 With preceding legal institutions abolished, Gaddafi envisioned the "Jamahiriya" as following the Qur'an for legal guidance, adopting "sharia" law; he proclaimed "man-made" laws unnatural and dictatorial, only permitting Allah's law.Within a year he was backtracking, announcing that "sharia" was inappropriate for the "Jamahiriya" because it guaranteed the protection of private property, contravening "The Green Book" socialism.His emphasis on placing his own work on a par with the Qur'an led conservative clerics to accuse him of "shirk", furthering their opposition to his regime.