Sadiq Al-Ghariani

( Learn how and when to remove this message ) Al Sadiq Abd-Alrahman Ali Al Ghariani (alternative spelling include Saadiq , Sadeq and Sadik ) (Arabic: الصادق عبد الرحمن علي الغرياني) has been the Grand Mufti of Libya since 2012. He is a controversial Muslim imam of the Maliki school of thought . Academically he is a seated professor in the College of Sharia in the University of Tripoli since 1969 and distinguished contributor the Maliki school of thought with his numerous publications. His family originates from the village of Intataat near the city of Gharyan . Though he is often identified as a Salafist , al-Ghariani has often opposed efforts by Salafist militants to eliminate their opposition and force the creation of an Islamic state. As Grand Mufti and head of the Dar al-Ifta, the office in Libya responsible for religious rulings, his fatwa s are not law, but they nevertheless exert an important moral force in government policy and decision-making. Sheikh Al Ghariani has become more prominent after the 2011 Libyan Revolution and subsequent civil war due to his widely supported fatwas against Muammar Gaddafi and public opposition to Gaddafi's rule on Al Jazeera . In June 2017, Sadiq Al Ghariani, was placed on a Terrorism watchlist, following accusation of links to Terrorism and Qatari backing for International terrorism in the 2017 Qatar diplomatic crisis . A number of nations, including Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, UAE, and Egypt are some who have issued this verdict.

Grand Mufti of Libya ( Learn how and when to remove this message ) Al-Sadiq Abd al-Rahman Ali al-Ghariani (alternative spelling include Saadiq , Sadeq and Sadik ) (Arabic: الصادق عبد الرحمن علي الغرياني) has been the Grand Mufti of Libya since 2012. He is a Muslim imam of the Maliki school of thought . Academically he is a seated professor in the College of Sharia in the University of Tripoli since 1969 and distinguished contributor the Maliki school of thought with his numerous publications. His family originates from the village of Intataat near the city of Gharyan . Though he is often identified as a Salafist , al-Ghariani has often opposed efforts by Salafist militants to eliminate their opposition and force the creation of an Islamic state. As Grand Mufti and head of the Dar al-Ifta, the office in Libya responsible for religious rulings, his fatwa s are not law, but they nevertheless exert an important moral force in government policy and decision-making. Sheikh Al Ghariani has become more prominent after the 2011 Libyan Revolution and subsequent civil war due to his widely supported fatwas against Muammar Gaddafi and public opposition to Gaddafi's rule on Al Jazeera . In June 2017, Sadiq Al Ghariani, was placed on a Terrorism watchlist, following accusation of links to Terrorism and Qatari backing for International terrorism in the 2017 Qatar diplomatic crisis .

Grand Mufti of Libya (born 1942) ( Learn how and when to remove this message ) Al-Sadiq Abd al-Rahman Ali al-Ghariani ( Arabic : الصادق عبد الرحمن علي الغرياني , romanized : al-Ṣādiq ʻAbd al-Raḥmān ʻAlī al-Ghiryānī ; also spelled Saadiq , Sadeq and Sadik ) has been the Grand Mufti of Libya since 2012. He is a Muslim imam of the Maliki school of thought . Academically he is a seated professor in the College of Sharia in the University of Tripoli since 1969 and distinguished contributor the Maliki school of thought with his numerous publications. His family originates from the village of Intataat near the city of Gharyan . Though he is often identified as a Salafist , al-Ghariani has often opposed efforts by Salafist militants to eliminate their opposition and force the creation of an Islamic state. As Grand Mufti and head of the Dar al-Ifta, the office in Libya responsible for religious rulings, his fatwa s are not law, but they nevertheless exert an important moral force in government policy and decision-making. Sheikh Al Ghariani has become more prominent after the 2011 Libyan Revolution and subsequent civil war due to his widely supported fatwas against Muammar Gaddafi and public opposition to Gaddafi's rule on Al Jazeera . In June 2017, Sadiq Al Ghariani, was placed on a Terrorism watchlist, following accusation of links to Terrorism and Qatari backing for International terrorism in the 2017 Qatar diplomatic crisis . A number of nations, including Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, UAE, and Egypt are some who have issued this verdict.