Editing Islam in Libya (section)

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{{Islam by country}}
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{{Infobox religious group
| group            = Islam in Libya
| native_name      = 
| native_name_lang = 
| population       = '''7.2 million''' (2020)<ref>{{Cite web|date=2015-04-02|title=Religious Composition by Country, 2010-2050|url=https://www.pewresearch.org/religion/feature/religious-composition-by-country-2010-2050/|website=Pew Research Center's Religion & Public Life Project|language=en-US}}</ref>
| languages        = '''Liturgical'''<br/>[[Quranic Arabic]]<br/>'''Common'''<br/>[[Libyan Arabic]], [[Berber languages|Berber]] ([[Awjila language|Awjila]], [[Nafusi language|Nafusi]], [[Tamahaq language|Tamasheq]]), [[Tedaga language|Teda]]
| religions        = Predominantly [[Sunni Islam]], with minorities of [[Ibadi Islam|Ibadis]]
| related_groups   = 
}}

[[File:Mawlai muhammad mosque tripoli libya.JPG|thumb|upright=1.2|Mawlai Muhammad Mosque, Tripoli]]

[[Islam]] is the dominant religion in [[Libya]], with 97% of Libyans following [[Sunni Islam]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite book |last1=Morgan |first1=Jason |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=coTDEAAAQBAJ |title=Culture and Customs of Libya |last2=Falola |first2=Toyin |last3=Oyeniyi |first3=Bukola A. |date=2012-05-03 |publisher=Bloomsbury Publishing USA |isbn=978-0-313-37860-7 |pages=33–35 |language=en}}</ref> Article 5 of the [[Constitution of Libya (1969)|Libyan Constitution]] declared that Islam was the official religion of the state.<ref name=":0" /> The post-revolution [[National Transitional Council]] has explicitly endeavored to reaffirm Islamic values, enhance appreciation of [[Islamic culture]], elevate the status of [[Quran|Quranic]] law and, to a considerable degree, emphasize Quranic practice in everyday Libyan life with legal implementation in accordance to Islamic jurisprudence known as [[sharia]]. Libya has a small presence of [[Ahmadiyya|Ahmadi]]s and [[Shias]], primarily consisting of [[Pakistan]]i immigrants, though unrecognized by the state.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.libyaherald.com/2013/01/16/pakistani-ahmedis-held/#axzz33Hqj4Sty | title=Pakistani Ahmedis Held | date=January 16, 2013 |access-date=May 31, 2014}}</ref>