# The Gadhafi conundrum:  Trial for his killers?

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**Created:** [October 25, 2011, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-gadhafi-conundrum-trial-for-his-killers/600741 "2011-10-25T15:07:07Z")\
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> [@Oakminster](#):
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> Gee, I don’t know. Why don’t you ask women living under the Taliban’s rule?

“Shariah” means a lot of different things. Virtually every country in the Middle East has some element of Shariah in the legal system, including Israel, and none are remotely as odious as the Taliban-ruled Afghanistan except for Saudi Arabia and, to a lesser extent, Iran.

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