The head of the National Transitional Council has delivered his first speech in Libya's capital, Tripoli, since the ousting¹ of Muammar Gaddafi.

卡扎菲被流放之后，利比亚国家过渡委员会首领首次在首都的黎波里发表演讲。

Mustafa Abdul Jalil outlined his plans to create a modern democratic state based on "moderate Islam" to thousands of flag-waving supporters in the newly renamed Martyrs²' Square.

Earlier, Col Gaddafi vowed³ in a TV message to fight "until victory".

The whereabouts of the 69-year-old fugitive⁴（逃亡的） leader remain unknown.

"All that remains⁵ for us is the struggle until victory and the defeat of the coup," Col Gaddafi was cited as saying in a statement read out by a presenter⁶ on a loyalist television station.

Although the interim⁷ administration has promised the formation of a transitional government in Libya within 10 days, there are still big challenges in stabilising the country, says the BBC's Peter Biles in Tripoli.

Anti-Gaddafi forces now control most of Libya but loyalists（拥护者） are still holding out in the towns of Sirte and Bani Walid, offering fiercer resistance than had been expected.

Meanwhile, Amnesty International has called on the NTC to take steps to prevent human rights abuses by anti-Gaddafi forces.

'You are our weapon'

In his first speech since moving to the capital from the NTC stronghold of Benghazi, Mr Jalil told some 10,000 supporters to avoid retribution（报应，惩罚） attacks, adding that Libya's new leaders would not accept any extremist ideology⁸.

"We are a Muslim nation, with a moderate Islam, and we will maintain that. You are with us and support us - you are our weapon against whoever tries to hijack⁹ the revolution," he said.

Mr Jalil, who served as Col Gaddafi's justice minister before joining the rebels when the uprising started, said women would play an active role in the new Libya, and thanked a number of nations - including France and Britain - for supporting the NTC.

But he also warned against secularism¹⁰（世俗主义） , envisaging¹¹（正视，面对） a state "where sharia [Islamic law] is the main source for legislation".

His words, broadcast live on television, were met with rapturous（狂喜的） applause, as fireworks illuminated¹² the Tripoli waterfront.

But Mr Jalil and his colleagues still face major hurdles¹³, adds our correspondent, not least because the fugitive leader remains at large.

Many of his inner circle have fled to neighbouring countries such as Algeria or Niger.

Niger's Prime Minister Brigi Rafini said on Monday that Saadi Gaddafi and three of his father's generals were among 32 people who had crossed the lengthy¹⁴ desert border into the West African nation since 2 September.