 Pamberi pema1930, sangano reSenussi Sunni Sufi ndiro raive sangano guru reIslam muLibya. Uku kwakanga kuri kumutsidzirwa kworudzidziso kwakachinjirwa kuupenyu hwomurenje. Zawaaya dzayo dzimba dzakawanwa muTripolitania neFezzan, asi pesvedzero yaSenussi yakanga yakasimba zvikurusa muCyrenaica. Kuponesa nharaunda yacho pakusagadzikana nokuparara, sangano raSenussi rakapa vanhu vorudzi rweCyrenaican kubatana kworudzidziso nemirangariro yechinzwano nedonzo. Sangano iri reIslam rakazoparadzwa nokupinda kweItaly. Gaddafi akataura kuti akanga ari muMuslim akazvipira, uye hurumende yake yakanga ichiita basa mukutsigira masangano echiIslam uye mukutendeutsa vanhu munyika yose nokuda kwechiIslam. 