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Libya Unveils Plans to Police Islamic Morality

Libya has reactivated its Morality Police to monitor inappropriate behavior, clothing, and hairstyles beginning in December. Interior Minister Imed Trabelsi reportedly said last week that Libyans' behavior, including on social, must align with the values of Libyan society.

Trabelsi said the Morality Police will prevent public gender mixing and ensure mandatory head coverings for women. Women will not be allowed to travel within Libya without a male guardian. People "seeking personal freedom should go to Europe," the minister reportedly said.

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The hijab will soon be made compulsory in schools for female students. But Tripoli's proposals are likely to be applied only in limited areas that the internationally recognized Government of National Unity controls. Eastern Libya is run by the Government of National Stability.

Libyan Prime Minister Abdul Hameed Dabaiba reportedly discussed these proposals, among other things, with Trabelsi on Nov. 7. Amnesty International has stated that Trabelsi's plan is “a dangerous escalation in the already suffocating levels of repression” that Libyans are under.

Libya Reactivates Morality Police

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