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A demonstration took place after Friday prayers in front of the Jamal Abdel Nasser Mosque on the Corniche in Mazraa, and included supporters of “Hizb ut-Tahrir – the State of Lebanon”, refusing to insult the Prophet Muhammad.
A demonstration took place after Friday prayers in front of the Jamal Abdel Nasser Mosque on the Corniche in Mazraa, and included supporters of “Hizb ut-Tahrir – the State of Lebanon”, refusing to insult the Prophet Muhammad.
The protesters chanted slogans condemning France and its president, Emmanuel Macron and its former colonialism, and others calling for the application of Islamic law and the refusal to insult the Prophet Muhammad and the Islamic sanctities. And at the demonstration I raised Islamic banners and posters confirming the status of the Prophet Muhammad among Muslims, and took the upper road to the Barbier Tunnel, driven by dozens of motorcycles.
Another demonstration took the road from Ras al-Nabaa towards Barbir and joined the first demonstration in Barbir, with a marked increase in the number of participants amid chants and shouts of anger and the expansion of the army and security forces.
Protesters burned the French flag amid widespread anger in the vicinity of the French embassy.
One of the sheikhs leading the demonstration made calls through loudspeakers to adhere to discipline and conduct the demonstration in a civilized manner and avoid any contact with the security forces.
The organizers of the march announced the end of the movement in front of the Al-Senawbar Palace, but several protesters tried to remove the barbed wire and threw stones, sticks and bottles of water at the security forces.
Despite calls from the discipline group for the participants to return to the buses, the riots continued and protesters threw sticks and plastic containers at the riot police.
In addition, security forces responded by throwing tear gas canisters to disperse the protesters, and several protesters were reported to have been detained by riot control forces.
Around three in the afternoon, calm returned to the vicinity of the French embassy in Qasr Al-Senawbar, after the end of the clashes between protesters who denounced the abuses of the Prophet Muhammad and the security forces.
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