Read on TwitterThe straggle against #Italian
the use of religion as tool,
the Heroes that defy human pain to give their fellow humans
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(Arabic: عُمَر الْمُخْتَار مُحَمَّد بِن فَرْحَات الْمَنِفِي;
20 August 1858– 16 September 1931),
called The Lion of the Desert,
known among the colonial Italians as Matari of the Mnifa,
ʿOmar al-Mukhṭār Muḥammad bin Farḥāṭ al-Manifī (Arabic: عُمَر الْمُخْتَار مُحَمَّد بِن فَرْحَات الْمَنِفِي;20 August 1858– 16 September 1931),called The Lion of the Desert,known among the colonial Italians as Matari of the Mnifa," title="https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="2⃣" title="Tastenkappe Ziffer 2" aria-label="Emoji: Tastenkappe Ziffer 2"> ʿOmar al-Mukhṭār Muḥammad bin Farḥāṭ al-Manifī (Arabic: عُمَر الْمُخْتَار مُحَمَّد بِن فَرْحَات الْمَنِفِي;20 August 1858– 16 September 1931),called The Lion of the Desert,known among the colonial Italians as Matari of the Mnifa," class="img-responsive" style="max-width:100%;"/>
currently Eastern #Libya Libya under the Senussids,
against the #Italian
Color: Cynical, first ever.
was the leader of native resistance in Cyrenaica, currently Eastern #Libya Libya under the Senussids,against the #Italianhttps://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🇮🇹" title="Flagge von Italien" aria-label="Emoji: Flagge von Italien"> colonization of #Libya https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🇱🇾" title="Flagge von Libyen" aria-label="Emoji: Flagge von Libyen">.Color: Cynical, first ever." title="https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="3⃣" title="Tastenkappe Ziffer 3" aria-label="Emoji: Tastenkappe Ziffer 3"> was the leader of native resistance in Cyrenaica, currently Eastern #Libya Libya under the Senussids,against the #Italianhttps://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🇮🇹" title="Flagge von Italien" aria-label="Emoji: Flagge von Italien"> colonization of #Libya https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🇱🇾" title="Flagge von Libyen" aria-label="Emoji: Flagge von Libyen">.Color: Cynical, first ever." class="img-responsive" style="max-width:100%;"/>
Color: Cynical
A teacher-turned-general, Omar was also a prominent figure of the Senussi movement, and he is considered the national hero of #Libya and a symbol of resistance in the Arab and Islamic worlds. Beginning in 1911, he organised and, for nearly twenty years, Color: Cynical" title="https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="4⃣" title="Tastenkappe Ziffer 4" aria-label="Emoji: Tastenkappe Ziffer 4"> A teacher-turned-general, Omar was also a prominent figure of the Senussi movement, and he is considered the national hero of #Libya and a symbol of resistance in the Arab and Islamic worlds. Beginning in 1911, he organised and, for nearly twenty years, Color: Cynical" class="img-responsive" style="max-width:100%;"/>
After many attempts, the Italian Armed Forces managed to capture Al-Mukhtar near Solonta and hanged him in at September 16, 1931
led the #Libyanhttps://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🇱🇾" title="Flagge von Libyen" aria-label="Emoji: Flagge von Libyen"> resistance movement against the colonial #Italianshttps://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🇮🇹" title="Flagge von Italien" aria-label="Emoji: Flagge von Italien"> during the Pacification of Libya.After many attempts, the Italian Armed Forces managed to capture Al-Mukhtar near Solonta and hanged him in at September 16, 1931" title="https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="5⃣" title="Tastenkappe Ziffer 5" aria-label="Emoji: Tastenkappe Ziffer 5"> led the #Libyanhttps://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🇱🇾" title="Flagge von Libyen" aria-label="Emoji: Flagge von Libyen"> resistance movement against the colonial #Italianshttps://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🇮🇹" title="Flagge von Italien" aria-label="Emoji: Flagge von Italien"> during the Pacification of Libya.After many attempts, the Italian Armed Forces managed to capture Al-Mukhtar near Solonta and hanged him in at September 16, 1931" class="img-responsive" style="max-width:100%;"/>
Judge: Did you fight against the Italian state?
