Sharia vowed in 'liberated' Libya
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October 24, 2011, Monday
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LIBYA'S transitional leader declared his country's liberation yesterday, three days after Moammar Gadhafi was captured and killed.
Mustafa Abdul-Jalil called on Libyans to show "patience, honesty and tolerance" and eschew hatred as they embark on rebuilding the country at the end of an 8-month civil war.
Abdul-Jalil set out a vision for the post-Gadhafi future with an Islamist tint, saying that Islamic Sharia law would be the "basic source" of legislation in the country and that existing laws that contradict Islam would be nullified.
He said new banks would be set up to follow the Islamic banking system, which bans charging interest. For now, he said interest would be canceled on any existing personal loans of less than 10,000 Libyan dinars (about US$7,500).
He also announced that all military personnel who have taken part in the fight against Gadhafi would be promoted one rank. He said a package of perks would later be announced for all fighters.
Some fear Abdul-Jalil, a mild-mannered former justice minister, will find it difficult to impose his will on his fractious revolutionary alliance, pointing to the insistence of the city of Misrata on displaying the body of the former strongman three days after his death, in apparent breach of Islamic practice.
And there are mounting calls for an investigation into whether Gadhafi was executed in custody.
An autopsy confirmed that Gadhafi died from a gunshot to the head, Libya's chief pathologist Othman al-Zintani said yesterday. But the pathologist said he would not disclose further details or elaborate on Gadhafi's final moments, saying he would first deliver a full report to the attorney general.
US Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton and Britain's Defense Secretary Philip Hammond said a full investigation was necessary.
The Libyan revolutionaries' image had been "a little bit stained" by Gadhafi's death, Hammond said yesterday, adding that the new government "will want to get to the bottom of it in a way that rebuilds and cleanses that reputation."
"It's certainly not the way we do things," Hammond told BBC television. "We would have liked to see Colonel Gadhafi going on trial to answer for his misdeeds."
Clinton told NBC's "Meet the Press" that she backs a proposal that the United Nations investigate Gadhafi's death and that Libya's National Transitional Council look into the circumstances, too.
The 69-year-old Gadhafi was captured wounded, but alive. Bloody images of Gadhafi being taunted and beaten by his captors have raised questions about whether he was killed in crossfire as suggested by government officials or deliberately executed.
Mustafa Abdul-Jalil called on Libyans to show "patience, honesty and tolerance" and eschew hatred as they embark on rebuilding the country at the end of an 8-month civil war.
Abdul-Jalil set out a vision for the post-Gadhafi future with an Islamist tint, saying that Islamic Sharia law would be the "basic source" of legislation in the country and that existing laws that contradict Islam would be nullified.
He said new banks would be set up to follow the Islamic banking system, which bans charging interest. For now, he said interest would be canceled on any existing personal loans of less than 10,000 Libyan dinars (about US$7,500).
He also announced that all military personnel who have taken part in the fight against Gadhafi would be promoted one rank. He said a package of perks would later be announced for all fighters.
Some fear Abdul-Jalil, a mild-mannered former justice minister, will find it difficult to impose his will on his fractious revolutionary alliance, pointing to the insistence of the city of Misrata on displaying the body of the former strongman three days after his death, in apparent breach of Islamic practice.
And there are mounting calls for an investigation into whether Gadhafi was executed in custody.
An autopsy confirmed that Gadhafi died from a gunshot to the head, Libya's chief pathologist Othman al-Zintani said yesterday. But the pathologist said he would not disclose further details or elaborate on Gadhafi's final moments, saying he would first deliver a full report to the attorney general.
US Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton and Britain's Defense Secretary Philip Hammond said a full investigation was necessary.
The Libyan revolutionaries' image had been "a little bit stained" by Gadhafi's death, Hammond said yesterday, adding that the new government "will want to get to the bottom of it in a way that rebuilds and cleanses that reputation."
"It's certainly not the way we do things," Hammond told BBC television. "We would have liked to see Colonel Gadhafi going on trial to answer for his misdeeds."
Clinton told NBC's "Meet the Press" that she backs a proposal that the United Nations investigate Gadhafi's death and that Libya's National Transitional Council look into the circumstances, too.
The 69-year-old Gadhafi was captured wounded, but alive. Bloody images of Gadhafi being taunted and beaten by his captors have raised questions about whether he was killed in crossfire as suggested by government officials or deliberately executed.
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