We Tried to Tell You, Part MCXLVIII. “Al Qaeda plants its flag in Libya,” by Sherif Elhelwa for Vice, October 28: It was here at the courthouse in Benghazi where the first spark of the Libyan revolution ignited. It’s the symbolic seat of the revolution; post-Gaddafi Libya’s equivalent of Egypt’s Tahrir Square. And it was […]
Bill Maher: Libyan revolutionaries were a little quick to go for sodomy against captured Gaddafi
There has been a notable double standard in the mainstream media’s coverage of stories of brutality and possible war crimes committed by the forces of Libya’s National Transitional Council. As videos circulated of a bloodied Gaddafi being beaten about the head with a shoe, and then of his corpse, the trope went something like this: […]
Polygamy in the ‘new’ Libya causing disquiet among women, Western allies
We’ve tried to tell you. As the Quran clearly allows one man to marry up to four wives simultaneously (Quran 4:3), the ‘new’ Libya has strongly hinted that polygamy will be made legal again, much to the consternation of Libya’s supporters abroad and women everywhere. Such consternation must be more rampant Islamophobia, right? Perhaps ‘liberated’ […]
Libyan demonstrators: “The Koran is the basis, and our constitution must be based on sharia”
I tried to tell you. “Benghazi men insist on sharia in new Libya,” from AFP, October 28: More than 200 men from Benghazi staged a demonstration on Friday insisting that Islamic sharia law must be the basis of legislation in newly liberated Libya. “The Koran is the basis, and our constitution must be based on […]
Obama: It “only cost us a billion dollars” to install Sharia regime in Libya
And just watch for the dividends that will come in from that billion: oppression of women (polygamy has already been legalized in Libya), oppression of non-Muslims (a Jew who returned to Libya after decades in exile has already been harassed and deported), the denial of free speech and the freedom of conscience, and more virulent […]
Spencer: Gaddafi’s Death Gives Rise to a Sharia State
I tried to tell you — in Human Events this morning: Muammar Gaddafi is dead, and Barack Obama’s partisans are hailing the Brave New Libya as a triumph for his administration. Speaking about the Libyan revolution in March, Obama hailed “the rights of peaceful assembly, free speech, and the ability of the Libyan people to […]
Libyan woman: “It’s shocking and insulting … that the priority of the new leadership is to allow men to marry in secret”
So, are the Libyans who would resist Sharia law racists, or are they Islamophobes? After all, no one can ever have legitimate concerns about the contents of Sharia law and the intentions of its backers. “Sharia law declaration raises concerns in new Libya,” by Simon Martelli for Agence France-Presse, October 24: The announcement that Islamic […]
Gaddafi Dead — So What?
Over the weekend on Pajamas Media (via RaymondIbrahim.com), I discussed how Gaddafi, Mubarak, Bin Laden “” even Obama “” are not causes but symptoms of their societies: What a myopic view the Western media and its array of “experts” have concerning the so-called “Arab Spring” “” a myopia that naturally metastasizes among the general public. […]
Grand Mufti of Libya: Gaddafi an “infidel,” no Islamic funeral
But Islamic law is swiftly returning to Libya. “Libya – Mufti:’Gaddafi an infidel,no Islamic funeral,” from ANSAmed, October 24 (thanks to Insubria): (ANSAmed) – ROME, OCTOBER 24 – The Grand Mufti of Libya, Assadiq al-Ghiriani, has stated that Colonel Gaddafi was an ”infidel” and for this reason ”prayers should not be spoken over his body” […]
Libya’s new regime lifts ban on polygamy, announces ban on interest
Libya’s new regime in two swift strokes contradicts the Western Islamic apologists who claim that there is no contradiction between Islamic law and American law. “Libya’s liberation: interim ruler unveils more radical than expected plans for Islamic law,” by Richard Spencer in the Telegraph, October 23 (thanks to all who sent this in): Libya’s interim […]