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The role of Islam in the political course of M. Gaddafi

https://doi.org/10.28995/2073-6339-2021-3-111-120

Abstract

The article is devoted to the review of the relationship between power and religion in Libya. The article describes the process of transformation of Islam under the influence of the official regime of Muammar Gaddafi in Libya into the forms of political Islam and Islamism. The relations of the official regime of the Jamahiriya with religious groups at different stages of the development of the state are defined.

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E. S. Vysochina
Russian State University for the Humanities
Russian Federation

Ekaterina S. Vysochina, postgraduate student

125047, Moscow, Miusskaya Sq., bld. 6



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Vysochina E.S. The role of Islam in the political course of M. Gaddafi. RSUH/RGGU Bulletin Series "Political Science. History. International Relations". 2021;(3):111-120. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.28995/2073-6339-2021-3-111-120

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