... to be that of a contestation between Islamists and liberals but this may be misleading. Islamists are not united but they share an adherence to the establishment of a Muslim society and some form of a khilafa. However, non-Islamists may not easily be identified as “on current.” Indeed, the “current” includes an array...

... the army and judiciary, the Muslim Brotherhood, and liberals – to collaborate and avoid posing religion and the state as two opposing entities. Having to deal with the Shari'a as the source or reference for legislation need not be a polarizing issue as religion is being dealt with as ‘the dominant culture...

... political parties civil society February 17th coalitions military councils Islamists liberals UN plan Post-Qadhafi Libya: interactive dynamics and the political future Youssef Mohammad Sawani* Professor of Political Science, Libyan University, Tripoli, Libya; former Director of the Gaddafi...