Wednesday 29 January 2014

Assassination Attempt in Tripoli.

"Truly, if the Hypocrites stir up sedition, if the agitators in the City do not desist, We shall urge you to go against them & set you over them. Then they will not be able to stay as your neighbours for any length of time. They shall have a curse on them. Whenever they are found, they shall be seized & slain without mercy – a fierce slaughter – murdered, a horrible murdering." People who only pretend to be Muslim, people who pay Islam lip-service & do not appear to take it terribly seriously are called hypocrites in this verse from the Koran (33:60) & we see that they are due a 'horrible murdering.'

This goes ten-fold for secular politicians in countries where jihadists are attempting to create an Islamic state, as illustrated in this report from Al Arabiya today:

Libyan interior minister escapes assassination

Libyan Interior Minister Sadiq Abdulkarim escaped unscathed on Wednesday from an assassination attempt in Tripoli, according to the prime minister's office.

Abdelkarim, who is also the deputy prime minister, was in his car when "unknown gunmen fired a barrage of bullets" at the vehicle, Agence France-Presse reported, clarifying that no one was killed or wounded during the attack.

The incident was confirmed by the head of the minister's office, al-Bahlul al-Sid who did not give any further details, according to AFP.

The interior minister was on his was to to [sic] parliament when his car was fired upon, according to the prime minister's office.

Wednesday's attack comes less than three weeks after the assassination of deputy industry minister Hassan al-Droui, who was shot in the northern city of Sirte on Jan. 12.

The 2011 uprising left Libya awash in weapons looted from former leader Muammar Qaddafi's vast arsenals, complicating the government's efforts to rein in former rebels who effectively control much of the country.

Libya has seen near-daily attacks on security forces, particularly in and around the eastern city of Benghazi, cradle of the 2011 revolt.

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