(ANSA) - Rome, November 17 - Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi
weighed in on Italy's crucifix debate Monday night, telling an
invited audience of 200 young women that the Red Crescent symbol
of Islam was not imposed in Libya.
"In Libya we do not oblige anyone to put up the Red
Crescent," Colonel Gaddafi told the second such audience
recruited from a Rome hostess agency in his two nights in Rome
for a world food summit.
Italy was recently rapped by the European Court of Human
Rights for having crosses in its classrooms.
Gaddafi, who is known for giving long answers, was unusually
brief in replying to questions from the women, who were a
different crowd from the first night in his traditional giant
tent.