Sadiq Al-Ghariani
| 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 | 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 a prominent moderate Muslim imam of the Maliki school of thought. Academically he is a seated professor in the college of sharia in the university of Tripoli since 1969 and distinguished contributor the Maliki school of thought with his numerous publications.
His family originates form the village of Intataat near the city of Gharyan. Though he is often identified as a Salafist, al-Ghariani has often opposed efforts by Salafist militants to eliminate their opposition and force the creation of an Islamic state. As Grand Mufti and head of the Dar al-Ifta, the office in Libya responsible for religious rulings, his fatwas are not law, but they nevertheless exert an important moral force in government policy and decision-making.
Sheikh Al Ghariani has become more prominent after the 2011 Libyan Revolution and subsequent civil war due to his widely supported fatwas against Muammar Gaddafi and public opposition to Gaddafi's rule on Al Jazeera.
Al-Ghariani was born in 1942. He studied Sharia law at an educational institution in Bayda which is currently known as Omar Al-Mukhtar University. He graduated in 1969 and started teaching there in 1970.
In 1972 he obtained a master's degree with distinction 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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