Qabbani Appeals for Unity, Slams Politicians for Dividing the Lebanese
Grand Mufti Sheikh Mohammed Rashid Qabbani on Tuesday slammed politicians for paralyzing state institutions and causing divisions among the Lebanese, saying the people should unite before it was too late.
In his Eid al-Adha sermon at Mohammed al-Amin mosque in downtown Beirut, Qabbani said: “Only the performance of our politicians divides us as Lebanese.”
He slammed them for belonging to two camps - West and East - which he said are only after interests in our nations.
“The politicians have forgotten about their responsibilities towards the citizens … and they failed in building a real state after the Taef Accord,” he told worshipers.
Qabbani accused the country's leaders of “destroying the nation” and paralyzing the parliamentary elections due to their disputes.
They also paralyzed parliament by causing lack of quorum, he said.
The Grand Mufti accused them of hindering the formation of a new cabinet by blackmailing each other through conditions and counter-conditions imposed on Prime Minister-designate Tammam Salam.
“The slogans of consensus and hypocrisy have become the same,” he mocked.
Qabbani urged the Lebanese to unite “to avoid the fire that reached Lebanon.”
“Go back to your senses … Your strength lies in your unity,” he told the people. “You only have one enemy which is Israel.”
Qabbani also urged both Muslim and Christian Lebanese, and Arabs to thwart the new Middle East plan, which he said would divide their nations based on sectarianism and would make Israel the new colonial power.
Tuesday marks the beginning of the three-day Eid al-Adha holiday -- the Feast of Sacrifice.
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