Ibrahim Al-Darsi, a member of parliament, accused Libya’s former grand mufti, Sheikh Al-Sadiq Al-Ghariani, of “inciting violence and spreading hatred among the Libyans.”
Al-Darsi told 218NEWS on Saturday that Al-Ghariani had never called for peaceful dialogue among rival parties, noting that scholars and jurists should be working on ending wars and conflicts and the consolidation of relations between tribes.
The National Commission for Human Rights in Libya recommended last week the International Criminal Court (ICC) to investigate and prosecute Al-Ghariani, for allegedly inciting violations of international human rights inside the country.
Al-Ghariani, who has been blacklisted as terrorist, has called through a TV show the citizens in the southern region to combat the Libyan National Army (LNA).
The Commission slammed the call, urging the ICC to prosecute the cleric for “inciting violence and hatred.”
It said that his remarks were “clear incitement to civil war under religious cover through his call on several cities and regions to take up arms and fight the LNA.”
Since mid-January the LNA has been conducting a military operation in the south aimed at rooting out militants and foreign fighters. It already controls now most of the important oil terminals in the country’s east and south regions.
