The Libyan armed group acting as police in Tripoli announced Saturday that it had closed the doors of Comic-Con and arrested its organizers, considering that the pop culture festival was against "the customs and modesty."
According to one of the participants, the Force of Deterrence entered the room where the festival was organized, arrested the organizers and took away the computers. The group considered that it was "necessary to address these destructive phenomena and combat them". He said that the organizers will be presented "to the prosecution for attacking customs and modesty."
"These types of festivals imported from abroad exploit the weakness of the religious persuasion [of adolescents] and their fascination with foreign cultures," the armed group explained.
The phenomenon Comic-Con was born in 1970 in the United States, when some "geeks" began to exchange comics of superheroes.
The Deterrent Force is loyal to the Government of National Unity (GNA), is based in Tripoli and is supported by the international community. It is formed mainly by Salafists and controls the eastern part of the capital.
It acts as a police in Tripoli and pursues both drug or alcohol traffickers and people suspected of belonging to the Islamic State (IS) group.
Considered one of the most disciplined armed groups, gained influence since the installation of the GNA in Tripoli, in March 2016, after having managed to contain organized crime in the Libyan capital.
Since the fall of the Muammar Gaddafi regime in 2011, the successive transitional authorities have failed in their attempt to establish a regular police and army capable of restoring order in a country controlled by hundreds of militias.
Unfortunately, sooner or later it was to be expected that something like this would happen in one of the many Comic-Con that take place in several high-risk countries, where the culture of Manga and Comic could be outside the Political and Religious norms of the Country, highly restrictive and which would have no tolerance, as in this case was Libya Comic-Con that could well be vetoed from that country from now on.
According to one of the participants, the Force of Deterrence entered the room where the festival was organized, arrested the organizers and took away the computers. The group considered that it was "necessary to address these destructive phenomena and combat them". He said that the organizers will be presented "to the prosecution for attacking customs and modesty."
"These types of festivals imported from abroad exploit the weakness of the religious persuasion [of adolescents] and their fascination with foreign cultures," the armed group explained.
The phenomenon Comic-Con was born in 1970 in the United States, when some "geeks" began to exchange comics of superheroes.
The Deterrent Force is loyal to the Government of National Unity (GNA), is based in Tripoli and is supported by the international community. It is formed mainly by Salafists and controls the eastern part of the capital.
It acts as a police in Tripoli and pursues both drug or alcohol traffickers and people suspected of belonging to the Islamic State (IS) group.
Considered one of the most disciplined armed groups, gained influence since the installation of the GNA in Tripoli, in March 2016, after having managed to contain organized crime in the Libyan capital.
Since the fall of the Muammar Gaddafi regime in 2011, the successive transitional authorities have failed in their attempt to establish a regular police and army capable of restoring order in a country controlled by hundreds of militias.
Unfortunately, sooner or later it was to be expected that something like this would happen in one of the many Comic-Con that take place in several high-risk countries, where the culture of Manga and Comic could be outside the Political and Religious norms of the Country, highly restrictive and which would have no tolerance, as in this case was Libya Comic-Con that could well be vetoed from that country from now on.
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