Qabalan addresses Christians, says Shiites won't be 'dragged into strife'

Grand Jaafarite Mufti Sheikh Ahmed Qabalan on Thursday described Hezbollah member Ahmed Qassas, who was killed in the Kahale clash, as “the martyr of the entire country and one of the country’s protectors.”

“He joined the numerous martyrs who protected entire Lebanon and not only a sect. We will not accept that his blood be part of the strife of the demons and we won’t be dragged into the strife that the Americans and Zionists want to ignite,” Qabalan added, in remarks to al-Manar TV.

In an earlier message addressed to “the national and spiritual Christian leaders,” Qabalan had warned that “international intelligence agencies are practicing their malicious game, stoking the controlled media and plotting bloodshed and destruction.”

“Some are pushing the country to an insane strife and working against the Christian and Islamic interests,” he warned.

“Our civil peace is the highest duty… and Lebanon without a resistance would be ruins and a swamp of cemeteries and occupation,” Qabalan added.