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Be the first of your friends to like this.The new prime minister of Libya, Ahmed Maiteeg, is supported not only by the Muslim Brotherhood, but also by the Libyan Islamic Fighting Group, listed as a Foreign Terrorist Organization by the U.S. Department of State.
Islamist militias are now dictating their agenda to the academic authorities in Libya.
Under the monarchy and the
former Gaddafi regime, university courses were attended jointly by male
and female students. Now, however, things are changing, as the "new
Libya" moves backwards.
Recently, the academic
authorities of the University of Omar al-Mokhtar, in Derna, a terrorist
stronghold in eastern Libya, signed an agreement with a local Islamist militia
aimed at the construction of a wall meant to segregate male from female
students within the campus. The agreement also calls for the
introduction of a strict dress code for female students, including the
loose abaya over-garment and the hijab, covering the head and chest.
A section of the gender-segregation wall being built at the University of Omar al-Mokhtar, in Derna, Libya.
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Building the wall at the University comes after two years of pressure by Islamist militias
in the city of Derna: extremists denounced the University, weapons were
introduced inside the campus and death threats were made to professors
and students. Many professors have consequently, left Derna and are
looking for jobs in Benghazi or Tripoli.
The Islamist Abu Saleem Brigade eventually offered
the university administration a deal: the Islamist group would provide
security on campus in exchange for the introduction of an "Islamic"
dress code for female students and the construction of a wall to
separate women from men. To stop the harassment, the university's
president, as well as Derna's local council, accepted this proposal.
In 2013, the highest Islamic authority in Libya, Grand Mufti Sheikh Sadik Al-Ghariani, himself launched a call for the separation of sexes in all workplaces, classrooms and government offices.
In a communiqué to the Libya's
parliament, the government and to the leaders of different militias, the
Grand Mufti asked for quick measures aimed at "moralizing" public life,
saying that he received complaints about "the deterioration of morals
and the widespread phenomena of free mixing between sexes, with no
restrictions or regulations, in all state institutions." In the
communiqué, he stated that the mixing of sexes is "immoral."
The Grand Mufti is evidently
trying to impose a strict interpretation of Islamic law on the country
and to make radical Islam the mainstream Islam in Libya. The Islamist
groups clearly share his views and seem to feel supported by the Grand
Mufti in the Islamization of the education system.
The new prime minister of
Libya, Ahmed Maiteeg, whose support from Islamic extremists launched him
to power, will doubtlessly not stop them from trying to achieve their
goal.
In an interview with the Saudi-owned channel, Al-Arabiya, Libyan writer Mohammed El-Houni said that Maiteeg is supported not only by the Muslim Brotherhood, but also by the Libyan Islamic Fighting Group, listed as Foreign Terrorist Organization by the U.S. Department of State.
In the meantime, other Universities in Libya are also being Islamized. The Libyan Herald reports that gender segregation and strict dress codes are to be implemented at Sirte University,
halfway between Tripoli and Benghazi. The Islamist movements seem to
understand that the education system should be the first institution to
be changed to shape a future Libyan Islamist society.
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