Al-Rahi: Lebanon Must Not Be Source of Regional Instability
Maronite Patriarch Beshara al-Rahi stated on Sunday that Lebanon will not be an open ground for foreign forces to wage their wars at the country’s expense.
He said during his Sunday sermon at Bkirki: “Lebanon must not be a channel or a source of instability in the region.”
“The Lebanese and international community should exert efforts in declaring Lebanon a neutral country in order for it to continue on serving its mission and acting as a factor of peace in the Middle East,” he added.
“Through its positive neutrality, Lebanon will be able to commit to joint Arab issues and the peace process,” he explained.
“This requires the improvement of Lebanese defense capabilities and limiting the possession of arms to the official state institutions,” al-Rahi stressed.
Addressing the situation in Lebanon, he said: “Lebanon is not a unified state, but a number of statelets whose funds are being squandered by wealthy individuals at the expense of the people and their dignity.”
Interior Minister Marwan Charbel had stated recently that Lebanon will not serve as a base for terrorists.
He made his remarks in response to Defense Minister Fayez Ghosn’s claims that al-Qaida members had infiltrated Lebanon.
over 12 years
monseigneur rahi who told u that? lebanon was never a source of instability.. when war was raging in lebanon , all the region was calm, now we have a lebanese stability and all the region is cracking...
over 12 years
Gabby, shab, peace, thepatriot, aragon, allouchi, ambouchi and other late-blooming warriors, get together ASAP with Dr. Samir Bin Manfalouti al Moukhashkhash and see how you can quickly replace Al Rahi. I recommend you pick Mohammad Ali al Jouzou as the replacement. Perhaps, Cardinal Blunderer Nasrallah Sfeir can baptize al Jouzou IF NECESSARY. Bests.
over 12 years
Please your highness get rid of hassouni and his guns, then we will have long term peace in lebanon and the mid east
over 12 years
Stick to religion and spare us from your wise political comments, Did we pray for the people who are dying at the borders with Syria? leave the investigation of who killed them to the Government if it cares about its citizens.
@Theordano:I see your BP high today is it because Hassouna went outside his rat's hole on TV yesterday and threatened/undermined the state again with his rockets same as these days Iran threatening the world powers. Start thinking about another rat's hole when the South becomes a rubble again.
over 12 years
How can his Eminence al-Rai go against the explicit wishes of SHN and call for neutrality , this is mad . We are and should forever part of the Baath/Iranian axis . As SHN promised an Israeli-U.S. strike on Iran will lead to regional war and Lebanon with it's resistance, army and the people formula will be front and central in that war . Did his Beatitude al-Rai forget that the only reason we in the resistance reopened the lines of communications with Bkerkeh was because we thought he was the anti Cardinal Blunderer Sfeir . This is so disappointing , SHN was right , the Maronite are all the same that is we are against Taef it still gave them too many powers . His Excellence al-Rai should learn how to behave towards the Resistance and SHN from the magnificent GMA who he once very correctly called a Hezbollah tool .
- the still not banned Le phénicien .
over 12 years
i pray that the war rages in Syria for 100 years and they feel the misery they caused the lebanese for so many years.Praise Be To GOD!
over 12 years
How can his Eminence al-Rai go against the explicit wishes of SHN and call for neutrality , this is mad . We are and should forever part of the Baath/Iranian axis . As SHN promised an Israeli-U.S. strike on Iran will lead to regional war and Lebanon with it's resistance, army and the people formula will be front and central in that war . Did his Beatitude al-Rai forget that the only reason we in the resistance reopened the lines of communications with Bkerkeh was because we thought he was the anti Cardinal Blunderer Sfeir . This is so disappointing , SHN was right , the Maronite are all the same that is we are against Taef it still gave them too many powers . His Excellence al-Rai should learn how to behave towards the Resistance and SHN from the magnificent GMA who he once very correctly called a Hezbollah tool .
- the still not banned Le phénicien .
... declaring Lebanon a neutral country... limiting the possession of arms to the official state institutions...
coward Marounis!