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(AFP) -- Libya's outgoing National Transitional Council said on Thursday that Islamic law (sharia) should be the "main" source of legislation and that this should not be subject to a referendum.
"The Libyan people are attached to Islam, as a religion and legislation," NTC spokesman Saleh Darhoub said, reading from a statement.
"As such the National Transitional Council recommends that the (next) congress make sharia the main source of legislation.
"And this should not be subject to a referendum," he added, speaking to journalists in Tripoli.
He later explained that the decision was made to reassure elements of society fearful of being saddled with a constitution that does not take into account Islamic law, or sharia.
"We are not afraid of holding a
referendum on sharia. But we wanted to reassure elements of society who
are scared of the referendum," Darhoub said.
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