Libya: Rights Group Urges Protection of Religious Sites

Human Rights Watch has urged the Libyan government to safeguard religious sites by deploying security forces.

Africa: Stop Attacks On Libya's Sufi Sites (press release)

Arabic Network for Human Rights Information, 3 September 2012

The Libyan government should urgently deploy security forces in numbers sufficient to protect Sufi religious sites and announce that people who attack these sites will be held ... read more »

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Libya: Protect Religious Sites, Investigate Crimes (press release)

Human Rights Watch, 31 August 2012

The Libyan government should urgently deploy security forces in numbers sufficient to protect Sufi religious sites and announce that people who attack these sites will be held ... read more »
Egypt: Azhar Condemns Destruction of Tombs in Libya

Egypt State Information Service, 28 August 2012

Al-Azhar vehemently condemned a series of recent attacks on Muslim Sufi shrines, tombs and mosques in Libya. read more »
Libya: Unesco Calls for Stop to Destruction of Sufi Sites

UN News Service, 28 August 2012

Noting that "destroying places of religious and cultural significance cannot be tolerated," the head of the United Nations agency tasked with safeguarding the world's cultural ... read more »
Egypt: Nation Condemns Attacks On Sufi Shrines in Libya

Egypt State Information Service, 27 August 2012

The Egyptian Darul-Iftaa vehemently condemned attacks on the tomb of 15th-century scholar Abdel Salam al-Asmar and a historic mosque in the Libyan city of Zlitan, about 160km (100 ... read more »