Sunday, September 4, 2011

The People's Manifesto

In the aftermath of our fighters’ and heroes’ victory against a tyrant and dictator that has held back our beautiful country for too long, where do we go next? This is the hope of us, the Libyan people.

We will endeavour to create a fair and free society, where the rights and freedoms of the people take precedence over the rights and freedom of the individual. We wish to be part of a tolerant nation where people of all religious persuasions feel safe and free to live in Libya and practice their religion. Where the colour of your skin is not a barrier to your safety and progress in life. And the station of your family has no bearing in your pursuit for betterment. We will be free from corruption and from the accusations of corruption.



Our values are in line with the Quran and the Sunnah of The Messenger of Allah according to the understanding of the salaf and scholars of our religion, and where we contradict either we will correct ourselves and ask Allah for forgiveness. The people of Libya are fully Muslim. And we will safeguard the rights of others as according to Allah and His Messenger. Based on this we reject all that is in contradiction with our religion and we will not be swayed. It is also our understanding that the aqeedah of the people differs and we do not hold one aqeedah but we encourage the people of knowledge and understanding to teach the people. We will encourage investment in dawah to ensure the image of muslim people is strong across the world so that they are safe wherever they may chose to live.

Saturday, August 27, 2011

My Reply to George Galloway

On Friday 26th August, my cousin called up the George Galloway show on Talksport to talk about the pleasure of the Libyan people at finally removing Gaddafi from power and how grateful he was in the role NATO played in this. Mr Galloway has been a vociferous critic of NATOs involvement in the Libya conflict, as he was similarly in the UKs involvement in Iraq and Afghanistan. He compared the situation in Libya to Iraq and Afghanistan, and though he said he supported the revolution, he is against NATO having any part to play.

Now, it should be noted at this point that Mr Galloway may well be right, that the future of Libya may not be as bright as most Libyans hope, but as muslims we always say that the result is in Allah's hands. For us it is but to do our duty and Allah knows best.