Qaddafi is Dead

The problem now is what to do with his body.

From: Libyan Leaders Appear to Differ Over Qaddafi Burial - NYT

But the conflicting reports about the plans for Colonel Qaddafi’s burial reflected some of the chaos and confusion that have impeded the Transitional National Council as it has struggled to unify the country since Colonel Qaddafi was toppled from power by bands of competing rebel militias who invaded the capital Tripoli in late August.

What's next for Libya?

More likely then not, Libya will descend into a fundamentalist Islamic Terror State.

Next door in Egypt, the military never surrendered power when Mubarak fell. While Egypt has managed to keep from blowing completely apart due to the Egyptian Military's ability to maintain it's authority, Libya will have no similar restraint.

Chaos will reign.

Who Is Rashad Hussain?

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Daveed Gartenstein-Ross at the Long War Journal offers a first hand account of the Rashad Hussain of his acquaintance.

See: A defense of Rashad Hussain

It is worth reading.

Personally, I do not think that Islam is redeemable. That does not mean that it is necessary or even in our interests to treat all Muslims as terrorist. Most if not nearly all of them are just people like you and me. Their religion may separate us but we do not have to be bound by the doctrines of their religion.

Many Muslims believe that it is possible to have a "peaceful" Islam. They may be right. It is up these believers in a peaceful Islam to demonstrate to us how it could be.

If Rashad can show us an Islam that can be unlike the Islam that we have come to know, I am willing to give him that opertunity.

I fear that the Qur'an and the Hadith make such hopes impossible, but we can give him the bennifit of the doubt and accept for the moment that he really believes it to be possible.