Sheikh Oraymet: My Stance from Aoun Doesn’t Reflect Dar al-Fatwa’s Viewpoint

The Secretary General of the Higher Islamic Council said Friday that his announcement about attempts by Dar al-Fatwa to file a lawsuit against the Free Patriotic Movement leader was only an expression of his personal viewpoint.

Sheikh Khaldoun Oraymet said in a statement that his remarks to Asharq al-Awsat newspaper on Thursday that Dar al-Fatwa was seeking to sue FPM chief Michel Aoun for libel and defamation was an expression of his “personal point of view and did not reflect the opinion of Dar al-Fatwa or Mufti” Sheikh Mohammed Rashid Qabbani.

Oraymet said that his remarks to the newspaper were not explained accurately.

Only Qabbani announces the stance of Dar al-Fatwa from this issue, he said, stressing his “full commitment to the instructions of the Mufti.”

Oraymet told Asharq al-Awsat that Aoun is suffering from the “Hariri complex,” and advised him to “treat himself.”

According to WikiLeaks cables, the FPM leader has said that “the Maronite-Shiite alliance is the only means to confront the local and external Sunni threat” and has dubbed Sunnis as “terrorists."