Parties holding majority of seats and some holding minority of seats began Process_start to use Using boycotts or threats of boycotts which increased Cause_change_of_position_on_a_scale division and suppressed Control relevant debates by removing them from the congressional agenda ; voting to declare Expressing_publicly sharia law and establishing a special committee to `` review all existing laws to guarantee they comply with Islamic law '' ; imposing gender segregation and compulsory hijab at Libyan universities ; and refusing to hold Hold new elections Choosing when its electoral mandate expired Process_end in January 2014 until General Khalifa Haftar launched a large-scale military offensive against the Islamists in May 2014 , code-named Operation Dignity ( ; 'Amaliyat al-Karamah ) .

As soldiers entered Arriving the bus to search Scouring it the Islamists opened Process_start fire , killing Killing the soldiers .

The incident Attack is now widely believed by many to be a turning Change point in the nation 's history as the future of both the Islamists and Egypt 's stability remain Temporary_stay shadowed and unclear with several violent clashes Attack and other bombings Attack taking place Process_start across the country following its ban .

One of the investigating officers stated Statement in 2016 that they had investigated Criminal_investigation the Islamists including Safdar but did n't find Coming_to_believe them involved Cause_to_be_included .

Islamists launched Attack a new offensive Defending on 16 June , lasting until 23 June , entering Arriving government strongholds in Eastern Mogadishu for the first time , the offensive was relatively successful and saw most neighbourhoods in Kaaraan , Shibis , Abdiaziz and Wardhigley fall to their control Control .

Islamists however returned Arriving on 13 July , with large re-enforcements from the South Eastern Region , government forces Causation withdrew Escaping from all captured Conquering positions and minor clashes Hostile_encounter continued Process_start .

The Pakistan Army , which had the backing of Islamists , created Creating radical religious militias – the Razakars , Al-Badr and Al-Shams – to assist Assistance it during raids Attack on the local populace .

By 1996–97 however it became Becoming clear that the violence Violence and predation Killing of the Islamists had lost Earnings_and_losses its popular support Supporting , although fighting Hostile_encounter continued for several years after .

Islamists targeted Aiming journalists , over 70 of whom were killed Killing , and foreigners , over 100 of whom were killed Killing , although it is thought Coming_to_believe by many that security forces Military_operation as well as Islamists were involved Cause_to_be_included , as the government infiltrated Attack the insurgents .

Islamists targeted Aiming journalists , over 70 of whom were killed Killing , and foreigners , over 100 of whom were killed Killing , although it is thought Coming_to_believe by many that security forces Military_operation as well as Islamists were involved Cause_to_be_included , as the government infiltrated Attack the insurgents .

After the end of hostilities with the Malian Army , however , Tuareg nationalists and Islamists struggled Hostile_encounter to reconcile Resolve_problem their conflicting Hostile_encounter visions for the intended new state .

On 27 June , Islamists from the Movement for Oneness and Jihad in West Africa ( MOJWA ) clashed Hostile_encounter with the MNLA in the Battle of Gao , wounding Bodily_harm MNLA secretary-general Bilal Ag Acherif and taking Creating control of the city .

The rebel groups were led by a combination of liberal democratic reformers and Islamists , who would later organize Arranging under the banner of the United Tajik Opposition .

The Arab Spring in 2011 presented Presence an opportunity for militant Islamists to put Placing increasing Cause_change_of_position_on_a_scale pressure on governments and engage Participation in full-scale warfare Hostile_encounter .

The Internal conflict Hostile_encounter in Azawad has been a two-year-long insurgency Military_operation in Northern Mali between a pro-independence ultra Nationalist group , the MNLA and a coalition of Islamists terror groups .

Both the Islamists and MNLA formed Coming_to_be an alliance in combatting Hostile_encounter the Malian government .

Islamists gained Getting popularity amongst anti-Tuareg tribes that helped Assistance it overthrow MNLA authority in Gao .

The beginning Process_start of 2013 led Causation the start Process_start of the French intervention in Mali that ousted Change_of_leadership the Islamists from the North 's cities and brought Bringing back Malian authority .

The MNLA supported Supporting the French and Chadian forces in military operations against Islamists sanctuaries in the mountains .

A series of Islamists sponsored Supply terror attacks Attack plagued MNLA forces for siding with the French .

The MNLA responded Response by harassing and murdering Killing Fulani civilians who create Creating a majority of Islamists rebels .

The Islamists stepped up Cause_change_of_strength their attacks in one such instance massacring Killing 30 Tuareg merchants .

The MNLA has since been battling Hostile_encounter Islamists .

The MNLA and Islamists struggled Hostile_encounter to reconcile their conflicting Quarreling visions for an intended new state .

By 17 July 2012 , the MNLA had lost Earnings_and_losses control Control of most of northern Mali 's cities to the Islamists .

On 11 January 2013 , the French military began Process_start operations against the Islamists .

Tuareg separatists have continued to fight Hostile_encounter the Islamists as well , although the MNLA has also been accused Judgment_communication of carrying out attacks Attack against the Malian military .