Al-Asir Supporters Hold Sit-In amid Heavy Security Deployment
The army deployed heavily on Friday in Abra in the southern city of Sidon as controversial Salafist cleric Sheikh Ahmed al-Asir and his supporters rallied after Friday's Muslim prayers to protest claims that Hizbullah rented apartments in the vicinity of his mosque in the town.
Al-Asir called on his supporters after the prayers to protest in the premises set by the security forces, urging them not to confront them.
Despite a decision taken by the Sub-Security Council of the South that al-Asir's protest should remain within the premises of Bilal bin Rabah's mosque, the Salafist cleric and his supporters went ahead with what he called a “peaceful” protest.
LBCI reported that the town of Abra was declared a military zone, saying that special permits need to be granted to anyone who wants to enter the town.
The protest ended calmly after al-Asir called on his supporters to head peacefully to the two apartments claimed to be owned by Hizbullah until the army detains the residents, the channel added.
Interior Minister Marwan Charbel told reporters after an extraordinary meeting for the Central Security Council that al-Asir was informed that it is forbidden to shake the security situation.
“We are living in a difficult security situation which has repercussions all over Lebanon,” Charbel pointed out.
The minister criticized the Salafist cleric saying that security forces will “deal with the appropriate measures with al-Asir and anyone else in Sidon who carries arms.”
Former head of Sidon's municipality Abdulrahman al-Bizri said in comments to Voice of Lebanon radio (100.5) that schools in Abra suspended classes over security fears.
Last week, the anti-Hizbullah Salafist cleric urged officials and authorities to force the evacuation of the apartments to avert a possible “strife or any dangerous incident.”
He claimed that “the mosque's neighbors, and we're among them, noticed some rented apartments that are inhabited by young men who are not residents of the area.”
Al-Bizri demanded in his comments to VDL officials to take a firm political stance to end the tension in the city.
“If the government is incapable of carrying out its duties it should step down... (Prime Minister Najib) Miqati's cabinet is unable to protect Sidon,” al-Bizri added.
For his part, Popular Nasserite Organization head Osama Saad called for calm in the city of Sidon and for relying on the security forces to resolve any provocative acts.
Saad called on figures in the city to lift the political cover off any person who carries out provocative acts in it.
Al-Liwaa newspaper reported that al-Asir wrote his will and revealed that he intends to “become a martyr to defend Sidon's dignity and its residents.”
Hizbullah chief Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah warned during a televised speech on Wednesday that “some parties are pushing Lebanon in a very rapid manner to sectarian strife and working on that night and day and all the facts verify this issue.”
He pointed out that some statements and remarks by some Sunni MPs and clerics are taking a very provocative and seditious course.
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uffff..min ween ija hal zalame ..3ama..yendab shway...3a shu kill hal balbale ...yallla alla yestur shu badu eseer..they put him up to this and now they cant control his actions....they gave hi weapons and money he will never dream off ...
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This is pure filth at its best ,what missing is Hassan next to him ,they would make a good gay couple.
11 years
why are hizbustan thugs renting those apartments? iran will do to you what hitler did with the germans, in few years you will find yourself at odds with millions of syrian sunis many of whom are already in lebanon, do we really need a war to destroy your arrogance? thank god there are wise men like sub7i tfaili. Wake up and smell the coffee, you cant win this war.
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Move to Yemen ..
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saida is not just sunni but just like tripoli that some M8ers here call a salafi city...
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Why are you lying said a isn't 35 percent Shia, the Shia presence was mainly in the Hara. Our problem is not specifically with the common Shia but with there misguided leadership wh is calling on there followers t there wajib jihadi. How come it's halal on the Shia and all you parrots t support bashar and it's haram on us Sunni Muslims to support our brothers and sisters in Syria
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Why should hezb iblees be allowed to put up it's banners in saidi. The majority of the residents don't want these and let hezb Iran know that if the rest of Lebanon will stay silent on hezb Iran crimes, that there is a voice in saida that was unheard to many of you before and now all of Lebanon knows his name. What is shameful, is those so called Sunnis who say he is causing division and strife. Well look at the facts on the ground. Hezb Iran is the aggressor and got themselves involved right from the beginning and keeps lying about it. The truth will come out one day. I'm pretty sure that anyone who has sharaf in lebanon cannot deny these facts. Lebanese are the first ones to know how it feels to be oppressed by syrian regime. Did we forget there crimes all over Lebanon.
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wtf it took over an hour to get to work yyy do we really need this over all the other s*&&^% wer going thru allah yostor
11 years
wahaby confronting a farsi on lebanese land..dont give him more volume than he deserves assir is a wahaby working against hassoun el farsi thats all.
