Libyan People to Americans: “This Is Not the Behavior of Our Islam”
Photo Essay: Amid the noise of escalating violence, Benghazi citizens speak for themselves: “This does not represent us.”
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Photo courtesy of Libya Alhurra TV.
As violence, reportedly sparked by an incendiary video degrading the Prophet Muhammad and produced in the U.S., spreads from North Africa to the Middle East, and U.S. warships head for Libya in response to what may have been a coordinated terrorist attack, many ordinary Libyans are hoping to send a very different message to the world: one of peace and solidarity. Yesterday, citizens gathered in Benghazi to speak for themselves, holding bilingual signs with messages like, "This does not represent us."
Photos courtesy of Libya Alhurra TV (Free Libya TV).
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