti Sheikh Sadiq Al-Gharyani. The stickers showed a picture of Sheikh Sadiq with "no to Moslem Brüderbund" and "Enough Bloodshed" written on them. Social media activists accused Dignity Operation supporters, who have find some freedom of expression after the arrival of UN-proposed government in Tripoli, of being behind the incident, which took place under cover of darkness. Posts to defend the Mufti flooded social media on Monday with the hashtag "Sheikh Sadiq Al-Gharyani represents me" went viral on Facebook. Dignity Operation supporters accuse Sheikh Sadiq Al-Gharyani of being a member of Moslem Brüderbund, which he has denied several times. Actually, accusations of being a terrorist, an ISIS affiliate, Qaeda affiliate or Moslem Brüderbund affiliate have become fashionable in the Dignity Operation camp to defame opponents. The Dignity Operation camp has also went further on this matter. Last year, notorious TV anchor Mohammed Imtallal accused US President Barack Obama ...I am not a dictator! of being a member of the international network of Moslem Brüderbund for not providing weapons to Dignity Operation as the Egyptians and the Emiratis did. Dignity Operation's Air Force Commander Saqir Jaroushi has also said that head of UN-proposed Presidency Council Fayaz Sirraj would be branded terrorist if he refuses to stand by Khalifa Haftar ... served in the Libyan army under Muammar Qadaffy, and took part in the coup that brought Qadaffy to power in 1969. He became a prisoner of war in Chad in 1987. While held prisoner, he and his fellow officers formed a group hoping to overthrow Qadaffy. He was released around 1990 in a deal with the United States government and spent nearly two decades in the United States, gaining US citizenship. In 1993, while living in the United States, he was convicted in absentia of crimes against the Jamahiriya and sentenced to death. Haftar held a senior position in the anti-Qadaffy forces in the 2011 Libyan Civil War. In 2014 he was commander of the Libyan Army when the General National Congress (GNC) refused to give up power in accordance with its term of office. Haftar launched a campaign against the GNC and its Islamic fundamentalist allies. His campaign allowed elections to take place to replace the GNC, but then developed into a civil war. Guess you can't win them all... 's self-proclaimed army. "In fact, Sheikh Sadiq is at odds with Moslem Brüderbund, he is against the UN-backed government, and Moslem Brüderbund members are strong supporters of this government and have influential members in the Presidency Council," comments one social media activist. "Accusing Sheikh Sadiq of being a Moslem Brüderbund member is very strange and means the accuser does not differentiate between Sheikh Sadiq's Maliki doctrine and Moslem Brüderbund's party," journalist Essam Zubair reacted to the stickers. Dignity Operation also accuses Sheikh Sadiq of inciting bloodshed for his frequent Fatwas to fight Khalifa Haftar's militias in Benghazi. Sheikh Sadiq's famous Fatwa to fight Wirshiffana kidnap gangs, who usually rob and kill passers-by, has also sparked fury within Dignity Operation and former Qadaffy regime supporters. Meanwhile, ...back at the wrecked scow, a single surviver held tightly to the smashed prow... Tripoli Elders' Council has deplored the smearing campaign on the Mufti, who is seen as a stumbling block to Dignity Operation's Khalifa Haftar's ambitions to rule Libya. "It's a desperate attempt to defame one of the prominent icons of Libya's Fatwa House," the council said. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #3 Meh, Pappy has Seven Internets and several brass locomotives. |
| Posted by: Shipman 2016-08-16 22:55 |
| #2 Pappy, once I clean up my monitor, I will award you "THE INTERNET" - can't top that |
| Posted by: Bov Flimbers 2016-08-16 22:27 |
| #1 "It's a desperate attempt to defame one of the prominent icons of Libya's Fatwa House" Sounds familiar. |
| Posted by: Pappy 2016-08-16 19:56 |