Libya’s Defeated Islamists
In Libya's general election on July 7, liberal-leaning parties finished first in 11 of 13 electoral districts. Unlike their counterparts in Egypt, Tunisia, Morocco, and Jordan, Libya’s Islamists could never develop organizational structures or create a parallel system of social services that would give them mass appeal.
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TRIPOLI – “We certainly did not expect the results, but...our future is certainly better than our present and our past,” said Sami al-Saadi, the former ideologue of the Libyan Islamic Fighting Group and the founder of the political party al-Umma al-Wasat, which finished third in Central Tripoli during Libya’s recent parliamentary election. The man whom Taliban leader Mullah Omar once called the “Sheikh of the Arabs,” and who authored the LIFG’s anti-democracy manifesto The Choice is Theirs, accepted the apparent victory of Libya’s more liberal forces.