A win for 'secularists' in Libya? It's not what you think

on Friday, July 20, 2012

This week, so-called 'secularists' were declared official winners in Libya's parliamentary elections – and yet they support a constitutional place for Islamic sharia values. This seeming contradiction in Libya belies Western stereotypes about the incompatibility of Islam and democracy.

Amyn B. Sajoo writes in the Christian Science Monitor, 19 July 2012



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