BBC NEWS: “What Are The Burial Customs in Islam?”
Tweet From BBC News Five days after his death, Muammar Gaddafi has been buried at a secret location in the Libyan desert, say officials. But how does this square with Islamic customs at burial? For several days after he was killed in his hometown of Sirte, the former Libyan leader’s body was lying in a...
CNN: “Gadhafi Used Islam For ‘Purely Political Purposes’”
Tweet From CNN Scholars say Gadhafi practiced his own brand of Islam, one that helped keep him in power By Dan Merica and Alex Zuckerman, CNN Washington (CNN)– Moammar Gadhafi may have held onto power in Libya for more than 40 years, but the role Islam played in Gadhafi’s personal life and leadership remains shrouded in mystery and debated...
AL-JAZEERA VIDEO: “Muammar Gadhafi’s Body Kicked Around By Rebels” (**GRAPHIC**)
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NPR: Libyan Rape Victim Iman Al-Obeidi: ‘Every Day I Am Beaten’
Tweet by Mark Memmott, Soraya Sarhaddi Nelson and Lourdes Garcia-Navarro April 4, 2011 (National Public Radio) Iman al-Obeidi, who last month told reporters in Tripoli that she had been beaten and raped by men loyal to Moammar Gadhafi, tells NPR she is no longer in custody. But, she says, “every day I am beaten.” And...
