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| Tripoli Ulemas Accuse Assad of Blasts, Demand Popular Committees to Help Control Security |
| 2013-08-25 |
| [An Nahar] Tripoli ...a confusing city, one end of which is located in Lebanon and the other end of which is the capital of Libya. Its chief distinction is being mentioned in the Marine Hymn... Salafist holy man Sheikh Salem al-Rafei accused on Saturday the Syrian regime of carrying out the blasts that rocked Ruwais neighborhood in Beirut's southern suburbs and the northern city of Tripoli, pointing out that if the state can't protect the city then the residents will. "We are the victims of the Syrian terrorism. We are not takfir ...an adherent of takfir wal hijra, an offshoot of Salafism that regards everybody who doesn't agree with them as apostates who most be killed... is," al-Rafei told reports after a meeting for the Committee of Mohammedan Ulemas. He lashed out at the government, saying: "if the government is incapable of acting responsible then it should leave." On Friday, powerful boom-mobiles went kaboom!outside two Sunni mosques in Tripoli, killing at least 45 people and wounding hundreds. The first bomb struck in the city center at the al-Salam mosque as worshipers were still inside. The second kaboom struck just minutes later outside al-Taqwa mosque, about two kilometers away, near the port. Al-Rafei called on Hizbullah to stop helping the regime of Syrian president Bashir al-Assad and to withdraw from the neighboring country. "Let us kick-start a new beginning," he urged Hizbullah chief His Eminence Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah The satrap of the Medes and the Persians in Leb... A statement issued after the committee's meeting called for the formation of organized popular committees to help control the security situation in the northern city of Tripoli. "Hizbullah should withdraw from Syria immediately," the Ulemas added. In a broadcast speech he gave at a ceremony marking the end of the July 2006 war, Hizbullah chief Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah explained that his combat in Syria is against Takfiri ...an adherent of takfir wal hijra, an offshoot of Salafism that regards everybody who doesn't agree with them as apostates who most be killed... s, vowing that he is "ready to personally go fight in Syria if necessary." The Ulemas called on the security agencies to demolish the hotspots in the northern city that support the Assad regime and to detain those who are responsible for the blasts across the country. |
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