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Lebanese youth marched in the northern city of Tripoli on Saturday to protest an attack on a muezzin in an Egyptian mosque.
The official Lebanese news agency said several (unspecified) youths blocked roads leading to Tripoli’s Abdel Hamid Karami Square with burning tires, protesting an attack that targeted the mosque’s muezzin on Friday. of Sultan Ibrahim bin Adham in Jbeil, north of Beirut.
The agency added that the protests took place “amid the deployment of the army and internal security forces around the square, as traffic was diverted to secondary roads.”
🛑 The attack on an imam and a mosque in the Byblos region, on Mount Lebanon, ignited a wave of condemnation and fears of repercussions from the crisis
– مسك (@miskalakhbar) November 14, 2020
As reported by the Lebanese media, a group of people mocked the call to prayer and recited the Quran and then entered the mosque to attack the muezzin, beating him and insulting him.
The “LBC” satellite website stated that “the accused was the imam of the Byblos mosque who surrendered to the security forces.”
Several Lebanese news websites, including the Al-Lewa newspaper, quoted the Mufti of the Jbeil region, Sheikh Ghassan Al-Luqais, as saying that “a group of youths attacked the mosque of Sultan Ibrahim bin Adham, after they entered and they beat their muezzin “.
Lakkis added: “We do not fear that the hand of sedition will extend from France to our city of Byblos and then to Lebanon.”
Although the statements denounced by politicians, parties and religious scholars, the Lebanese army announced, in a statement, the arrest of a person in the city of Byblos after “an individual problem with the muezzin of the mosque.”
A patrol of the Intelligence Directorate in the city of Jbeil, called (EM), detained him after an individual problem occurred between him and (MB), the servant of the Egyptian government’s Sultan Abdul Majid Bin Adham Mosque, who it turned into a clash of hands and resulted in the latter being injured. The detainee was handed over to the Internal Security Forces investigating https://t.co/8uM8XyRf1K
– The Lebanese Army (@LebarmyOfficial) November 14, 2020
The statement read: “A patrol from the Intelligence Directorate in the city of Jbeil detained the called (EM), after a singular problem occurred between him and (MB) the muezzin of the government’s Sultan Abdul Majid Bin Adham Mosque Egyptian, which turned into a clash of hands and resulted in the latter being injured. “
The statement added that the detainee was referred “to the internal security forces that are investigating, based on the reference of the competent judicial branch.”
As a result, Saad Hariri, the president in charge of forming the government, commented, through his Twitter account, saying: “We have confidence in the judiciary after the main accused was taken into the custody of the security forces, and our greatest confidence in our people is in Jbeil, the city of one alive and of national unity. “
Our confidence in the judiciary after he became the main suspect in the custody of the security forces, and our greatest confidence in our people is in Jbeil, the city of one life and national unity.
– Saad Hariri (@saadhariri) November 14, 2020
The aforementioned mosque is one of the ancient mosques in Lebanon, which were built during the era of the Ottoman Empire, and was named after Imam Ibrahim bin Adham, one of the scholars of the Sunnis and the community.
Following the incident, the “Lebanese Forces” party (headed by Samir Geagea) issued a statement in which it said: “We are absolutely against any aggression, so what if it is against places of worship?”
But the statement made clear that he is “against altering an individual incident from your circumstances and giving it a dimension of the many dimensions that are not appropriate.”
For his part, the head of the Free Patriotic Movement, Gebran Bassil, said in a tweet on Twitter, commenting on the incident: “The mosque is like the church, the house of God, and any assault against them is a stab at convergence. from Lebanon, any condemnation for what the Imam Ibrahim bin Adham mosque in Jbeil was subjected ”.
The mosque is like the church, the house of God, and any attack against them is a stab at converging Lebanon. All condemnation when Imam Ibrahim bin Adham’s mosque was exposed to it in Jbeil, the city of openness and common life that broke down all temptations throughout its history.
– Gebran Bassil (@Gebran_Bassil) November 14, 2020
Dar Al Fatwa’s media office stated in a statement that “The Mufti of the Lebanese Republic Sheikh Abd al-Latif Derian is following what has been published through some media and social networking sites about the news of the attack. to the Jbeil mosque by some of the young people who have been beaten to the death. ” Mufti Derian asked the relevant agencies. The state investigates what happened to build on what is required. “
“The city of Jbeil, cradle of civilizations, communication, intimacy, love and brotherhood between religions, Jbeil is the true model of coexistence among all its components. Enough of exaggerations, discrimination and hatred,” wrote Ziad Al-Hawat on Twitter.
We do not and will not allow auctions.
Byblos is the cradle of civilizations, communication, intimacy, love and brotherhood between religions.
Byblos is the true model of coexistence between all its components.
Stop inflating, discriminating and hating.– Ziad Hawat (@ziad_hawat) November 13, 2020
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