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Al-Naba (Arabic: النبأ lit. The News or The Report) is an official weekly newspaper issued by the Central Media Office of the Islamic State, first published in 2014. [2] [3] [4] [5]
Many pre-Islamic beliefs that had existed in Libya co-mingled with the newly introduced religion. Hence, Islam in Libya became an overlay of Quranic ritual and principles upon the vestiges of earlier beliefs -- prevalent throughout North Africa -- in jinns (spirits), the evil eye, rites to ensure good fortune, and cult veneration of local saints.
Al-Tadamun News Agency - originally started in Switzerland in February 2011, later moved to Benghazi, Libya; Libyan News Agency Arabic: وكالة الانباء الليبية ("Lana") - state-run, formerly Jamahiriya News Agency ("Jana") Mathaba News Agency - independent pro-Gaddafi news site still in operation
Islamic State militants seized the city in 2015 - killing one of Kadi's two brothers - before eastern forces under commander Khalifa Haftar captured it. The devastation now is on a different scale.
Libya is now split between warring administrations in east and west. 2015 - Islamists on the march Islamist groups take advantage of the chaos and Islamic State seizes the central city of Sirte in ...
Islam is the dominant religion in Libya. Other than the vast majority of Sunni Muslims, there are also small Christian communities, composed exclusively of immigrants. Coptic Orthodox Christianity , which is the Christian Church of Egypt , is the largest and most historical Christian denomination in Libya .
Quryna (Arabic: قورينا), formerly known as Yosberides (Arabic: يوسبريدس), is a privately owned Libyan newspaper [1] published in print and on the internet. It is based in Benghazi, the country's second largest city. Reuters described it as "Libya's most reliable media outlet" during the Libyan Civil War. [2]
Experts had long said that floods posed a significant danger to two dams meant to protect nearly 90,000 people in the northeast of Libya. The warnings came true in the early hours of Sept. 11 ...