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	\| logo = Libyan Islamic Fighting Group (LIFG) flag.jpg		\| logo = Libyan Islamic Fighting Group (LIFG) flag.jpg
	\| caption =		\| caption =
	\| dates = 1990<ref>https://www.brookings.edu/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/Libya_Ashour-FINALE.pdf</ref>–2017		\| dates = 1990<ref>{{Cite web\| title=Between ISIS and a failed state: The saga of Libyan Islamists \| url=https://www.brookings.edu/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/Libya_Ashour-FINALE.pdf \| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170519113819/https://www.brookings.edu/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/Libya_Ashour-FINALE.pdf \| archive-date=2017-05-19}}</ref>–2017
	\| leader = [[Abdelhakim Belhadj]]		\| leader = [[Abdelhakim Belhadj]]
	\| allegiance = [[National Salvation Government\|Libya Dawn Coalition]]		\| allegiance = [[National Salvation Government\|Libya Dawn Coalition]]
	\| motives = Overthrow [[Muammar Gaddafi]] and establish an Islamic state.<ref>{{cite news \|url=http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/world/2011/0329/1224293298818.html \|title=Islamic militant group pledges support to anti-Gadafi rebels \|publisher=Irish Times \|date=29 March 2011 \|access-date=16 July 2011 \|quote=We want to help take our country from the revolutionary stage to the stage of rebuilding the nation, says al-Madhouni. "At that point we will hand over our weapons, when the LNC demands it." ... The Libyan National Council says its vision is of a democratic Libya... "As long as this democracy is not against Islam, we will accept it. What we are looking for is a state that respects Islam as the religion of the people. Anything that goes against Islam, we will refuse it." \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120320125111/http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/world/2011/0329/1224293298818.html \|archive-date=20 March 2012 \|url-status=live }}</ref>		\| motives = Overthrow [[Muammar Gaddafi]] and establish an Islamic state.<ref>{{cite news \|url=http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/world/2011/0329/1224293298818.html \|title=Islamic militant group pledges support to anti-Gadafi rebels \|publisher=Irish Times \|date=29 March 2011 \|access-date=16 July 2011 \|quote=We want to help take our country from the revolutionary stage to the stage of rebuilding the nation, says al-Madhouni. "At that point we will hand over our weapons, when the LNC demands it." ... The Libyan National Council says its vision is of a democratic Libya... "As long as this democracy is not against Islam, we will accept it. What we are looking for is a state that respects Islam as the religion of the people. Anything that goes against Islam, we will refuse it." \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120320125111/http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/world/2011/0329/1224293298818.html \|archive-date=20 March 2012 \|url-status=live }}</ref>
	\| area = {{LBY}}		\| area = {{LBY}}
	\| ideology = [[Salafi jihadism]]<br>[[Qutbism]]		\| ideology = [[Salafi jihadism]]<br />[[Qutbism]]
	\| crimes =		\| crimes =
	\| attacks =		\| attacks =
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	\| size =		\| size =
	\| revenue =		\| revenue =
	\| financing = Mohammed Benhammedi{{citation needed\|date=August 2020}}<br/>[[Sanabal Charitable Committee]]		\| financing = Mohammed Benhammedi{{citation needed\|date=August 2020}}<br />[[Sanabal Charitable Committee]]
	\| designated_as_terror_group_by = {{flagicon\|USA}} Delisted in 2017 by the [[United States Department of State\|Department of State]]<ref name=USTerrorList>{{cite web\|url=https://2009-2017.state.gov/j/ct/rls/other/des/123085.htm\|title=Foreign Terrorist Organizations\|publisher=[[United States Department of State]]\|access-date=5 December 2012\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170127131842/https://2009-2017.state.gov/j/ct/rls/other/des/123085.htm\|archive-date=27 January 2017\|url-status=live}}</ref><br />{{flagicon\|GBR}} Delisted in 2019 by the [[Home Office]]<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.homeoffice.gov.uk/publications/counter-terrorism/proscribed-terror-groups/proscribed-groups?view=Binary\|title=Proscribed terrorist groups\|publisher=[[Home Office]]\|access-date=4 April 2012\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101004183911/http://www.homeoffice.gov.uk/publications/counter-terrorism/proscribed-terror-groups/proscribed-groups?view=Binary\|archive-date=4 October 2010\|url-status=live}} – [[Terrorism Act 2000]]</ref><br />{{flagicon\|UN}} Sanctioned by the [[United Nations Security Council Committee 1267\|UN 1267 Committee]].