Interesting news from Libya. Libya’s ruling National
Transitional Council recently issued a law that bans parties based on religious
principles. Mohammed Al-Hareizi claims
the provision was designed to preserve "national unity."
"Parties shouldn't be based on ethnic or religious
ideologies," he said. "We don't want the government to be divided by
these ideological differences."
After the death of Moammar Gadhafi last October Islamic
parties and movements have moved to fill the political vacuum. In other countries, such as Tunisia and Egypt, Islamists have made
significant political gains. Islamists,
along with other political and religious groups, were heavily suppressed under
the former dictatorship.
Perhaps the transitional council fears the same will
happen in the country’s first general elections, set to occur in two
months. It’s certainly set to cause
trouble for the most organized political movement in Libya, the Muslim Brotherhood.
"This is not democracy," said Mohammed Gaira,
spokesman for the Freedom and Development party founded by the Muslim
Brotherhood earlier this year. "We are a nationalist party and Islam is
our religion. This law is unacceptable and only suits liberals."
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