BEIRUT, Lebanon (Ahlul Bayt News Agency) - The Higher Islamic Legal Council rejected over the weekend any insults against national figures and called for closing Muslim and Lebanese ranks, as well as avoiding all incitement of strife and divisions.
A statement issued after the council convened in Dar al-Fatwa under Grand Mufti Mohammad Rashid Qabbani called for “avoiding stances that arouse the emotions of the Lebanese,” adding that this “requires the highest levels of awareness and wisdom.”
The council rejected “the policy of insulting national figures,” and called for “adhering to invariables that were approved by political leaders and that secure justice and stability.”
The statement urged the Lebanese to embrace national figures, “in order to revive the country.”
Regarding developments in Egypt, the council voiced hope that Egypt would restore its “historical leading role in the region as well as in the world,” and called for protecting peaceful protesters, as it warned against chaos and violence.
The statement called for a comprehensive national dialogue in Egypt that meets the ambitions of the Egyptian people and fulfills the hopes of the Arab and Islamic nations.
Egypt has been seeing ongoing protests since Jan.25 demanding the resignation of the country’s President Hosni Mubarak, among other things.
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