Muslim Brotherhood and Qaradawi's man in Libya." Sallabi's affiliation with the Muslim Brotherhood was in fact solid and traced back to his youth. However, the Libyan National Party (LNP) founded by Sallabi also registered a high number of members of the al-Qaeda linked Libyan Islamic Fighting Group (LIFG). In a November 2007 video message, al-Qaeda deputy emir Ayman al-Zawahiri announced a formal merger between al-Qaeda and LIFG. In an email to Clinton dated July 3, 2011, Clinton's confidante Sidney Blumenthal reported that "according to sensitive sources, [the Libyan Islamic Fighting Group] maintained ties to al Qa'ida during their struggle with the forces of former dictator Muammar al Qaddafi." Works Sallabi has written no less than 10 books which have been translated into English and published by two Saudi-based publishing houses with offices in the United States (Darussalam Publishers and International Islamic Publishing House). Al-Sallabi has also gained a wide audience among Muslims in the West due to his vast writings and scholarship on the early history of Islam. His biographical works on the Prophet Muhammad and the early Caliphate add up to over 8,000 pages across several volumes. They have been translated in their entirety into English by several reputable publishers. al-Wasatiyah fi al-Qur'an al-Karim, Master's thesis, Omdurman Islamic University Noble Life of The Prophet (3 Vols), Dar-us-Salam Publications, 2005 The Biography Of Abu Bakr As-Siddeeq, Dar-us-Salam Publications, 2007 Umar bin Khattab His Life and Times (2 Vols), Dar-us-Salam Publications, 2010 The Biography Of Uthman Ibn Affan (R) - Dhun-Noorayn, Dar-us-Salam Publications, 2007 Ali ibn Abi Talib (2 Vols), Dar-us-Salam Publications, 2011 Umar bin Abd Al-Aziz (R), Dar-us-Salam Publications, 2011 Faith in Allah, the Mighty and Majestic, International Islamic Publishing House (IIPH), 2009 Salah Ad-Deen Al-Ayubi (3 Vols), IIPH Publications, 2010 al-Hasan ibn 'Ali: His Life and Times, IIPH Publications, 2014 Personal life al-Sallabi is from a family of Turkish origin. References Living people People of the First Libyan Civil War Libyan people of Turkish descent Libyan Islamists Libyan democracy activists Islamic democracy activists Omdurman Islamic University alumni Homeland Party (Libya) politicians 1963 births International Union of Muslim Scholars members