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Muammar Muhammad Abu Minyar al-Gaddafi [pron 1] (c. 1942 – 20 October 2011) was a Libyan revolutionary, politician and political theorist who ruled Libya from 1969 until his assassination by the rebel forces of the National Liberation Army in 2011.
The Green Book (Arabic: الكتاب الأخضر al-Kitāb al-Aḫḍar) is a short book setting out the political philosophy of Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi. The book was first published in 1975. [2] It is said to have been inspired in part by The Little Red Book (Quotations from Chairman Mao Tse-tung).
The Third International Theory (Arabic: النظرية العالمية الثالثة), also known as the Third Universal Theory and Gaddafism, was the style of government proposed by Muammar Gaddafi on 15 April 1973 in his Zuwara speech, [11] on which his government, the Great Socialist People's Libyan Arab Jamahiriya, was officially based.
Muammar Gaddafi dominated Libya's politics for four decades and was the subject of a pervasive cult of personality.He was decorated with various awards and praised for his anti-imperialist stance, support for Arab—and then African—unity, as well as for significant development to the country following the discovery of oil reserves.
In the affluent community of Englewood, N.J., Gaddafi purchased a sprawling 25-room mansion in 1982. For years, neighbors have bristled at the thought of living in such close proximity to a man ...
Escape to Hell and Other Stories is a collection of essays by Muammar Gaddafi, published in English translation in 1989. It was translated from a 1996 French version of the text derived from the original Arabic version. It contains an introduction written by journalist Pierre Salinger. The book has been described as "a grab-bag of short essays ...
Gaddafi Amazonian bodyguards. The Amazonian Guard (also the "Amazons") was an unofficial name given to an all-female elite cadre of bodyguards officially known as The Revolutionary Nuns (Arabic: الراهبات الثوريات, ar-rāhibāt ath-thawriyyāt), tasked with protecting the late, former leader of Libya, Muammar Gaddafi.
Gaddafi described himself as a "simple revolutionary" and "pious Muslim" called upon by God to continue Nasser's work. [14] Gaddafi was an austere and devout Muslim, [15] although according to Vandewalle, his interpretation of Islam was "deeply personal and idiosyncratic."