Now that they have killed him, the rebels have dropped claims that Gaddafi fled the country:
- Death of Libya’s Gaddafi Avoids Awkward Trial (Reuters)
- How Muammar Qaddafi Met His End (Christian Science Monitor)
- After Qaddafi: Can a Democratic Libya Unify a Divided Society? (Christian Science Monitor)
- Qaddafi’s Death Leaves a Libya that Must Build Itself from Scratch (Christian Science Monitor)
- With Qaddafi Dead, Libya Must Repay Its Backers with a ‘Peace Dividend,’ Not Favors (Christian Science Monitor)
- How Qaddifi Killing Affirms Arab Spring Principles (Christian Science Monitor)
Islamophobic claims to the contrary force the leading American council of Islamic jurisprudence issues a legal opinion stating what was obvious to almost all Muslims:
- Muslim Scholars Issue Fatwa Declaring No Conflict Between Islamic Law and U.S. Constitution (Huffington Post)
“Eugene Volokh, a UCLA law professor, said that … the constitutionality of the law seems to be settled, but there’s a chance the California or U.S. Supreme Court will want to revisit the question”:
- Irvine 11 Students Appeal Conviction (LA Times)
“The newly-formed Islamist parties, known as Salafists and who follow strict teachings of Islam, pulled out of the Democratic Alliance to protest their small showing on the alliance’s electoral list, saying Brotherhood candidates monopolised it”:
“The Obama administration has repeatedly sidestepped questions about whether it supports the NYPD’s tactics, refusing to endorse them or to question them”:
- At Justice Department Civil Rights Conference, a Call to Investigate NYPD Spy Programs (Washington Post)