Mufti’s Son Assaulted, Al-Mustaqbal Denies Involvement
Four men have assaulted Grand Mufti Sheikh Mohammed Rashid Qabbani’s son at a restaurant in Beirut’s seafront of Raouche, the Dar al-Fatwa’s press office said.
The statement said that Sheikh Ragheb Qabbani was “beaten by “provocateurs while having lunch at a Beirut restaurant” on Wednesday. The men also cursed him and his father, it said.
Following the incident, ex-PM Saad Hariri’s Future News denied that the assailants were al-Mustaqbal movement members.
The denial came after Hizbullah’s al-Manar TV said Qabbani’s son was assaulted by Hariri’s al-Mustaqbal supporters.
Relations between the mufti and the movement deteriorated last year when Qabbani held talks with a Hizbullah delegation and Syrian Ambassador Ali Abdul Karim Ali.
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