Libyan Islamic Fighting Group

Libyan Fighting Group (Al-Jama’a al-Islamiyyah al-Muqatilah bi-Libya)
Leader(s)	Abdelhakim Belhadj
Dates of operation	1995–2011
Motives	Overthrow Muammar Gaddafi and to establish an Islamic state.
Active region(s)	Libya
Ideology	Islamism
Status	Delisted as Foreign Terrorist Organization by the U.S. State Department Designated as Proscribed Group by the UK Home Office Sanctioned by the UN 1267 Committee.
Means of revenue	Mohammed Benhammedi Sanabal Charitable Committee

Delisted as Foreign Terrorist Organization by the U.S. State Department
Designated as Proscribed Group by the UK Home Office

The Libyan Islamic Fighting Group (LIFG) also known as Al-Jama’a al-Islamiyyah al-Muqatilah bi-Libya (Arabic: الجماعة الإسلامية المقاتلة بليبيا‎‎), was an armed Islamist group. Militants participated in the 2011 Libyan Civil War as the Libyan Islamic Movement (al-Harakat al-Islamiya al-Libiya), and are now involved in the Libyan Civil War of 2014 as members of the Libya Shield Force. Alleged militants include alleged Al Qaeda organizer Abd al-Muhsin Al-Libi who now holds a key command position in the Libya Shield Force.

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