Mufti Slams FPM over Citizenship Decree, Attacks on U.N.

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Grand Mufti Sheikh Abdul Latif Daryan on Friday blasted the Free Patriotic Movement, without naming it, over its calls for returning Syrian refugees to their country and a controversial decree granting citizenship to dozens of Arabs and foreigners.

Syrian refugees “were forced, through bombardment and several years of siege, to leave the homeland in which they lived for hundreds of years. They are facing the threat of being prevented from returning and the threat of continued shelling and killing,” Daryan said in his Eid al-Fitr sermon.

Apparently referring to the FPM and its officials, the mufti added: “People among us are saying that they are fed up with those who were forced to flee to Lebanon, seeking to give the false impression that the party that displaced them now wants to return them.”

“They're claiming that what's preventing this (return) is the international community, which is offering the minimum help to these aggrieved (refugees) in anticipation of salvation from this tragic situation,” Daryan went on to say.

He added: “How can an individual or a party decide over such a dangerous issue, as if there is no longer a government with a unified policy towards the country and the world?”

Daryan lamented that this gives the impression that “every sect now has its own statelet, army and policy which it can impose on others whenever it wants.”

“The policies of discrimination and segregation have been aggravating since a while now... and there are efforts to expel these aggrieved people to the same fate that they escaped from. At the same time hundreds of people are being randomly naturalized, which reflects the presence of double standards,” the mufti added.

He pointed out that instead of “naturalization and accusations against the international community, those who have demands over shares should end their selfishness and cooperate with the premier-designate in order to finalize the cabinet line-up.”

Comments 4
Thumb ___flamethrower___ almost 6 years

Never has Lebanon seen a Future-istic Mufti who is politically inclined like this one, ever!

Thumb janoubi almost 6 years

Eid al-Fitr sermon is a religious occasion and not a political forum to launch attacks. Religious figures should stick to religion and leave politics alone. This also applies to Al Rahi who is the worst offender.

Thumb justin almost 6 years

Al Rahi is the spiritual leader of the FPM.

Missing rabiosa almost 6 years

Can someone please explain to me why we have a "mufti al joumhoria"? I mean what for? what i this purpose? Why al jamhouria, can;t he just be Mufti al sunna. Since Lebanon is a sectarian country how about we have a Bishop or cardinal of al jamhouria (or would that be Al Rai) and also a Yyed of al joumhuria (oh wait we have one already in Hassan)