Saddiq Al-Ghariyani
| Sadiq al-Ghariani | |
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| الصادق الغرياني | |
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Ghariani in December 2011.
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| Grand Mufti of Libya | |
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Assumed office February 2012* |
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| Personal details | |
| Born |
8 December 1942 Tripoli, Italian Libya |
| Nationality | Libyan |
| Alma mater |
University of Mohammed bin Ali al-Sanusi (BA) al-Azhar University (Msc & PhD) University of Exeter (PhD) |
| Profession | Cleric |
| Religion | Salafi Islam |
| Website | tanasuh.com |
| *Al Ghariani has unofficially held office since 2011 | |
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 considered to be a radical imam with considerable influence over Islamists in Libya. Sadiq Al Ghariani has become more prominent after the 2011 Libyan Civil War due to his controversial political edicts and direct or indirect support for the Muslim Brotherhood, Ansar al-Sharia, Shura Council of Benghazi Revolutionaries and the Shura Council of Mujahideen in Derna as some have been designated as terrorist organizations in Libya. Sadiq al Ghariani currently has travel bans across some notable countries due to his controversial endeavors.
Al-Ghariani was born in 1942. He studied Sharia law at an Islamist educational institution in Bayda which is currently known as Omar Al-Mukhtar University. He graduated in 1969 and started teaching there in 1970.
He obtained in 1972 his master's degree in 'Comparative Jurisprudence' from the Faculty of Sharia and Law, Al-Azhar University in Cairo, Egypt. In 1984 he received a doctorate in Arabic and Islamic Studies at the University of Exeter in the United Kingdom.
In 1979 he obtained his doctorate degree in 'Comparative Jurisprudence' from the Faculty of Sharia and Law at the University of Al-Azhar, under the title (Alhukm Alsharie byna Alnaql wa Alaql) (Islamic Sharia ruling between Text and Mind).
In 1984 he obtained another doctorate degree from the Arabic and Islamic Studies Department, the University of Exeter, Britain, titled (Iydah Almasalik ila Qawaid Alimam Malik) (Clarifying the methods to Alimam Malik's rules) by Ahmed Ben Yahia Alonshrese (investigation and study.)
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