<ref name="un1267" />		\| designated_as_terror_group_by = {{flagicon\|USA}} Delisted in 2017 by the [[United States Department of State\|Department of State]]<ref name=USTerrorList>{{cite web\|url=https://2009-2017.state.gov/j/ct/rls/other/des/123085.htm\|title=Foreign Terrorist Organizations\|publisher=[[United States Department of State]]\|access-date=5 December 2012\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170127131842/https://2009-2017.state.gov/j/ct/rls/other/des/123085.htm\|archive-date=27 January 2017\|url-status=live}}</ref><br />{{flagicon\|GBR}} Delisted in 2019 by the [[Home Office]]<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.homeoffice.gov.uk/publications/counter-terrorism/proscribed-terror-groups/proscribed-groups?view=Binary\|title=Proscribed terrorist groups\|publisher=[[Home Office]]\|access-date=4 April 2012\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101004183911/http://www.homeoffice.gov.uk/publications/counter-terrorism/proscribed-terror-groups/proscribed-groups?view=Binary\|archive-date=4 October 2010\|url-status=live}} – [[Terrorism Act 2000]]</ref><br />{{flagicon\|UN}} Sanctioned by the [[United Nations Security Council Committee 1267\|UN 1267 Committee]].<ref name="un1267" />
	}}		}}
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	''The Telegraph'' reported that senior Al Qaeda members [[Abu Yahya al-Libi]] and [[Abu Laith al-Libi]] were LIFG members.<ref name=TheTelegraph2009-07-10 /> One of al-Qaeda's most senior members, [[Atiyah Abd Al Rahman\|Atiyah Abdul-Rahman]], was purportedly a member of LIFG as well.<ref name="atiyah">[http://www.rewardsforjustice.net/english/index.cfm?page=atiyah_abd Wanted: Atiyah Abd al Rahman] {{webarchive\|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070611075228/http://www.rewardsforjustice.net/english/index.cfm?page=atiyah_abd \|date=11 June 2007}}, [[Rewards for Justice Program]], US Department of State</ref>		''The Telegraph'' reported that senior Al Qaeda members [[Abu Yahya al-Libi]] and [[Abu Laith al-Libi]] were LIFG members.<ref name=TheTelegraph2009-07-10 /> One of al-Qaeda's most senior members, [[Atiyah Abd Al Rahman\|Atiyah Abdul-Rahman]], was purportedly a member of LIFG as well.<ref name="atiyah">[http://www.rewardsforjustice.net/english/index.cfm?page=atiyah_abd Wanted: Atiyah Abd al Rahman] {{webarchive\|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070611075228/http://www.rewardsforjustice.net/english/index.cfm?page=atiyah_abd \|date=11 June 2007}}, [[Rewards for Justice Program]], US Department of State</ref>

	In an audio message published in November 2007 [[Ayman al-Zawahiri]] and [[Abu Laith al-Libi]] claimed that the Libyan Islamic Fighting Group had joined al-Qaeda.<ref name=Adnkronos20080409/><ref>{{cite news \|url=~~http~~://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/7076604.stm \|publisher=BBC News \|title=Libyan Islamists 'join al-Qaeda' \|date=3 November 2007 \|access-date=18 May 2011 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110411185229/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/7076604.stm \|archive-date=11 April 2011 \|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name=AlJazeera20080409 /> "Benotman fired back an open letter to Zawahiri questioning his credibility. "I questioned their idea of jihad ... directly you know. This is crazy, it is not Islamic and it's against the Sunni understanding of Islam," Benotman told CNN. Zawahiri chose not to respond. As late as this August Zawahiri's video statements included praise of LIFG leaders, in what may have been a desperate attempt to head off the condemnation he could see coming."<ref name="New jihad code threatens al Qaeda">[http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/11/09/libya.jihadi.code/ New jihad code threatens al Qaeda] {{Webarchive\|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091113184616/http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/11/09/libya.jihadi.code/ \|date=13 November 2009}}, [[Nic Robertson]] and Paul Cruickshank, [[CNN]], 10 November 2009</ref>		In an audio message published in November 2007 [[Ayman al-Zawahiri]] and [[Abu Laith al-Libi]] claimed that the Libyan Islamic Fighting Group had joined al-Qaeda.