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Libya is a complex country, divided by regional and tribal loyalties, though tentatively united by a common faith. Islam has long played a central role in Libyan political...

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Muammar Gaddafi on Nuclear Weapons

June 8, 1981
I have nothing but scorn for the notion of an Islamic bomb. There is no such thing as an Islamic bomb or a Christian bomb. Any such weapon is a means of terrorizing humanity, and we are against the manufacture and acquisition of nuclear weapons. This is in line with our definition of—and opposition to—terrorism.
Muammar Gaddafi Muammar Gaddafi
Colonel Muammar Gaddafi was the de-facto leader of Libya from 1969 until 2011. He was a flexible autocrat willing to change his ideology and shuffle his alliances to remain in power. During the 1970s and 1980s Gaddafi championed Pan-Arabism and...