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Liberated Libya Might Not Improve Life For LGBT Community | Interim Libyan leader Mustafa Abdul-Jalil has indicated that Islamic Sharia law will be the basic source of the country’s new legislation, which could mean that persecution of homosexuality will persist. Abdul-Jalil opposes harsh punishment, but has not indicated whether he thinks Libya should punish people discovered to be gay, as countries like Iran and Saudi Arabia do.
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