خلاصه ماشینی:
El-Khawas* Islam, the dominant religion, has had a special place in traditional Libyan society, where the overwhelming majority of the people are Sunni Muslims, accepting the Quran and the Sunna as the primary sources of the Islamic faith.
"' Prior to the Qaddafi-led coup in 1969, religious organizations and leaders played a major role in the educational, social and political life of the country, particularly in the institutions that regulated the society.
Under Qaddafi's orchestration, the RCC moved to restore Islam in Libya by getting rid of foreign elements that had been borrowed from Europe and had no place in a Muslim society.
In the national context of Libyan society, his emphasis on Islam is natural because religion has always been strong in Libya and has been an important part of the Libyan search for self-identity as well as a national expression of their struggle against foreign domination and control.
"53 Qaddafi sees religion as offering a natural law that will not only satisfy individual spiritual needs but that also can be used to combat social illness such as discrimination and class differences.
"80 Since the problems of minorities have continued to exist in both capitalist and,communist societies without any apparent relief in sight, he believes thiat the only solution rests in his Third Universal Theory where power, wealth and arms are placed in the hands of all the people.
Once the political and economic problems of the minorities are solved, Qaddafi believes that 'nationalism, the most potent source of social unity, can become stronger.