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assir or nasallah are both the same men: one a sunni extremist the other a shia extremist...
so those aounists who throw the blame on assir and their followers better realize they are no better by allying with the shia islamists and thus stop lecturing others...
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just like nasrallah....
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I wish you can define extremists for me
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FT... your lack of analysis show how much you are brainwashed by FPM and hezbis... just take a little distance and you ll see the 12 year old boy is you....
already forgotten FPM used to call hezbis terrorists? LOL....
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If Shiaas continue to support Hizbollah and it's hegemoney on Lebanon, then let there be a Sunni and a Shii conflict. It is Hizbolla's action that has created Asir and the likes of him. It is Nasrallah who is asking for bloodshed and not the other side. However, the other side is fed up with hizboIran and it's hegemony on the country. No one should be surprised if thigs escalate. I blame HizboIran for the rise of Salafis in Lebanon.
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Al-Liwaa newspaper reported that al-Asir wrote his will and revealed that he intends to “become a martyr to defend Sidon's dignity and its residents.”
Then why the big deal? someone make a make a martyr out of him so we can get on with our lives.
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assir el wahaby and hassoun el farsi on lebanese soil, nomore then that.
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Bravo to you as well you Israel spy. Stop making baseless accusations. I can do the same to you but your just speculating yet you don't have any proof. The sheikh is speaking what many Lebanese do not have the balls to do so. I bet you don't even know what him and his supporters are complaining of. They want to rid Lebanon of the Persian occupation. They want a Lebanon for all the Lebanese. Nobody is happy with the way hezb Iran is running the country. Like it's the wild wild west. Everyday kidnappings, drug dealing, assassination attempts, destroying the economy. Hezb shaytan is basically ruining Lebanon and then they we say we fought Israel and we suffered. Your a bunch of liars you made a deal with them just like bashars father did in the golan heights. Your rabbi Hasoona is nothing but an Iranian stooge that is going the garbage of history
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Flamethrower so what religion is based on lying and fooling people. First of all you don't believe in our Quran claiming that is was corrupted, you make your Shia rabbis as they are saints and infallible , and even to the point were the imam to you has a higher status than a prophet does, you have no problem with your daughters getting married in mutah, whiter it be 1 hour or 1 day or with two men or three men, and all of this under the disguise of your so called religion, thinking that these acts bring you closer to god. Look how you let your children beat themselves and cut each other with sharp objects. Your mullahs in Iran said it's ok for a man to become a women and vice versa. And it's permissible to have intercourse with animals. Some may think I'm. Making this up. I challenge any of you, this all in there books so don't let them fool you.
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I am sorry but I just cannot resist the urge to be an asshole and think of my following joke as hilarious:
- This guy could save a lot in Kleenex money, as he can blow his nose in his beard whenever he wants to. HA HA HA
This guy is a clown.
For the M14 camp who might think I am with the other side: Nasrallah could do the same for all I care, but his beard is not disgusting as this guy's is.
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Honey buns, I am an atheist... The baba can do whatever he pleases with his beard.
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I love your comment dude..
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This guy is a terrorist; absolutely agreed.
And the Baath party represented by Bashar are not?
I don't want to debate the fact that the Syrian revolution has been hijacked by terrorists like Nusra et al (which is extremely sad).
But seriously, don't you think you are loving a terrorist as well?
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Round them up & return to sender meaning ( YEMEN)
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Al Kafi , samy , and all other please chill out guys have a drink [beer , scotch , vodka , ....]
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بهيم
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this forum is turning more sectarian. quite annoying as opposed to a couple of months ago. are the moderators sleeping?
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i do not understand ,why are we all giving him so much of our time??if all lebanese ignore him ,he will fade away,as long as the media are chasing him around he will keep screaming his head off.
the difference between him and nassrallah is minimal ,both are thugs,one with weapon and one without.
guys this is my own opinion and i am not trying to force it on anyone.
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iranian/syrians pupppets vs saudi/american/israeli pupppets. There is an intense will to start this real conflict in Lebanon or Iraq. This lowlife Maliki has said it because he has been told so by his previous american masters and his new iranian masters. Haram both country dont deserve more suffering but i see Irak much more a candidate for that then Lebanon. All that can happen in Lebanon will be small street fights between Sunni/alawite, and fighting in Sunni/chiite side by side villages. Christians and druze are in the middle of the storm but as long as they are playing both sides , no war will start. Sunnites and chiites will not be able to wage a full war when christian and druze neighboorhoods are not in the fight. lets hope it stays this way
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But irak on another hand, is far more problematic because the only two biggest sects are sunnite/chiite, and it already begun a long time ago on a smaller scale.
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They should kill these infidels, only muslims are shia muslims, Rest of these clowns are infidels
one mad sayed creates one mad sheikh... God help us all