Once again NATO bombs a country and the result is another Islamic state. Although Libyans are majority Muslim the nation was not an Islamic state. Col. Mumar Qaddafi for all his faults was a secular ruler. He gave women equal rights and was an enemy of Al-Qaeda, the Muslim Brotherhood and Hizb’allah. However this didn’t matter. To many western elites spreading Democracy through military intervention is almost a religious belief, consequences be dammed.
Thanks to NATO and cheerleaders like McCain and Lindsey Graham, Libya is set to become an Islamic state. A draft of the Libyan constitution has Sharia Law and the Koran as the source of its legal system. Qaddafi’s secular laws will now be thrown out. This means women’s rights in Libya are toast.
Much of the document describes political institutions that will sound familiar to citizens of Western liberal democracies, including rule of law, freedom of speech and religious practice, and a multi-party electoral system.
But despite the Lockean tenor of much of the constitution, the inescapable clause lies right in Part 1, Article 1: “Islam is the Religion of the State, and the principal source of legislation is Islamic Jurisprudence (Sharia).” Under this constitution, in other words, Islam is law. That makes other phrases such as “there shall be no crime or penalty except by virtue of the law” and “Judges shall be independent, subject to no other authority but law and conscience” a bit more ominous.
Read the rest: Libyan Draft Constitution: Sharia is ‘Principal Source of Legislation’
Get ready for the Islamic Republic of Libya brought to you by your tax dollars. But hey, The UK and France are going to get their oil contracts and once again we get nothing out of a war. Isn’t the Arab Spring grand? Just Ask McCain, he’ll tell you!
Tags: John McCain, Libyan War, Lindsey Graham, New Libyan Constitution
