Omar Mukhtar was born in the village of Janzour, in 1862. He organized and for nearly 20 years from 1972, led native resistance to Italian control of Libya. Before the Italian invasion, he was the teacher of Quran at Zawiat al Qusour. On September 14, 1931; he was sentenced to be hang publicly. When asked if he wished to say any last word,Mukhtar replied with a Quranic phrase," From Allah we have come, and to Allah we will return”
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