Gadaffi: Libya like Christ

Press, 13 April 1978, Page 9

Gadaffi: Libya like Christ

NZPA-Reuter Rome The Libyan leader, Colonel Muammar Gadaffi, says his country’s international role compares with the work of Jesus Christ.

In an Italian television interview, the 36-year-old Head of State also said that Libyan women were inadequate “either biologically or morally” to do the same job as men.

Colonel Gadaffi expressed support'for Irish Republicans fighting against British rule in Northern Ireland and declared that Israel had no right to exist. In an interview filmed in Libya, he was asked why his country’s image was often associated with terrorism overseas. He replied: “When Jesus appeared He was quickly attacked . . . because He was a prophet who brought the new, the good

Colonel Gadaffi said he advocated complete equality between men and women in Libya, but added: “It is unfair to oblige women to carry out the role of men when they are not adequate for the role, either biologically or morally.” On the Irish question, the Libyan leader said:• “We always support just causes.” So far, he declared, “our support has been only moral and political.” British politicians have accused the Libyans of supplying arms to the Irish Republican Army, which is waging a guerrilla war to end Britain’s authority over its Northern Ireland province.