New Libya Democracy a Grand experiment

Libya's new rulers set out steps to elections: Even Russia and China will join friends of Libya conference, Sounds like a Grand Muslim experiment

Libya's new rulers set out steps to elections: GENERAL PROVISIONS, Libya is a democratic, independent state with Tripoli its capital, Islam its religion, sharia, Islamic law as the main source of legislation and Arabic as its official language. The rights of minority groups and all sections of society are guaranteed. The state will establish a democratic political system based on political and party pluralism aiming for a peaceful, democratic transition of power. All Libyans are equal before the law and are not discriminated against because of religion, faith, language, wealth, gender, ancestry, political views, social status or tribal, group or family affiliation. The state...

Muslim Democracy what a grand experiment. I must say I really believe it can work. The Hanafi school, known for being the most liberal and the most focused on reason and analogy, is dominant among Sunnis in Central Asia, Egypt, Pakistan, India, China, Turkey, the Balkans, and the Caucasus. The Maliki school is dominant in North Africa and the Shafi'i school in Indonesia, Malaysia, Brunei Darussalam, and Yemen. Shia Muslims follow the Ja'fari school, most notably in Shia-dominant Iran. The distinctions have more impact on the legal systems in each country, however, than on individual Muslims, as many do not adhere to one school in their personal lives.

Sharia developed several hundred years after the Prophet Mohammed's death in 632 CE. As you read there are now several versions. It is the most extreme, the version practiced by the Taliban that concerns me. I think the Muslim Democracy Libya's transitional Government wants to employ is a Grand idea.

We have had our grand experiment and we keep hearing that some 235 years later it is still a work in process. It is starting to feel like a failure to me but if Libya can adhere to the provisions they have stated above I believe it can work. In America we have separate States with their own versions of laws and some unique laws enforced by some States as they see fit.

I envision Libya set up the same way only a Democracy revolving around Sharia law. The word "Sharia" has grown to make me nervous because of the extremists we find fighting us at every turn. I know many have been concerned with the Muslim Brotherhood but they have expressed no interest in ruling they just want to practice their beliefs in a open and free Democracy and I think this will all work.

The friends of Libya "some 65 countries" are meeting Sept 1st to restore peace and prosperity to Libya. primarily China and Russia along with everyone else is interested in protecting their own interests. I want to see a focus on the Libyans because this could be an example for other Muslim Nations to follow. Who would have ever thought?

Among the countries invited to the talks are the Contact Group on Libya member states, including participants in the NATO-led military operation and representatives of the United Nations, the Arab League and the African Union, as well as China, Russia, India and Brazil that have expressed concerns over the operation.

Russia and China will participate in the international conference "Friends of Libya" even though they have not technically recognized the Transitional National Council of the Libyan rebels as a sovereign government. The forum will focus on Libya's future after the end of the regime of notorious dictator Muammar Gaddafi . The conference was initiated by French President Nicolas Sarkozy and backed by British Prime Minister David Cameron will feature 60 foreign delegations of countries. "China supports the efforts ... of restoring peace and stability in Libya and contributing to the gradual change of political power in the country,"


James Joiner
Gardner, Ma
http://anaverageamericanpatriot.blogspot.com

Arab Leaders threaten Hamas at Arab Israeli Summit, Al Zawahiri tells Hamas to unite with Holy Warriors against them!

First and related, A suicide bomber detonated his explosives inside a busy central Baghdad hotel, killing at least 12 people -- including Sunni and Shiite tribal sheiks who were meeting as part of Iraq's reconciliation effort -- U.S. and Iraqi officials told CNN.

Initial reports indicate seven sheiks -- five Sunnis and two Shiites -- were among those killed, a U.S. military official told CNN's Barbara Starr. Those killed include Fassal al-Qaoud, the former governor of Iraq's Anbar province who was a tribal leader in Ramadi, and Rahim al-Maliki, an anchorman with Iraqiya State television, the official said. South of Baghdad, a suicide car bomber detonated at a government compound in the town of Hilla Monday morning, killing at least eight people and wounding 31 others, a local official told CNN. Among the dead were civilians and security guards, authorities said.

The attack took place around 7 a.m. (11 p.m. ET Sunday).Hilla is located about 60 miles (100 km) south of Baghdad.http://www.cnn.com/...
 
That was only the beginning as you know if you heard or looked at the link. I however just wanted to point out the worsening of sectarian violence and it will get a lot worse in Iraq, some of it on their own people as two other events took place in the middle east that bear thought as sides are being developed in Bush's ever expanding middle east breakdown.

Arab diplomatic sources tell TIME that the Arab-Israeli summit in Sharm el Sheikh on Monday is intended as a stern message to Hamas: Stop fighting Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, or we'll launch a political war against you. But the sources say that the goal of the Arab regimes is to press for Hamas to join a new Palestinian unity government along with Abbas's Fatah party. Explains a senior Arab official, the decision to hold a meeting between Abbas, Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak, Jordan's King Abdullah II and Israel's Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, "is a diplomatic warning to Hamas: If you try to strip Abbas's authority, think twice. We'll throw all our support to Abbas and work against you."

The new summit comes against a backdrop of deepening Arab frustration and despair over the failure to find a solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, worsened by the spectacle of Palestinians killing each other. "Gaza has become an embarrassing and frightening scene evoking sorrow and grief in the hearts," Saudi commentator Abdulrahman al-Rashid wrote in the pan-Arab newspaper Asharq al-Awsat last week. Lately, Arab officials have grown anxious that their own increased diplomatic efforts are going unrewarded as they watch the growing influence of Iran, which backs radical Arab factions, including Hamas. While Hamas' power play humiliated the Saudis, which took pride in mediating the creation of the Palestinian unity government through February's Mecca Agreement, it also alarms the authorities in Egypt and Jordan, who face political challenges from Islamist parties in their own countries. http://www.time.com/...
 
This will only get more serious and deadly but I have to laugh. Can they really think they will be listened to other than supplying the other half of middle east combatants they will have no influence just like their ally Bush. if you read the story Bush and Israel have only served to increase tensions between Fatah and Hamas and fight they will. In steps Al Qaeda's no.2 Ayman Al-Zawahiri setting up the other side of this still developing war equation.

Al Qaeda's deputy leader called on Muslims around the world to back Hamas with weapons, money and attacks on U.S. and Israeli interests in a Web audio tape Monday, urging the Palestinian militant group to unite with Al Qaeda's "holy warriors" after its takeover of Gaza. Al-Zawahiri urged Hamas to implement Islamic law in Gaza, telling it, "Taking over power is not a goal but a means to implement God's word on earth.""Unite with mujahedeen (holy warriors) in Palestine ... and with all mujahedeen in the world in the face of the upcoming attack where Egyptians and Saudis are expected to play part of it," he added, suggesting that the two countries intend to attack Hamas to uproot its control of Gaza.
http://www.foxnews.com/...

Don't they see that no one is going to back down and sides are still developing in this middle east breakdown Bush set in motion by attacking Iraq. Like you I am not pleased with what I see as inevitable still forming and that is a total war to implement Islamic Law or Bush's so called new order. As you probably know, I am more concerned because I have one son still there and another volunteering to go back. What a mess!

James Joiner
Gardner, Ma
http://.anaverageamericanpatriot.blogspot.com