Omar: Yes
Judge: Did you encourage people to fight against Italy?
Omar: Yes
Judge: Are you aware of penalty for what you did?
Omar: Yes
A dialogue in between an Italian judge and Omar Mukhtar in 1931:Judge: Did you fight against the Italian state?Omar: YesJudge: Did you encourage people to fight against Italy?Omar: YesJudge: Are you aware of penalty for what you did?Omar: Yes" title="https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="6⃣" title="Tastenkappe Ziffer 6" aria-label="Emoji: Tastenkappe Ziffer 6"> A dialogue in between an Italian judge and Omar Mukhtar in 1931:Judge: Did you fight against the Italian state?Omar: YesJudge: Did you encourage people to fight against Italy?Omar: YesJudge: Are you aware of penalty for what you did?Omar: Yes" class="img-responsive" style="max-width:100%;"/>
Judge: For how many years did you fight against Italy?
Omar: For 20 years already
Judge: Do you regret of what you have done?
Omar: No
Judge: Do you realize that you will be executed?
Omar: Yes
Omar: For 20 years already
Judge: Do you regret of what you have done?
Omar: No
Judge: Do you realize that you will be executed?
Omar: Yes
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"we do not Surrender, we win or die.
As for me, I will live longer than my hangman."
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Then Omar Mukhtar - The Lion of the Desert said:=============================="we do not Surrender, we win or die.As for me, I will live longer than my hangman."===============================" title="https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="8⃣" title="Tastenkappe Ziffer 8" aria-label="Emoji: Tastenkappe Ziffer 8"> Then Omar Mukhtar - The Lion of the Desert said:=============================="we do not Surrender, we win or die.As for me, I will live longer than my hangman."===============================" class="img-responsive" style="max-width:100%;"/>
"Freedom or Death"
The Lion of the Desert said:
"We do not Surrender, we win or die"
Just like Hellenic revolutionaries at 1821 said:"Freedom or Death" The Lion of the Desert said:"We do not Surrender, we win or die"" title="https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="9⃣" title="Tastenkappe Ziffer 9" aria-label="Emoji: Tastenkappe Ziffer 9"> Just like Hellenic revolutionaries at 1821 said:"Freedom or Death" The Lion of the Desert said:"We do not Surrender, we win or die"" class="img-responsive" style="max-width:100%;"/>
"Italian Muslims of the fourth shore of Italy",
building or restoring mosques and Koranic schools,
In 1934, after the creation of Italian Libya, #Mussolini adopted a policy for encouraging comparisons with Islam, calling the local population "Italian Muslims of the fourth shore of Italy", building or restoring mosques and Koranic schools," title="https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🔟" title="Taste 10" aria-label="Emoji: Taste 10">In 1934, after the creation of Italian Libya, #Mussolini adopted a policy for encouraging comparisons with Islam, calling the local population "Italian Muslims of the fourth shore of Italy", building or restoring mosques and Koranic schools," class="img-responsive" style="max-width:100%;"/>
Behind the apparent humanitarian intent, fascists and some sectors of the Islamic world were recognizing #France
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="1⃣" title="Tastenkappe Ziffer 1" aria-label="Emoji: Tastenkappe Ziffer 1"> preparing service facilities for the pilgrims going to Mecca and even making a High School of Islamic Culture in Tripoli. Behind the apparent humanitarian intent, fascists and some sectors of the Islamic world were recognizing #France https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🇫🇷" title="Flagge von Frankreich" aria-label="Emoji: Flagge von Frankreich"> and the #UKhttps://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🇬🇧" title="Flagge des Vereinigten Königreiches" aria-label="Emoji: Flagge des Vereinigten Königreiches"> as common enemies" title="https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="1⃣" title="Tastenkappe Ziffer 1" aria-label="Emoji: Tastenkappe Ziffer 1">https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="1⃣" title="Tastenkappe Ziffer 1" aria-label="Emoji: Tastenkappe Ziffer 1"> preparing service facilities for the pilgrims going to Mecca and even making a High School of Islamic Culture in Tripoli. Behind the apparent humanitarian intent, fascists and some sectors of the Islamic world were recognizing #France https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🇫🇷" title="Flagge von Frankreich" aria-label="Emoji: Flagge von Frankreich"> and the #UKhttps://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🇬🇧" title="Flagge des Vereinigten Königreiches" aria-label="Emoji: Flagge des Vereinigten Königreiches"> as common enemies" class="img-responsive" style="max-width:100%;"/>
