Suleiman Calls for Action over Virgin Mary Statue Kiss Photo
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President Michel Suleiman called on Friday for “appropriate measures” to be taken against a user who has posted a Facebook cover photo of himself kissing the statue of Virgin Mary.
A Baabda palace statement said Suleiman called for certain “procedures and appropriate measures” against Ali Itawi.
It did not mention whether the president was inviting for judicial action.
Itawi had written in one of his posts that virgin Mary “was no longer a virgin” after the kiss.
He first posted the photo in 2011 but he put it back as a cover photo a few months ago, causing a stir on social networking sites.
His facebook page was inaccessible on Friday.
14 February 2014, 14:44
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Take a break dude.
Am a christian too and praise the humor and guts. (No to symbolize).
Is your faith, so weak that it can be shaken that easily?
14 February 2014, 14:52
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Nothing else to occupy our president? maybe car bombs? Kidnappings? Fact that we have no government for the last year or so? Syria? the fact that he might be the last president?
dissfunctional parliament? and and and??? Walla neyolo ma afda bello..
We are fed up ya game3a!!
14 February 2014, 14:52
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Ok, now imagine someone kissing the
Photo or statue of Mohammad?... ..or drawing a cartoon
14 February 2014, 15:38
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Guys we live in one nation as a big family of four million. This guys is like a stupid second cousin we all have. May God forgive his actions, because this is insulting to all Lebanese. Maybe one day we would call ourselves Lebanese instead of referring to our religion first. That is a dream we all have.
14 February 2014, 15:39
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Guys we live in one nation as a big family of four million. This guys is like a stupid second cousin we all have. May God forgive his actions, because this is insulting to all Lebanese. Maybe one day we would call ourselves Lebanese instead of referring to our religion first. That is a dream we all have.
14 February 2014, 15:57
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For all the people saying "Muslims believe in the Virgin Mary as much as Christians," where are all the outraged Muslims now??
They destroyed entire neighborhoods and torched people's properties because of the Danish cartoons and that stupid movie... where are they now?!
14 February 2014, 17:00
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Our lady works in miraculous ways. Sleep well Ali, while you can.
14 February 2014, 17:29
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it is just a statue made by men, nothing holy in it , so where is the big deal? now if people revere and sacralize statues then it is another thing LOL
he just want to provoke people and people fall for it... his goal is reached!
when one is religious it is between him and god. God will judge this man if he needs to be judged.
this is where all the problems come from = when men think they know what God thinks and judge in his place!
14 February 2014, 19:28
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FT how do you feel when you vote for yourself? Does it give you real satisfaction, and do you have converstations with those different personas? I bet you start arguing with them.... lol, you have about 15 different nicks where you vote your idiotic comments up. Its ok I understand I doubt anyone else would vote you up other than your sidekicks and they are about 4 or 5?
14 February 2014, 17:54
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familyguy.
relax. phoenix is talking about islamists. not about moslems. If you dont know the difference, check out a dictionary.
Phoenix like everyone else knows full well that the Virgin Mary is an emblematic figure in the moslem religion.
Your wrath would be better placed on those islamists killing people over stupid cartoons of the prophet than on an misunderstood comment by phoenix.
14 February 2014, 18:39
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itawi is clearly a stupid idiot, not representative of the shia community or the sunni ones.
islam has only respect for the virgin Mary, and what this idiot is doing is only what aoun and hizbushaitan have been doing for a few years against the sunni community: sectarian strife and filth.
the best way to handle this is by ignoring it.
14 February 2014, 20:12
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How is it disrespecting religion? I know of no Christian law that bans kissing a statue.
By calling for his arrest, you are no better than the islamists who attacked the Danish embassy and destroyed Lurpack butter in 2006.
14 February 2014, 20:26
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Arrest this idiot or hit him at the purse, it's often more painful...
Is there no law against offenses to people's faith ?
15 February 2014, 01:54
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I believe the reaction to phoenix1's comment are grossly unfair and I join my voice to his in condemning Satanist Islamic Radicals.
15 February 2014, 02:51
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I think one look at any of my other posts will make you realize your error, but I cannot be mad at the smiling face of Okab Sakr.
15 February 2014, 16:48
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Dear Gabby14,
I would put it differently... "Forgive them because they now exactly what they are doing".
