ABSTRACT
Ihavereliedinmyresearchforthisstudyonavarietyofprimary andsecondarysources.Themostimportantsourceis,ofcourse, Qadhdhafi'sownwords.Thesehavebeenpreservedinannual volumescollectivelyentitledal-Sijillal-Qawmi(TheNational Record).Theseimportantvolumesprovide,inchronologicalorder fromthestartoftherevolution,1September1969,tothepresent, allthespeeches,mediainterviews,pressconferencesandpublic addresseswhichQadhdhafihasdeliveredonbothreligiousand nationaloccasions.Hisreligiousaddressesanddiscourseshavealso beencollectedinavolumeentitledKhutabwa-Ahadithal-Qa'id al-Diniyah,whichconstitutesanimportantprimarysourceforthis discussion.TheGreenBookandcommentariesonitwrittenby Qadhdhafihimselfandothersprovidetheprimarysourceforour understandingofthetypeofsocietywhichheenvisagesforhis countryandtherestofhumankind.
