| LC control no. | n 2012070308 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Corporate name heading | Jamāʻah al-Islāmīyah al-muqātilah fī Lībiyā |
| Variant(s) | Jamaʻa al-Islamiyyah al-Muqatilah bi-Libya Libyan Islamic Fighting Group LIFG |
| Special note | Cannot identify with: Jamāʻah al-Islāmīyah (Lībiyā) |
| Found in | The jihadist plot, 2012: ECIP galley (Libyan Islamic Fighting Group (LIFG)) Wikipedia, November 5, 2012 (The Libyan Islamic Fighting Group (LIFG) also known as Al-Jamaʻa al-Islamiyyah al-Muqatilah bi-Libya is a group active in Libya which played a key role in deposing Colonel Muammar Gaddafi's regime, allying itself with the National Transitional Council. However the organisation has a troubled history being under pressure from Muammar Gaddafi and shortly after the 9-11 attacks, LIFG was banned worldwide (as an affiliate of al-Qaeda) by the UN 1267 Committee. Listed at the Foreign Terrorist Organizations, the group has denied ever being affiliated with al-Qaeda, stating that it refused to join the global Islamic front Osama bin Laden declared against the west in 1998. LIFG was founded in 1990 by Libyans who had fought against Soviet forces in Afghanistan. It aims to establish an Islamic state in Libya and views the Gaddafi regime as oppressive, and anti-Muslim) Murājaʻāt al-Jamāʻah al-Islāmīyah al-muqātilah fī Lībiyā, 2010. |
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