The rise of Shariah law and the growing Islamist political power since dictator Moammar Gadhafi was toppled 2 years ago leaves Libyan women fearful for their basic human rights.
On her way back from her job as a lecturer at a university near Tripoli, Libyan poet Aicha Almagrabi was stopped by a group of bearded militiamen. They kicked her car, beat up her driver and threatened to do the same to her. Her offense: being alone in a car with men without a male relative as a guardian.
"You have violated the law of God," the militiamen told her, Almagrabi said. [AP] Read more
