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Interim Libya Leader Implements Sharia Law
Brian Koenig ^ | 10/23/11 | Brian Koenig
Posted on October 23, 2011 9:52:30 PM EDT by Freemarkets101
Only days after Qaddafi's death, Libya's interim leader, Mustafa Abul-Jalil, is already implementing strict Sharia law. Sorry folks, booze and prostitutes will still get you stoned - and no, not the recreational kind.
Libya’s interim leader outlined more radical plans to introduce Islamic law than expected as he declared the official liberation of the country.
Mustafa Abdul-Jalil, the chairman of the National Transitional Council and de fact president, had already declared that Libyan laws in future would have Sharia, the Islamic code, as its “basic source”.
In a blow to those who hoped to see Libya’s economy integrate further into the western world, he announced that in future bank regulations would ban the charging of interest, in line with Sharia. “Interest creates disease and hatred among people,” he said.
Gulf states like the United Arab Emirates, and other Muslim countries, have pioneered the development of Sharia-compliant banks which charge fees rather than interest for loans but they normally run alongside western-style banks.
In the first instance, interest on low-value loans would be waived altogether, he said.
Sharia Law: women are second-class citizens and homosexuality is illegal, and often warrants the death penalty. Yet, as always, feminist groups and LGBT organizations won't say a word. Hypocrisy in its finest form.
