Euro News: 'Libya Ponders Sharia Law'

Source:Euro News- does the Libyan Transitional Council really want Sharia Law?

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From Wikipedia 

"The new Libya is considering how it will live by Islamic Sharia law, which includes some traditional practices which some countries consider inhumane.

 Many Westerners were among those horrified when this vision was voiced just days ago amid celebrations over the death of Colonel Gaddafi.

It was by no means the first time such a prospect was raised, when the chairman of the Libyan National Transitional Council, said: "We as a Muslim nation take Sharia as the basic source of law." 

From Euro News

With todays announcement by the Libyan Transitional National Council, that they are adopting Sharia Law and going to use Sharia Law to influence how they write Libya's National Constitution, looks bad from my perspective. And looks like they may be on the road to Islamic Theocracy where racial and ethnic minorities, as well as women are essentially treated like garbage (to be kind) with strict conditions on what they can do and how they live. And when it comes to women, on things like how they can dress. And can they even go to school and get educated or not and this is not the direction that Libya should be headed in. 

Thats what happened in Afghanistan pre-Afghan War that started in 2001, where people were literally murdered for things like adultery, under the Taliban Regime. And this not the direction Libya should be going in. They have so much more potential and can be so much better than that. And this is what exactly Iraq was able to avoid another country with a lot of potential when they formed their new government and Constitution.

What Libya should be looking at is a government thats evidence based that looks to do what's best for the entire country and to move it forward. Not things that could divide the country and potentially start new civil wars down the road. Which is what happened in Afghanistan and may happen in Iran as well.