Door of Minkara-Affiliated Mosque Taken Off in Tripoli
إقرأ هذا الخبر بالعربية
Unknown assailants on Wednesday took off the door of a mosque affiliated with Sheikh Hashem Minkara in the northern city of Tripoli.
“A group of young men took off the door of al-Soufiah mosque in Tripoli,” LBCI television detailed.
The same source noted that the mosque is affiliated with Head of the pro-Syria Islamic Tawhid Movement-Command Council Sheikh Minkara.
Meanwhile, an official in the Association of Islamic Charitable Projects - also known as al-Ahbash, informed An Nahar daily on Wednesday that a Salafist armed group took over a place of worship located in Tripoli's vegetable market on Monday.
The mosque has been under al-Ahbash's control for the past 30 years, according to the official.
"The group immediately controlled the house of prayer, driving out its Imam and orator,” he said.
"Then the al-Qaida flag was flown on the mosque's minaret, and its name has been replaced with 'Ibn Taymiyyah mosque'.”
Only days earlier, attackers set ablaze Father Ibrahim Sarrouj's famed library in Tripoli.
Al-Saeh Library is considered one of the most renowned libraries in Tripoli and the second largest in Lebanon.
Sarrouj says the library contains more than 80,000 books.
08 January 2014, 18:00
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The Ahbash are sunni terroristas linked to hizballa. They r financed by them. They r like sakafists but working for the Iran.....
08 January 2014, 18:07
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now you will have ft, mowaten and the rest of the m8 idiots refusing this and asking for proofs :)
till today they still refuse to admit that hizbushaitan is behind extremist groups in Tripoli :)
08 January 2014, 18:27
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Well some facts, just for the sake of history: hachem minkara was head of tawhid in tripoli el mina, implemented charia (islamic law) there during civil war, assassinated, executed 40 leftists during one day (throwing some alive in the sea with part of there body in ciment) was sent back from syria few years ago (u know like chaker el abssi and co) tried to implement charia once again 3 years ago in the part of el mine (in fact one bloc) that he still control (an lebanese soldier was shot then).... So for takfiri style comment please march 8 guys... Spare us the bullsh....
08 January 2014, 18:29
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whatever you say guys will not change the reality: hizbushaitan and the Syrian regime are behind these sunni extremists.
they are arming them and training them.
08 January 2014, 18:38
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Did the US armed and formed ben laden?... Enno what's the point in ur logic? Syrian regime played all the games possible in lebanon, backing kate2eb/ahrar and co, then backing harakeh cha3biyeh, splitting lebanese and palestinian parties... Man do u think that all are fairplay?
Man... Choupachups?
08 January 2014, 21:47
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Geha, mi amigo, I'm not writing for the people u r mentionning, I write 4 naharnet's readers who never comment, the silent majority. they deserve the truth, Ahbash r working 4 hizballa.
09 January 2014, 13:02
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@FT : you are as naive as Hezbollah's sheep... When reality will hit you in the face, I hope the shock will not be too hard because the illusion you live in will crumble all over you and your sheep brothers and sisters...
08 January 2014, 18:14
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Anyway whateever you guys say...I can see retarded people to which, we Christian, have nothing in common. Partition is the only answer. Go and kill yourselves while we are studying science and pushing humanity forward
08 January 2014, 18:34
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geha
I am having a problem figuring out why a pro syrian cheikh will be harassed by a pro syrian regime.
Explain please
08 January 2014, 18:59
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Well most of iraqui el quaidi entered by iraq by syria at a time we couldn't distribut flyers in our university without being taken by moukhabaret.. What does it tells u?
Chaker el abssi?... Man please get real..
08 January 2014, 22:34
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especially aoun warned about that and of course FPMers and M8 forgot about what he said...
he said the day syria would leave they would leave behind their SR and they would send islamist groups into lebanon to destabilize it...
then a year after we had nahr el bared.. now tripoli unrest....
but i guess aoun was a liar....
08 January 2014, 18:46
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imagine
well geha stated above that the Syrian regime and HA are behind the extremists. My question is why would they attack the mosque of a pro Syrian cleric?
08 January 2014, 18:54
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During the 80s saddam hussein did blow a mosq in baghdad to make american look bad.. And much more exemple exist....
08 January 2014, 18:56
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They are trying to weaken hariri and co, but don't know what would be the conscequences... They bind with takfiri like minkara who is armed by the way and still find hariri, alouch, fatfat, chateh takfiri...
Go figure..
08 January 2014, 18:53
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First it will be hard for al qaida to take this street, "thank god" tripoli is not kandahar yet but by making all march 14 components looks like takfiri, wich is not the case:man just look at them, simple look (and if they keep on doing concesions) they wont hv much influence on the sunis anymore and then u and we all will hv extremist all over.. Don't u think?
Ok u get ur plus one don't get mad bro.. But please keep some logic
And by the way again: few 6-7 years ago (not in the 80s) minkara tried to implement fharia again (no unveilled women on the street..)and a lebanese soldier did get shot.. But also no big del all march 14th fault..
08 January 2014, 18:57
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hummm
I don't know but who ever attacked this mosque is an example of the tit for tat between pro Syrian regime and anti Syrian regime
The battlefield is Lebanon unfortunately
08 January 2014, 19:02
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Well now that the door has been pulled, minkara has a new reason to hv more security (he alreaddy has a housse with armed man in front of this mosque and some of hos men spend the night garding with coffe man if front of this mosque) i wonder how this door was taken that easely, especially that this mosque and the land besides it should have been searched for years n
08 January 2014, 19:04
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especially that this mosque and the land besides it should have been searched for years now for arms and buried bodies but that was never the case bc of some "divine" protection...
08 January 2014, 19:56
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Nope not slach but u get ur plus one for the effort roar... :) chill
08 January 2014, 20:17
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U are so smart roar... So, so smart... But no not slash just me...
Don't get frustrated, chupachups?
08 January 2014, 19:13
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Again brainless Geha blames hezbollah...
You guys are too predictable.
08 January 2014, 19:14
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a cleric with armed people at his house. And he is a religious figure... only in Lebanon
08 January 2014, 20:10
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They took a door!!? Is this a political message? you crack me up guys.
08 January 2014, 22:30
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don't worry imagine: the strategy of M8 is to picture the north and akkar as a salafi region financed by M14 to make M14 look like salafis now. it would not be surprising if hezbollah, like in syria take this pretext to take over the north with the help of syrians to pretend "protecting " lebanon from al qaeda....
just wait and see....
09 January 2014, 08:08
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The Ahbash are commonly not thought of as Sunnis. They re fairly divergent and radical, hence their association to a dictator and terrorist militia.
