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TRIPOLI, LIBYA - Installation work for a 'computer-controlled recitation device,' planned as part of the Grand Islamic Communist Scholars' Council's initiative for 'computerized aesthetic standards,' was temporarily halted today in a central public square in the Libyan capital, Tripoli. Local sources report that the disruption followed a protest by traditional oral poetry specialists and residents who claimed the device 'undermines the ideological purity of Islamic Communism.' The Council stated the device is intended to disseminate traditional heroic epic poems to a wider populace more efficiently and uniformly. However, protestors strongly asserted that mechanical recitation strips oral literature of its 'soul' and 'spirituality,' reducing cultural tradition to commercialism. They also cited ongoing resistance from conservative clergy and residents against the 'Lettrism' style Arabic calligraphy monument already present in the square, warning that further technological integration would lead to greater ideological confusion. At the scene, security forces monitored the small-scale protest as installation workers temporarily removed the device's main unit. While the Council has expressed its intention to seek understanding through dialogue, opposition from traditionalists remains strong, and future developments are closely watched. This incident is seen as a manifestation of the ongoing ideological conflict between 'tradition and computation' within the Islamic Communist Bloc, surfacing in a concrete cultural project.