For the Muslim Brotherhood, the caliphate is the goal, gradualism is the tactic, and democracy currently happens to be the path of least resistance to power. “Libya’s Muslim Brotherhood sets up political party,” by Ali Shuaib for Reuters, March 2: TRIPOLI (Reuters) – Libya’s Muslim Brotherhood teamed up with other Islamists on Friday to establish […]
Libya: Muslim mob smashes gravestones of WWII British troops in fury over Qur’an-burning in Afghanistan
The madness spreads worldwide, and still no one in the West has the guts to stand up and call it what it is. “Insult to WWII heroes: Graves of British troops smashed and desecrated by Libyan Islamists in protest over U.S. soldiers’ Koran burning,” from the Daily Mail, February 25 (thanks to Pamela Geller): A […]
Libya: Sufis face continuing persecution after revolution
Wherever Sharia experiences a resurgence, the observable effect is that tolerance decreases and harassment of all kinds increases. Muslims are certainly not immune, especially if they belong to sects at variance with the dominant practice of the country, such as Sufis, Ibadis (also facing persecution in Libya), Ahmadis, or Shi’ite minorities in Sunni countries and […]
Libya: Islamic groups rally to demand Sharia
The last great hope of the West here is that Libya will be a “moderate” Islamic regime. In Afghanistan, Iraq, Egypt, Tunisia, and Libya, Western governments have kept hoping to see the emergence of a model Sharia regime that will operate as Sharia has been advertised to them — not what Sharia is, but what […]
Libya: Salafists race to impose Sharia “in more and more communities”
As was the case with Egypt, weren’t the Salafists and their sympathizers in Libya supposed to be a Tiny Minority of Extremists? We tried to tell you. “In Libya, a Fundamentalist War against Moderate Islam Takes Shape”, by Steven Sotloff for Time, January 18: The Libyan revolution has not been kind to Mahmud al-Arabi. Last […]
Libya welcomes Sudan’s Bashir, wanted by International Criminal Court for genocide
Many reports from the time of the fall of Gadhafi’s regime described terrible brutality by Libya’s revolutionaries against black Africans, as Bashir has heaped abuse on Darfur and the now-independent South Sudan. The great irony is that Bashir, who considers himself an Arab, would be described as a black man in any town in the […]
We tried to tell you: Report for policymakers on Capitol Hill details spread of “Islamist Winter” following Arab Spring
Well, we could have told them that a lot sooner. You can’t say we didn’t try. “The Islamist Winter: New Report Suggests Extremist Views Winning in Libya,” by Catherine Herridge for Fox News, January 4 (thanks to Twostellas): The Arab Spring may quickly become an Islamist Winter in Libya, reads a new report circulated among […]
Report: Al-Qaeda’s former second banana sends veteran jihadists to establish presence in Libya
They already have quite a few friends there. Along with the havoc they can wreak within Libya, it would be a handy forward operating base for striking in Europe, noting that one of the major figures named below has already spent time in the United Kingdom. This development may also be a chance to bolster […]
Off again, on again: Libya to allow British police to investigate Lockerbie bombing
In September, the National Transitional Council firmly declared the case to be closed. As this report notes, however, there is no timetable just yet for British police to travel to Libya. When or if there is, will Megrahi take another impeccably timed sudden turn for the worse? “Libya to allow UK police to probe Lockerbie: […]
Turks rebuilding Ottoman mosques in Libya and Gaza, say Libya will “establish a country that will be a model for the region”
Turkey’s Ottoman dreams continue to advance under Erdogan. The praise for Libya is noteworthy in light of the al-Qaeda involvement and hardline pro-Sharia character of the new Libyan regime. “Turkey to restore Ottoman mosques in Middle East,” from Today’s Zaman, December 4 (thanks to Joshua): Turkey is taking steps to restore and renovate mosques that […]