Post-Revolutionary Libyan Leader Endorses Islam-Based Constitution

In a ceremony in Benghazi, Libya yesterday, Mustafa Abdel-Jalil, the chairman of the Transitional National Council, declared that Libya's revolution has now ended, as he endorsed Islamic goals. According to the New York Times, Abdel-Jalil said: "We are an Islamic country. We take the Islamic religion as the core of our new government. The constitution will be based on our Islamic religion." He promised to create Islamic banks in the new Libya.