TY - EJOUR AU - Mustafa Younis T1 - Il colonialismo fascista in Libia e l’istruzione religiosa degli arabi (1934-1940) TT - AB - The present study examines the issues related to religious education in Libya under the Governorate of Italo Balbo, analyzing the government reforms made to this field.The Italian government did not replace its authority with that already consolidated over the centuries in the Koranic or katātib schools. The action of this government was directed rather to the foundation in Tripoli of the "High School of Islamic Culture". The purpose of this institute was essentially - cultural and religious-political – to create a generation close to the colonizers, which it show in Mussolini as "protector of Islam", and to show solidarity with their administrative and juridical lines. AD - Univ. Tripoli, History Department, Al Firnaj, Tripoli, Libya. CY - Bologna DO - 10.12977/stor704