Isolation Law will not Benefit Libya

LONDON, Asharq Al-Awsat—Mahmoud Jibril, who served as Libya’s interim prime minister and chairman of the rebel National Transitional Council (NTC), informed Asharq Al-Awsat that the country’s post-revolutionary focus on a political isolation law will not lead to the establishment of a secure and stable state. Jibril, who is the leader of the liberal National Forces Alliance, called for the implementation of a “developmental vision” for post-revolutionary Libya, which is sufferi...

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Liberalizing Libya

Like other countries in the region, Libya has embarked on the long process of rebirth, and, as rocky as it is, defining its national identity is of utmost importance. The National Transitional Council’s (NTC) recent decision to ban religious, sectarian and tribe-based political parties in Libya raises the age-old issues of separation between religion and state, and the role of sect and tribe in political mobilization. The fact that the legislation also included the outlawing of fore...

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