Burkina Faso’s military government appears to have strengthened its commitment to religious freedom and the country's secular identity following the adoption of a new law regulating religious practice. Ibrahim Traoré rejected calls for the implementation of Sharia (Islamic law). Traoré, a Muslim who has fought against an Islamic extremist insurgency, criticized the practice of sending young people abroad to study Islamic law while neglecting vocational training. “Whether they are Catholic youth, Protestant youth, Muslim youth, or followers of traditional religions, we will find a way to support them ourselves.” The government’s new religious law does not establish a state religion or give preference to one faith over another.