Reply #81: it really is too early to say what this was really mean. Sharia is a very broad concept

[Douglas Carpenter]

It by no means in all cases means the same as it means in Saudi Arabia or with the Taliban or in Iran - and even between those three it means vastly different things.

I did not support the NATO intervention - because I believe that when outside powers intervene in these kinds of situation - even when they have good intentions and don't care about things like oil - at last 90% of the time they find themselves stumbling around in the dark and usually causing more harm than good.

But still in regards to Sharia - a good deal of even the more modern parts of the Islamic world - like Dubai for example - would declare themselves to be under Sharia - but what actually that actually means is going to vary greatly. It is simply too early to determine what it means in the case of Libya.