Islamic Sharia to be the "basic source" of legislation in Libya

[rug]

BENGHAZI, Libya (AP) — Libya's transitional leader declared his country's liberation on Sunday, three days after the hated dictator Moammar Gadhafi was captured and killed.

He called on Libyans to show "patience, honesty and tolerance" and eschew hatred as they embark on rebuilding the country at the end of an 8-month civil war.

The transitional government leader Mustafa Abdul-Jalil set out a vision for the post-Gadhafi future with an Islamist tint, saying that Islamic Sharia law would be the "basic source" of legislation in the country and that existing laws that contradict the teachings of Islam would be nullified. In a gesture that showed his own piety, he urged Libyans not to express their joy by firing in the air, but rather to chant "Allahu Akbar," or God is Great. He then stepped aside and knelt to offer a brief prayer of thanks.

"This revolution was looked after by God to achieve victory," he told the crowd at the declaration ceremony in the eastern city of Benghazi, the birthplace of the uprising against Gadhafi began. He thanked those who fell in the fight against Gadhafi's forces. "This revolution began peacefully to demand the minimum of legitimate rights, but it was met by excessive violence."

http://news.yahoo.com/libyas-transitional-leader-declares-liberation-155513082.html

[msongs]

1. the personal dictatorship being replaced with religious oppression. whatta swap eh?

[rug]

2. This is going to be a megaclusterfuck.

"existing laws that contradict the teachings of Islam would be nullified"

[cleanhippie]

9. You got that right.

[NMMNG]

3. Yay theocracy!

:scared:

[madrchsod]

4. no better or worse than saudis

[DonCoquixote]

5. ah yes

And people yelled at me when I warned them of this. Enjoy yet another Sharia state.

[Demoiselle]

6. Isn't it possible that Islam at its most basic is the only thing

that all those varying tribes can agree on? They've been fragmented and exploited for so many centuries....Perhaps it's a better start than nothing. Just asking...
I'm certainly not defending Sharia Law....but I am glad he's suggested they stop firing their guns in the air to chant instead!!

[Deep13]

12. The problem is that it puts them back to square one...

...with no real way of moving away from it. Anyone who seeks to change the law is against god.

[beam me up scottie]

7. And in Tennessee, according to the boobs in Murphreesboro.

Their ongoing fight to stop the construction of a new community center for mid-state muslims makes me ashamed of where I live.

They freakin fire-bombed the construction company's machinery.

I was pleasantly surprised to see one local news network has so far refused to perpetuate the scare mongering and quite a few local residents (christians, I assume) have protested in support of the muslims.

[enlightenment]

8. And that faint thumping noise you're hearing is the sound of

Libya's female population banging their heads against the nearest wall.

sigh.

[EvolveOrConvolve]

10. Uh oh

From oppressive dictatorship to oppressive Islamic religious rule. This can't end well...

[Deep13]

11. Guess they should not have dumped Kaddaffi.

It was people putting their bodies in harm's way that caused the revolution. God was irrelevant as always.

[rug]

13. That's an interesting question. Perhaps the US should not have armed bin Laden.

Even though the mujahideen were putting their bodies in harms's way against the evil soviet Afghan government.

[Deep13]

14. Hard to say, but increasingly it seems to me that the U.S. govt. ...

...should mind its own business.