Colonel Maummaer Gaddafi is the dictator of Libya and has been in power for nearly 42 years.He was for a long time an untouchable to the west as he exported all forms of terrorism. But Gaddafi had a change of heart and he offered to pay compensation to the victims next of kin of his terror attacks. London, Paris and Rome then invited him to visit them. For long Gaddafi has been a champion of Islam and even during his last visit to Italy in 2010, he exhorted the Italian girls to convert to Islam.
All this may show that Gaddafi is a hard line Moslem, but there is a twist to this as he is targeted by hard line Islamic fighters as 'evil' and many assassination attempts have been carried out by Islamic fundamentalists. Why would Islamic hard liners want to kill Gaddafi ? This is not an enigma, but a fact as Gaddafi has defied Islamic hard line interpretation of Islam and for this reason he certainly has my admiration.
The biggest reason the Islamic hard line terror groups want to kill Gaddafi is because he has brought women out of the purdah and the Hijab.He has given them a sense of identity. One can't but help admire Gaddafi for this. The Colonel has recruited women guards, who have none of the trappings of a hard line Islam. They wear make up( which is anathema to Islam) and do not wear the nikab as they move with aplomb with guns slung across their shoulders. This is contrary to what Islamic hard liners can tolerate. For this alone Gaddafi deserves admiration.
I for one hold no brief for Gaddafi, but he has done more for women in Islam than anybody else and I admire him for it.
Update
Much water has flown down the river and Gaddafi is now no more. Overthrown by US special forces in conjunction with hard line Muslim groups. Gaddafi has been executed and now Libya is a state where extremist Islamic thought flourishes..
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