Libya Head Pledges ‘Moderate’ Muslim Nation, Qaddafi Probe
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The chairman of Libya’s National Transitional Council, Mustafa Abdel Jalil, said the country will be a “moderate” Muslim nation, responding to concern the interim government wants to adopt a strict Islamic orientation.
“Libyans are Muslims, but we are moderate Muslims,” Abdel Jalil said in the eastern city of Benghazi yesterday, following his vow to scrap statutes that don’t conform to Islamic law. The changes would include banning interest on housing loans and application of the Islamic legal code to marriage and divorce.