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Canadian-Libyan promotes violent jihad in Liby c...

In mid-August 2014, Canadian-Libyan national

and former Ottawa Imam Abdu Albasset Egwitla

appeared in a YouTube video promoting violent
jihad in Libya. in the video, Egwilla urged an
audience of Libyan Islamist fighters to take part in
jihad, stating that JThad today is simple and easily
accessible, and does not reqe
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past, as it was for Afghanistan a

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.flghtinglslamist militias in Beugba.zi

Since late May 2014, secular-leaning militias have b
and Tripoli, in an operation aimed at rooting out Islamist cxUni in Libya. In mid-July 2014,
Islamist militias attacked secular-leaning militias in Tripoli. eventually seizing control of the city
and its airport in late August 2014. As of September 2014, fighting continues in and around
Benghazi and Tripoli. Extremist groups, such as Ansar at Sharia in Benghaai and Al Qaeda in the
Islamic Maghrcb (AQ1M), have called on Muslims to support the Islaniist fighters.

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