Posted on 03/03/2012 12:40:43 AM PST by Olog-hai
Libya's Muslim Brotherhood teamed up with other Islamists on Friday to establish a new political party that is set to be a leading player in the country's first elections since the overthrow of Muammar Gaddafi in a NATO-backed uprising.
Islamist and secular parties will vie in June elections for seats in a national assembly that will draft a new constitution for the North African country.
Political analysts say Libya's Muslim Brotherhood is likely to emerge as the most organized political force and a leading player in the oil-exporting country where Islamists, like all dissidents, were harshly suppressed for 42 years.
Post-uprising elections have already brought Islamists into government in Tunisia, Egypt and Morocco since October and they are likely to perform well in Libya, a socially conservative country where alcohol was already banned before the revolution.
The rise of Islamist parties at the ballot box has raised concerns among more secular Arabs that new governments will impose more religious restrictions on society or seek to make post-uprising constitutions comply with Islamic law, or sharia.
Libya's NTC has already indicated that the country will be run in accordance with sharia, though the exact place of sharia in the legal system will only be settled once a new constitution is written after elections.
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Obama’s caliphate is falling into place
I don’t think even he will like the end result. Amazing that people can be so blinded. Funny thing is, his wife doesn’t look like the type that would put up with being shared with three other wives . . . (even for the duration that the Twelvers want the world to last)
FUB0!
Husband Obama, you will be a Martyr!
The Evil Queen and her most compliant lackey have swept from victory to victory - the world shall never be the same.
Hillary was a meek little mouse compared to this one.
The WTF foreign policy of nobama is paying dividends. nobama is such a great leader.
The WTF foreign policy of nobama is paying dividends. nobama is such a great leader.
And just think: He’s only been in office a little more than 3 years. Can you imagine FIVE more years of this BS?
By 2017, at this rate Obama`s caliphate will have engulfed all of Europe and much of Latin America.
We thought we had problems with terrorists before, just wait. Now they got a 10x bigger pool of candidates to pick from. It’s gonna get ugly out there.
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