{"id":478,"date":"2013-11-15T21:54:49","date_gmt":"2013-11-15T20:54:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/prizrenpost.com\/en\/?p=478"},"modified":"2013-11-15T21:55:06","modified_gmt":"2013-11-15T20:55:06","slug":"libya-seeks-to-make-its-laws-more-islamic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/prizrenpost.com\/en\/libya-seeks-to-make-its-laws-more-islamic\/","title":{"rendered":"Libya \u2018seeks to make its laws more Islamic\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_479\" style=\"width: 520px\" class=\"wp-caption aligntop\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-479\" src=\"http:\/\/prizrenpost.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/libya.jpg\" alt=\"The justice ministry\u2019s plan would appear to be aimed at satisfying the demands of Salafist, or extremist Sunni Muslim, groups in the violence-wracked North African nation. (File photo: AP)\" width=\"510\" height=\"320\" class=\"size-full wp-image-479\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-479\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The justice ministry\u2019s plan would appear to be aimed at satisfying the demands of Salafist, or extremist Sunni Muslim, groups in the violence-wracked North African nation. (File photo: AP)<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Libya is seeking to revise existing legislation to make it conform more to Islamic sharia law, a justice ministry document obtained by AFP shows.<\/p>\n<p>The text announces the establishment of a \u201ccommittee charged with revising current legislation and to propose amendments that would not contradict the fundamental rules and regulations of Islamic law.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>It said the 16-strong committee would be nominated by the supreme court and the Mufti, a religious expert on sharia.<\/p>\n<p>The committee, which would be chaired by a judge, would also include professors from Islamic universities, according to the document.<\/p>\n<p>Legislation amended by the committee would then be presented before Libya\u2019s top legislative authority the General National Congress for adoption.<\/p>\n<p>One law imposing strict restrictions on polygamy, that was instituted by the regime of dictator Muammar Qaddafi who was toppled and killed in 2011, was abolished after the revolution.<\/p>\n<p>The justice ministry\u2019s plan would appear to be aimed at satisfying the demands of Salafist, or extremist Sunni Muslim, groups in the violence-wracked North African nation.<\/p>\n<p>On Tuesday, Ansar al-Sharia, Libya\u2019s top jihadist group that has been blamed for unrest including a deadly attack on a US mission, said only Islamic law can boost security in the increasingly lawless country.<\/p>\n<p>The heavily armed group of ex-rebels is based in Benghazi, cradle of the 2011 uprising.<\/p>\n<p>Ansar al-Sharia said it does not recognise state institutions, including the security services, accusing them of apostasy and of being \u201ctaghuts,\u201d or evil forces at the service of tyranny.<\/p>\n<p>Thorn in the government\u2019s side<\/p>\n<p>Former rebels have become a thorn in the side of the government, which is struggling to impose its authority.<\/p>\n<p>On Monday, Prime Minister Ali Zeidan pledged to beef up security forces to combat unrest, particularly in Benghazi.<\/p>\n<p>Sharia law is just one of a number of key issues &#8212; including the status of women and minorities &#8212; that will have to be addressed in Libya\u2019s future constitution.<\/p>\n<p>Conservative Islam is deeply rooted in Libya, and analysts believe the new constitution will have to draw strongly on sharia while also steering clear of extremism. alarabiya<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Libya is seeking to revise existing legislation to make it conform more to Islamic sharia law, a justice ministry document obtained by AFP shows. The text announces the establishment of a \u201ccommittee charged with revising current legislation and to propose amendments that would not contradict the fundamental rules and regulations of Islamic law.\u201d It said [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10,23],"tags":[51],"class_list":["post-478","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-10","category-23","tag-libya-seeks-to-make-its-laws-more-islamic"],"views":1294,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/prizrenpost.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/478","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/prizrenpost.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/prizrenpost.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prizrenpost.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prizrenpost.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=478"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/prizrenpost.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/478\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":480,"href":"https:\/\/prizrenpost.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/478\/revisions\/480"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/prizrenpost.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=478"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prizrenpost.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=478"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prizrenpost.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=478"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}