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Al-dawla al-fatimiyya: Politics, history and the re-interpretation of Islam

2011

This study focuses on the ways and forms through which Mu’ammar al- _ Kadhdha¯fı¯ reproposes the opportunity of a proclamation (i’la¯n) of the second dawla fa¯timiyya in North Africa, in the framework of history, politics and re-interpretation of Islam. This topic has been scarcely studied by Western scholars and analysts interested in the thinking and political action of the leader of Tripoli. My intention, here, is to highlight, though briefly, the peculiar modalities and forms through which al- _ Kadhdha¯fı¯ re-reads history in general, and the history of the dawla fa¯timiyya in particular, by taking into account the political and ideological choices of the Libyan leadership. In conducti…