to the brave women of libya

In the Name of God, the Merciful, the Compassionate

Blessings upon our Prophet Muhammad, his Kin, and his Companions

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TO THE BRAVE WOMEN OF LIBYA

Tuesday 8th March 2011

On the occasion of International Women’s Day (March 8th 2011), we celebrate and con-

gratulate Libya’s brave women who have so greatly contributed to the great revolution of

February 17th 2011.

We have witnessed women of all ages march and fight for Libya’s freedom and for the

human rights of all Libyans, women and men. We have witnessed Libyan mothers

selflessly offering their children to fight, and if necessary be martyred, for a future of

freedom and dignified living. We have witnessed women doctors and nurses attend to

the thousands of wounded. We have witnessed women working tiressly in the media,

and on the political, legal, economic and social fronts. We have learned so much from

our fellow women scholars in this very Network of Free Ulema.

We celebrate your heroic political, social, scholarly and economic achievements. We

congratulate you, and promise you that all of us, women and men, will work together

towards a Libya of equality and fairness for all.

Our Network shares the declared UN goal for 2011 of equal access to education and

training, and shall ask the Interim Transitional National Council that represents all Libyans

to make it a clear goal in its agenda for this year and beyond.

May the significance of this special day, become an inspiration for a New and Free Libya.

NETWORK OF FREE ULEMA

Network of Free Ulema - Libya

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ABOUT THE NETWORK OF FREE ULEMA – LIBYA

We are a network of some of Libya’s most senior and most respected Muslim Religious Scholars

with various specializations and tribal backgrounds from across our beloved Libya. Our network

also includes some of the most respected Sufi Teachers in our country. Some top Judges, Lawyers,

Doctors, Engineers, University Professors and Intellectuals, as well as Writers and Poets, are also

members. Our network includes both men and women, old and young, locally educated and ed-

ucated-abroad. We are not a political party, and our only agenda is that of upholding the highest

religious, spiritual, moral, and human values, and the service of our beloved Libya. We are diverse

groups of different schools and outlooks, and we believe in the richness of plurality, and the wisdom

of dialogue and communication with all other faiths and cultures. Our network is only one dimen-

sion of Libya’s very rich and sophisticated Civil Society, which has always been there, but has had

to go clandestine for many years because of the regime’s repressive policies. In the New Libya,

all these seeds will sprout into a rich and vibrant culture, unified, and mutually respectful. For the

time being, security conditions do not allow us to publish a list of members. We will publish such

a list as soon as we can.

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