Hizbullah Delegation Meets Qabbani: Ties with Mufti Constantly Evolving
Grand Mufti Sheikh Mohammed Rashid Qabbani held talks on Monday with a delegation from Hizbullah that condemned the recent assault against the cleric.
Sheikh Abdul Majid Ammar of Hizbullah said after the talks: “Ties with the Mufti are constantly evolving.”
“Our visit was aimed at checking on the well-being of the Mufti in light of assault and we relayed to him the regards of Hizbullah chief Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah,” he continued.
“The assault against the cleric does not reflect the morals and values of the sect he represents,” he added, while slamming political rhetoric “that is aimed at creating strife.”
Asked by reporters if the incitement against Qabbani stems from his ties with Hizbullah, Ammar replied: “Our relations with the Mufti are constantly evolving despite all attempts to tarnish them.”
The ties will remain based on common values “and therefore all attempts to harm this relationship will fail”, he remarked.
Qabbani on December 29 attended the funeral of Mohammed Chaar, a youth killed during the December 27 Starco blast in downtown Beirut.
Mourners at the funeral were angered by his arrival and began chanting slogans against him, prompting members of the Internal Security Forces Intelligence Bureau's Strike Force to escort him out of the al-Khasheqji Mosque where the funeral was being held.
Qabbani considered that the protesters were seeking to “kill him” upon his arrival at the premises.
The Mufti's ties with al-Mustaqbal deteriorated last year when he met with a delegation from Hizbullah the same day the Special Tribunal for Lebanon indicted four party members in former Premier Rafik Hariri's February 2005 assassination.
Relations between the two sides were also shaken when the Mufti met with Syrian Ambassador Ali Abdul Karim Ali, whom al-Mustaqbal and the March 14 opposition alliance have on several occasions said should be expelled.
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