Gaddafi Urges "Jihad" Against Switzerland

Hac libertate nos Christus liberavit; state et nolite iterum iugo servitutis contineri. (Galatians 5:1)

The Times of Malta reports Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi has called for a "jihad" or armed struggle against Switzerland using all means.

Gaddafi said Switzerland is an "infidel, obscene state which is destroying mosques", in reference to a Swiss referendum verdict barring construction of minarets.

Gaddafi called the work of Al Qaeda a "kind of crime and a psychological disease".

He continued saying: "There is a big difference between terrorism and jihad which is a right to armed struggle".

Gaddafi said: "Let us fight against Switzerland, Zionism and foreign aggression".

Gaddafi said: "Any Muslim in any part of the world who works with Switzerland is an apostate, is against Mohammad, God and the Koran".

Switzerland in the past weeks placed 180 senior Libyan officials, including Col. Gaddafi and his family, on a Schengen blacklist.

Thus Switzerland effectively prevents any state in the Schengen area from issuing visas for these people.

Libya retaliated by revoking all visas issued to travelers from the Schengen area, including Malta.

The only two Maltese on an Air Malta flight to Libya today were refused entry and sent back to Malta.

So too were Italians and Germans who flew to Libya on other flights.

The new Swiss ambassador to Malta, Bernardino Regazzoni, defended his country’s decision to blacklist the 180 Libyan nationals.

Regazzoni said the action was motivated by a threat to national security.

I think Gaddafi's threats against Switzerland are rather amusing.

Gaddafi gives democracy around the world a new meaning and a powerful boost.

Switzerland is furthermore the only country in Europe, which has been neutral and peaceful throughout the last 100 years or more.

Switzerland is also the only country which often organizes referendums concerning relevant political issues.

Switzerland is probably the best example of a living democracy in the world, where the government trust the judgment of its people.

Almost 60 percent of the Swiss people said it doesn't want any minarets in Switzerland.

Should the national government listen less to its own people, and more to a dictator on a foreign continent?

I think we in the rest of Europe should organize referendums more often than we actually do.

And maybe referendums should be organized more often in America too?

When was the last time the American President asked the people for advice on a particular issue, like health care, immigration, or manned Moon landings?

Referendums are good for democracy and freedom.

People are not stupid. Why not listen to them?

"Vos enim in libertatem vocati estis, fratres", Galatians 5:13.