Qabbani in Eid Sermon: No Compromises on Taef, Tribunal, Justice

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Mufti Sheikh Mohammed Rashid Qabbani stressed in his Eid al-Fitr sermon on Tuesday that there would be no compromises on the Taef accord and the international tribunal.

“Our national and Islamic stances have never changed and we don’t make compromises on our principles,” Qabbani said at Mohammed al-Amin mosque in downtown Beirut.

He stressed on the need to have a united nation and a capable and fair state. “We won’t make compromises on the Taef agreement that laid the foundations of the Lebanese state on the basis of participation.”

He also rejected “the road of infighting and the wars of strife.”

Turning to the Special Tribunal for Lebanon that is probing ex-Premier Rafik Hariri’s Feb. 2005 assassination, Qabbbani said: “We won’t make compromises on the achievement of justice and the international tribunal.”

Justice should also be achieved for all the Lebanese in their rights to have a balanced representation in state institutions, he said.

Qabbani also rejected the naturalization of Palestinians in Lebanon, saying it “is an Israeli objective aimed at withering Palestinians outside their nation.”

Comments 6
Default-user-icon Luxembourg Bob (Guest) over 12 years

Why is it that the Moufti of the Republic gets a salary from the Government yet no other religious position in the country get a salary?

Default-user-icon jabal amel (Guest) over 12 years

it's amazing how this creature mix local politics with strictly religious holiday. pathetic.

you go to court if you want to.

Missing allouchi over 12 years

Good sermon.

Default-user-icon MUSTAPHA O. GHALAYINI (Guest) over 12 years

he is answering the iranian proposal.... no compromise on taef ,which means 50 pct christians and 50 pct muslims.
the iranian one is 33 pct christians, including the armenians
33 pct the shia, including the alawi
33 pct sunni including the druze.
who said the aounies are not einsteins!!!!!!!!!!!

Default-user-icon DWAIK (Guest) over 12 years

I would add: no compromise on the ingredients of hommos, fattoush and tabbouleh !

Default-user-icon Pacifier (Guest) over 12 years

Jabal habal, you dont remmember your master Hezbollah's clerics with the nice turbans that mix politics with religion ? and as always serving the zionists interests as well as the syrians and iranians, tell me how are the spies inside your disgusting militia? are they dining with sayyed hassoun in his rathole? by the way say hello to karam, i heard this israeli traitor was freed in favor for leaving Ashraf Rifi in office , your masters the FPM and Hezbollah have no principle whatsoever, forget you bunch of hypocrites working for an undefinite number of foreign agencies.