Al-Rahi Reiterates Rejection of Non-State Arms, Urges End to 'Subordination' to Foreign Powers
إقرأ هذا الخبر بالعربية
Maronite Patriarch Beshara al-Rahi on Sunday reiterated his rejection of weapons in the hands of non-state actors and called on Lebanese parties to end their “subordination” to foreign powers.
“Lebanon needs new leaders and politicians and it needs the voice of the youth so that it can open a new chapter in its history,” al-Rahi said during a mass in Harissa.
The patriarch again called for drafting a new social contract based on the 1943 National Pact, an unwritten agreement that laid the foundation of Lebanon as a multi-confessional state.
He stressed that Lebanon must not be a subordinate to any foreign state.
Addressing the young generation, al-Rahi added: “Lebanon needs your voice and support for the armed forces, as any weapons outside this framework are illegitimate and would breed other illegitimate arms, which would lead to the law of the jungle.”
14 July 2013, 16:56
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May the Lord Bless you Batrakna for speaking the absolute truth and nothing but the truth. All Non-State and all Non-Shia Only "Islamic" secular resistance arms should be rejected as they undermine the state and its institutions. They are the only weapons that can defend our beloved country, the Holy Land of The Cedars. Illegitimate weapons tend to have "rabbit" like breeding habits in the sense they breed more illegitimate weapons which in turn breed yet more illegitimate weapons. That cycle has to stop, and NOW may I add. Our youth, yes…. we need a breath of fresh air to be injected into our stale political, judicial, and military institutions. The commentators on this site represent just a "sample" of the youth you are talking about … your Eminence. I still believe in the future of this country contrary to many sceptics.
14 July 2013, 17:41
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wolf.
RFT is using a literary genre called "satire". He can choose to be sarcastic about whomever he chooses. He chose as a target the HA-Syria-Iranian axis because this axis have reached summums of hypocrisy with their ridiculous scare tactics related to takfiris, cannibals, zionists.
HA's tool is the gun. this is how he silences his opposition, chiite or otherwizie.
RFT's tool is the pen (or the keyboard)....
14 July 2013, 18:42
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during taef the shia asked for the third, but sunnis refused and backed the Christians insisting on Christians to have half.
this patriarch is playing with fire because shia still ask for the third, and if discussions are to be opened now under the threat of hizbushaitan weapons, they will most probably get the third.
is that what this patriarch want?
14 July 2013, 19:12
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Oh I do realize a major war is going to happen in the region, and said it months ago.
but let us look into the reasons for such a war: isn't the main reason the accumulation of weapons by hizbushaitan?
or isn't iran building nuclear weapons? for what?
isn't iran threatenng the whole sunni countries? didn't the head of the revolutionary guard say plainly that the gulf belongs to them?
aren't they trying by every means possible to make a shia territory from Pakistan to Lebanon?
in light of the above : do you expect powers to remain neutral?
14 July 2013, 20:22
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Geha. Why did u say that the patriarch is playing with fire?- he is against weapons with non state actors!
However You did put your finger on the issue, Chiites do want a third, and I think this is the reason behind their weapons. They pay lip service to GMA, but are lying, they aim to get a third, and marginalize christians even more.
14 July 2013, 22:42
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This is exactly why I think that general Aoun is a traitor to the Christians and to Lebanon supporting Hizbullah and allowing them to create hizbustan in Lebanon.
14 July 2013, 20:39
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al-resistance struck a raw nerve ya roar ?
This website is bilingual by the way. You can read it in english or arabic...
14 July 2013, 23:13
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Too bad no politician is unemployed considering the unemployment rate of 34 percent. When will Lebanese rise above the walls that the politicians are building between us and start thinking about the future of their country? Lebanon is the land of missed opportunities. Lighten up people on both sides and think for yourselves for once.
15 July 2013, 01:30
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His Holiness al rahi seems to be quite busy meddling in political affairs.... can he put his lost lamb {or sheep shall I say} back on track?
15 July 2013, 16:06
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what he posted is:
we do not want an army in Lebanon but the army of Hussein?
do you agree with that?
by the way these are common chants in hizbushaitan dominated areas.
