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Friendship and violence are rejected
However, the mayor of Jbeil, Wissam Zaarour, explained in a statement to Al-Modon the truth of the accident, regretting the way it was exaggerated, especially in this delicate stage the world is going through. Which can lead to the outbreak of a sedition that nobody wants, with the Byblos people at the forefront.
Zaarour indicated that the accident did not occur on Friday, but on the last Tuesday. But it became common on Friday after the attackers were arrested. Contrary to the scenario, Zaarour said the incident is “individual, casual and has no religious dimensions. The young men who attacked the mosque keeper bring them friendship with him. They always sit with him in the mosque courtyard. On Tuesday, my words collapsed between the young men and the caretaker who rushed into the mosque, so they caught up with him and beat him. ” “.
Zaarour emphasized that Jbeil rejects this occasional individual problem that can occur among children of the same religion. It is “originally rejected by the people of the city, distinguished by its coexistence, and embodies a tourist meeting point for Lebanese from different regions and sects.” He called on the security services to complete their investigations and to prevent any similar attacks that could threaten civil peace.
No connection to France and the Tripoli protest
Yesterday Friday, a patrol from the Directorate of Military Intelligence arrested two of the attackers against the patron of the mosque, “MK” and EM.
What he raised to al-Rabia in the way the news spread on social media, and the sectarian and incendiary posts that accompanied it, is that some have put it in the context of the violent events taking place in France. And there are those who saw the incident as an attempt to reproduce what is happening in France, or as an attempt to respond to the extremists attacking the churches there!
However, the problem was compounded by the fact that protesters against the incident deliberately blocked the road in Al-Nour Square in Tripoli. The tires were set on fire overnight until the morning of Saturday, November 14, and the protesters demanded that the security services arrest the perpetrators and hold them accountable.
A complaint and complaint party
The Maronite Archdiocese of Jbeil expressed its condemnation of what happened in front of the mosque, highlighting that “Byblos will continue to be the city of coexistence that has not been shaken in the darkest days of the unfavorable Lebanese war.” Archbishop Michel Aoun, pastor of the diocese, emphasized with the Muslim authorities in Jbeil, “preserving the unity of the people of the city.” The diocese concluded its statement: “God protects us from the evil of sedition and inspired us with wisdom and conscience.”
The Mufti of the Lebanese Republic, Sheikh Abd al-Latif Derian, said in a statement that he was following the attack on the Jbeil mosque by some youths who were beaten to the point of the muezzin. The Mount Lebanon Endowments Department released a statement saying it was following the matter with the relevant security authorities and filing a complaint with the status of personal prosecution against the attackers. Sheikh Ghassan Lakiss said: “The assailants are in the custody of the commander of the Jbeil platoon, Major Carlos Hamati. We condemn this attack and reject it.”
He reiterated the denunciations that exploit each incident to emerge from Mufti Jaafari, Ahmad Kabalan, who warned against “intelligence, party and tactical play on sensitive issues that would push the country into the unknown.”
Sayyed Ali Fadlallah condemned the attack, especially in “the city of Byblos, which represented and continues to be a model of coexistence and convergence of religions and sects.”
Politicians visited
Gibran Bassil issued denouncing positions, who said that “the mosque is like the church, the house of God, and any attack against them is a stab at the convergence of Lebanon.” Saad Hariri said: “Byblos is an ancient city whose position is distinguished by moderation, openness and coexistence.” And Naguib Mikati contacted religious and security authorities to follow up on the case, stressing “the need to surround the tails of the attack with a joint Christian-Islamic position.” The Lebanese Forces Party participated in the media fanfare, declaring: “The adherence of the forces to the respect of the Lebanese sects among themselves and the degree of adherence to coexistence.” The head of the Maronite General Council, former Minister Wadih al-Khazen, called the Mufti of the Republic, Sheikh Abd al-Latif Derian, denouncing the incident.
Faisal Karami said: “The attack on the mosque is a malicious act carried out by Motoron and is aimed at invoking a nasty sedition.”
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