Muammar Gaddafi has appealed for jihad against Switzerland, long regarded as one of the most peaceful nations in the world.
The Libyan leader’s call for a holy war was, he said, a response to a Swiss referendum in November to ban the construction of minarets on mosques.
In a rambling tirade he called on all Muslims throughout the world to go to airports in their masses and block the runways so Swiss planes can’t land, and to do the same at harbours to prevent any Swiss ships docking, apparently being unaware that The Swiss do not have a merchant Navy or a coast.
In fact this has nothing to do with religion or minarets, it relates back to 2008 when Gaddafi’s son Hannibal was arrested and held in Geneva on charges of beating his servants.
He made clear that Switzerland, “an infidel, obscene state which is destroying mosques”, was at the very least an ideological enemy.
When Hannibal Gaddafi and his wife were held by Swiss police, the Libyan authorities cut oil supplies to Switzerland, withdrew several billion dollars from Swiss banks and held two Swiss businessmen. One was allowed to leave this week, but the second, is still in prison.
Madman Gaddafi is unbelievably one of the middle East’s longest serving rulers. that says a lot about the region, and go’s some way to explaining why it has so many problems.
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