Phalange Warns against Repeating Antonine Incident in Other Universities
The Phalange Party on Monday condemned a recent incident at the Antonine University, where 37 students performed Muslim prayer outside the administration’s offices in protest at its refusal to provide them with a private prayer room.
In a statement issued after its weekly meeting the party’s politburo condemned “what happened on the campus of the Antonine University, when a number of students of well-known affiliation violated the institution’s bylaws,” warning against “repeating this approach in universities affiliated with Christian religious foundations, especially after the surfacing of attempts to perform similar steps in other universities.”
The political bureau also lauded “the Antonine University’s decision and measures taken against the violators,” saying it tackled the incident in a “wise manner.”
Addressing the recent busting of an extremist Islamist cell plotting attacks against the army, the Phalange Party urged the government “not to waver in its pursuing of the Takfiri cell.”
The party also slammed the parliament’s approval of a law slashing prison year from 12 to nine months, saying it was influenced by “riots in Roumieh prison, the sit-in of the prisoners’ relatives outside it, and after a number of prison guards were taken hostage.”
The politburo reiterated the objections voiced by the party’s MPs during the session, expressing concerns over the security situation in the country.
Source: Naharnet
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