Libya: Islamic groups rally to demand Sharia
February 3, 2012 – 8:26 pmThe last great hope of the West here is that Libya will be a "moderate" Islamic regime. In Afghanistan, Iraq, Egypt, Tunisia, and Libya, Western governments have kept hoping to see the emergence of a model Sharia regime that will operate as Sharia has been advertised to them -- not what Sharia is, but what it could, would, should be according to academic exercises removed from how Sharia has been practiced and enforced for over a millennium. The motto of Western governments in their policy toward the Muslim world could well be the words of the woman at the end of the article: "We all want Sharia, but not the one they're talking about." Accordingly, Sharia never works as advertised, but it does work according to its design. Unfortunately, it is a politically correct article of faith that the publicity and substance are one and the same. Caveat emptor: "war is deceit." We tried ...