<ref name=Adnkronos20080409/><ref>{{cite news \|url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/7076604.stm \|publisher=BBC News \|title=Libyan Islamists 'join al-Qaeda' \|date=3 November 2007 \|access-date=18 May 2011 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110411185229/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/7076604.stm \|archive-date=11 April 2011 \|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name=AlJazeera20080409 /> "Benotman fired back an open letter to Zawahiri questioning his credibility. "I questioned their idea of jihad ... directly you know. This is crazy, it is not Islamic and it's against the Sunni understanding of Islam," Benotman told CNN. Zawahiri chose not to respond. As late as this August Zawahiri's video statements included praise of LIFG leaders, in what may have been a desperate attempt to head off the condemnation he could see coming."<ref name="New jihad code threatens al Qaeda">[http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/11/09/libya.jihadi.code/ New jihad code threatens al Qaeda] {{Webarchive\|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091113184616/http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/11/09/libya.jihadi.code/ \|date=13 November 2009}}, [[Nic Robertson]] and Paul Cruickshank, [[CNN]], 10 November 2009</ref>

	In November 2007 [[Noman Benotman]], described as the "ex-head of the Libyan Islamic Fighting Group", published on open letter to [[al-Qaeda]].<ref name=NYDailyNews20080608>{{cite news \|url=http://www.nydailynews.com/opinions/2008/06/08/2008-06-08_how_muslim_extremists_are_turning_on_osa.html \|title=How Muslim extremists are turning on Osama Bin Laden \|work=[[New York Daily News]] \|author=Paul Cruikshank \|date=8 June 2008 \|access-date=2008-06-09 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090228155239/http://www.nydailynews.com/opinions/2008/06/08/2008-06-08_how_muslim_extremists_are_turning_on_osa.html \|archive-date=28 February 2009 \|url-status=live \|author-link=Paul Cruikshank}}</ref><ref name=TheTimes20080608>{{cite news \|url=http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/middle_east/article4087373.ece \|title=Al-Qaeda: the cracks begin to show \|work=The Times \|author=Abul Taher \|date=8 June 2008 \|access-date=2008-06-09 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081007173627/http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/middle_east/article4087373.ece \|archive-date=7 October 2008 \|url-status=dead \|quote=In November last year Noman Benotman, ex-head of the Libyan Islamic Fighting Group which is trying to overthrow the regime of Muammar Gaddafi, published a letter which asked Al-Qaeda to give up all its operations in the Islamic world and in the West, adding that ordinary westerners were blameless and should not be attacked. \|location=London}}</ref><ref name=DigitalJournal20080608>{{cite news \|url=http://www.digitaljournal.com/article/255860 \|title=Op-Ed: Al Qaeda Is Losing Support Among Jihadists \|work=Digital Journal \|date=8 June 2008 \|access-date=2008-06-09 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090430212506/http://www.digitaljournal.com/article/255860 \|archive-date=30 April 2009 \|url-status=live}}</ref> According to ''[[The Times]]'':<ref name=TheTimes20080608/>		In November 2007 [[Noman Benotman]], described as the "ex-head of the Libyan Islamic Fighting Group", published on open letter to [[al-Qaeda]].<ref name=NYDailyNews20080608>{{cite news \|url=http://www.nydailynews.com/opinions/2008/06/08/2008-06-08_how_muslim_extremists_are_turning_on_osa.html \|title=How Muslim extremists are turning on Osama Bin Laden \|work=[[New York Daily News]] \|author=Paul Cruikshank \|date=8 June 2008 \|access-date=2008-06-09 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090228155239/http://www.nydailynews.com/opinions/2008/06/08/2008-06-08_how_muslim_extremists_are_turning_on_osa.html \|archive-date=28 February 2009 \|url-status=live \|author-link=Paul Cruikshank}}</ref><ref name=TheTimes20080608>{{cite news \|url=http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/middle_east/article4087373.ece \|title=Al-Qaeda: the cracks begin to show \|work=The Times \|author=Abul Taher \|date=8 June 2008 \|access-date=2008-06-09 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081007173627/http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/middle_east/article4087373.ece \|archive-date=7 October 2008 \|url-status=dead \|quote=In November last year Noman Benotman, ex-head of the Libyan Islamic Fighting Group which is trying to overthrow the regime of Muammar Gaddafi, published a letter which asked Al-Qaeda to give up all its operations in the Islamic world and in the West, adding that ordinary westerners were blameless and should not be attacked. \|location=London}}</ref><ref name=DigitalJournal20080608>{{cite news \|url=http://www.digitaljournal.com/article/255860 \|title=Op-Ed: Al Qaeda Is Losing Support Among Jihadists \|work=Digital Journal \|date=8 June 2008 \|access-date=2008-06-09 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090430212506/http://www.digitaljournal.com/article/255860 \|archive-date=30 April 2009 \|url-status=live}}</ref> According to ''[[The Times]]'':<ref name=TheTimes20080608/>
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	\| Abd Al-Rahman Al-Faqih		\| Abd Al-Rahman Al-Faqih
	\| {{lang\|ar\|عبد الرحمن الفقيه}}		\| {{lang\|ar\|عبد الرحمن الفقيه}}
	\| Possibly the same person as the jihadist writer Abdul-Rahman Hasan.<ref name="MIA">[http://ctc.usma.edu/atlas/Atlas-ResearchCompendium.pdf USMA Militant Ideology Atlas] {{webarchive \|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110125033625/http://ctc.usma.edu/atlas/Atlas-ResearchCompendium.pdf \|date=25 January 2011}}, p. 291</ref> Wanted in [[Morocco]] in connection with the mass murders of 16 May 2003 in [[Casablanca]]. Al-Faqih was convicted in 2006 of possessing documents related to terrorism.<ref name=Bbc2007-07-17>{{cite news \|url=~~http~~://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/6903562.stm \|title=Libyan jailed on terror charges \|publisher=[[BBC News]] \|date=2007-07-17 \|access-date=2014-01-29 \|archive-date=2009-10-05 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091005183641/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/6903562.stm \|url-status=live \|quote=Al Bashir Mohammed al Faqih, 47, of Hall Green, Birmingham, admitting possessing documents on how to make explosives and set up a terror cell.}}</ref>		\| Possibly the same person as the jihadist writer Abdul-Rahman Hasan.<ref name="MIA">[http://ctc.usma.edu/atlas/Atlas-ResearchCompendium.pdf USMA Militant Ideology Atlas] {{webarchive \|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110125033625/http://ctc.usma.edu/atlas/Atlas-ResearchCompendium.pdf \|date=25 January 2011}}, p. 291</ref> Wanted in [[Morocco]] in connection with the mass murders of 16 May 2003 in [[Casablanca]]. Al-Faqih was convicted in 2006 of possessing documents related to terrorism.<ref name=Bbc2007-07-17>{{cite news \|url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/6903562.stm \|title=Libyan jailed on terror charges \|publisher=[[BBC News]] \|date=2007-07-17 \|access-date=2014-01-29 \|archive-date=2009-10-05 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091005183641/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/6903562.stm \|url-status=live \|quote=Al Bashir Mohammed al Faqih, 47, of Hall Green, Birmingham, admitting possessing documents on how to make explosives and set up a terror cell.}}</ref>
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	\| Ghuma Abd'rabbah		\| Ghuma Abd'rabbah
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	\|October 2005 (until November 2019)<ref name="uk-proscribed"/>		\|October 2005 (until November 2019)<ref name="uk-proscribed"/>
	\|<ref>{{~~cite~~ web\|url=https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/324603/20140627-List_of_Proscribed_organisations_WEBSITE_final.pdf \|title=~~Archived copy~~ \|access-date=2014-11-07 \|url-status=dead \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140815183741/https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/324603/20140627-List_of_Proscribed_organisations_WEBSITE_final.pdf \|archive-date=15 August 2014 }}</ref>		\|<ref>{{Cite web\| url=https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/324603/20140627-List_of_Proscribed_organisations_WEBSITE_final.pdf \| title=Proscribed Terrorist Organisations \| access-date=2014-11-07 \| url-status=dead \| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140815183741/https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/324603/20140627-List_of_Proscribed_organisations_WEBSITE_final.pdf \| archive-date=15 August 2014}}</ref>
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