

The straggle against #Italian

the use of religion as tool,
the Heroes that defy human pain to give their fellow humans
F R E E D O M
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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,

currently Eastern #Libya Libya under the Senussids,
against the #Italian


Color: Cynical, first ever.

Color: Cynical



After many attempts, the Italian Armed Forces managed to capture Al-Mukhtar near Solonta and hanged him in at September 16, 1931

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
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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"Freedom or Death"
The Lion of the Desert said:
"We do not Surrender, we win or die"

"Italian Muslims of the fourth shore of Italy",
building or restoring mosques and Koranic schools,


Behind the apparent humanitarian intent, fascists and some sectors of the Islamic world were recognizing #France




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


With the Italian government taking over the place of the Ottomans in Libya he was heir of the authority of the caliph


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
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