These common interests were generated from the aversion to the agreements of the Treaty of Versailles of 1919, dominated by the USA France and UK which had not met the requests of Italy and this part of the Islamic world
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="2⃣" title="Tastenkappe Ziffer 2" aria-label="Emoji: Tastenkappe Ziffer 2"> and #Mussolini wanted to exploit this to his advantageThese common interests were generated from the aversion to the agreements of the Treaty of Versailles of 1919, dominated by the USA France and UK which had not met the requests of Italy and this part of the Islamic world" title="https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="1⃣" title="Tastenkappe Ziffer 1" aria-label="Emoji: Tastenkappe Ziffer 1">https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="2⃣" title="Tastenkappe Ziffer 2" aria-label="Emoji: Tastenkappe Ziffer 2"> and #Mussolini wanted to exploit this to his advantageThese common interests were generated from the aversion to the agreements of the Treaty of Versailles of 1919, dominated by the USA France and UK which had not met the requests of Italy and this part of the Islamic world" class="img-responsive" style="max-width:100%;"/>
With the Italian government taking over the place of the Ottomans in Libya he was heir of the authority of the caliph
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="3⃣" title="Tastenkappe Ziffer 3" aria-label="Emoji: Tastenkappe Ziffer 3"> In order to earn the favor of the Arabs and to seal himself the alliance, Mussolini, decided to have bestowed on him the title of Protector of IslamWith the Italian government taking over the place of the Ottomans in Libya he was heir of the authority of the caliph" title="https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="1⃣" title="Tastenkappe Ziffer 1" aria-label="Emoji: Tastenkappe Ziffer 1">https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="3⃣" title="Tastenkappe Ziffer 3" aria-label="Emoji: Tastenkappe Ziffer 3"> In order to earn the favor of the Arabs and to seal himself the alliance, Mussolini, decided to have bestowed on him the title of Protector of IslamWith the Italian government taking over the place of the Ottomans in Libya he was heir of the authority of the caliph" class="img-responsive" style="max-width:100%;"/>
a leading Berber supporter of the Italian occupation against the Libyan resistance, during a lavish ceremony.
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="4⃣" title="Tastenkappe Ziffer 4" aria-label="Emoji: Tastenkappe Ziffer 4"> On March 20, 1937, in the outskirts of Tripoli, Mussolini received the Sword of Islam from Iusuf Kerisc, a leading Berber supporter of the Italian occupation against the Libyan resistance, during a lavish ceremony." title="https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="1⃣" title="Tastenkappe Ziffer 1" aria-label="Emoji: Tastenkappe Ziffer 1">https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="4⃣" title="Tastenkappe Ziffer 4" aria-label="Emoji: Tastenkappe Ziffer 4"> On March 20, 1937, in the outskirts of Tripoli, Mussolini received the Sword of Islam from Iusuf Kerisc, a leading Berber supporter of the Italian occupation against the Libyan resistance, during a lavish ceremony.">
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="4⃣" title="Tastenkappe Ziffer 4" aria-label="Emoji: Tastenkappe Ziffer 4"> On March 20, 1937, in the outskirts of Tripoli, Mussolini received the Sword of Islam from Iusuf Kerisc, a leading Berber supporter of the Italian occupation against the Libyan resistance, during a lavish ceremony." title="https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="1⃣" title="Tastenkappe Ziffer 1" aria-label="Emoji: Tastenkappe Ziffer 1">https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="4⃣" title="Tastenkappe Ziffer 4" aria-label="Emoji: Tastenkappe Ziffer 4"> On March 20, 1937, in the outskirts of Tripoli, Mussolini received the Sword of Islam from Iusuf Kerisc, a leading Berber supporter of the Italian occupation against the Libyan resistance, during a lavish ceremony.">
"peace, justice, wellness and respect for the laws of the Prophet"
Today the memory of #Mussolini brings horror
and the memory of
Omar Mukhtar - The Lion of the Desert
is Alive in #Libya
/end thread
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