Political parties have been banned in Libya since 1972. The country is entirely run by Gaddafi (under the title of ‘Brotherly Leader and Guide of the Revolution’), the Revolutionary Councils and any remaining members of the 1969 coup which placed Gaddafi into power. None of these are elected positions and none of the holders can be forced out by the Libyan people through any governmentally-recognized system. Gaddafi is also lining up a few of his sons to take over his position of total power when he dies. Maybe he should ask Hosni Mubarak and Ali Abdullah Saleh how setting up their own monarchies has gone for them…
Iran
Seyed Ali Hoseyni Khamene’I
Iran isn’t doing anything quite as passé as attempting to institute a faux democracy with a single family secretly running the entire thing. The position of Supreme Leader of Iran need only be a religious zealot of such exemplar caliber that he willingly orders people to be stoned to death for minor infractions, promotes a terrifying level of social intolerance and shows a genuine interest in lording over the lives of everyone in his (yes, I used the male pronoun, cause this is a men’s only club) country. Seyed Ali Hoseyni Khamene’I, it turns out, is a perfect fit, then.
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Nice article – although i cannot think of a muslim democracy ever existing aside from iraq and in future afganistan. democracy is in direct conflict to the koran.
my concern is the muslim brotherhood – aka the community organizers of the middle east!
At least in Iran Transsexual are protected by a fatwa, In Canada it is legal to molest transsexuals as Canada is based on case law not on the Criminal code. I was molested in 2009 and the local courts said that grabbing my breast is not a criminal offence, because I am not a real woman. This decsion was based on an earlier decsion in Ontario’s supreme court. Since I was not the victim in the original case I cannot contest the that decsion which is what the decsion in my case was based on. I would love to live in Iran I am tired of being molested. Recently a man grabbed my breast so hard he left bruises. I pushed him away and he fell down I did not report this because I am afraid. Then about two weeks ago I was approached in a mall parking lot by a police officer who told me if I pushed someone down again that they the Waterloo Regional Police Service will arrest me for assault. I told him what happened and he told me that the court said it was legal and I should act like a man.