Fadel Shaker Charged with Sectarian Incitement, Defamation of Army

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State Commissioner to the Military Court Judge Saqr Saqr charged on Tuesday singer-turned Salafist Fadel Shaker with sectarian incitement through Facebook, reported the National News Agency.

It added that he was also charged with defaming the army and “tarnishing the ties of Lebanon with another country.”

Saqr referred the case to First Military Examining Magistrate Riyad Abou Ghida.

Shaker had fled justice more than a year ago following bloody clashes that erupted in June 2013 in the area of Abra, between the army and supporters of Salafist fugitive cleric Sheikh Ahmed al-Asir.

Now in his mid-forties, Shaker was born to a Palestinian mother and Lebanese father in the country's biggest Palestinian refugee camp, Ain el-Hilweh.

Shaker became the best-known face of Asir's small movement of openly sectarian Sunni radicals and praised the cleric as "the lion of the Sunnis".

Judicial authorities have issued a detention order for Asir and 123 of his supporters, including Shaker, whose brother was killed in clashes with the army in Sidon in 2013.

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Comments 9
Thumb justin 17 February 2015, 12:46

It added that he was also charged with defaming the army and “tarnishing the ties of Lebanon with another country.”

for the sake of consistency, Judge Sakr should charge nassrallah of the same offenses/crimes for "tarnishing the ties of Lebanon with another country." and several countries.

Default-user-icon puppet (Guest) 17 February 2015, 14:18

I respect Mr. Shaker, Mr. Nassrallah, and Mr. Flamethrower for their artistic talent and Jihadi commitment.

Thumb ado.australia 17 February 2015, 16:32

pajamas... this guy cheered the death and unprovoked attack on the Lebanese army at a check point in Sidon! 18 LAF were murdered! you think that cheering this attack is not defamation? The LAF is not just a public institution that can be criticised... the LAF is the WATAN! The LAF is Lebanon! Attacking the LAF is attacking the fabric of what Lebanon represents! The LAF is the only non sectarian institution in Lebanon! Without the LAF there is no Lebanon! is that what you want?

Thumb ado.australia 20 February 2015, 18:26

pajama.boy... i respect an acknowledged your reply except your last sentence! why do you make it so sectarian? are the Persians attacking the LAF? The only enemy is ISIS and AL Nusra aka Al Qaida! It's not sunni or shiite but pro Lebanese and pro caliphate !

Missing helicopter 17 February 2015, 17:17

That is not the question samleb. The questions are "Do you love Bachar"? Do you think Bachar is a friend of an independent and Democratic Lebanon? Are you Qawmi? Are you HA supporter?

Missing helicopter 17 February 2015, 17:17

That is not the question samleb. The questions are "Do you love Bachar"? Do you think Bachar is a friend of an independent and Democratic Lebanon? Are you Qawmi? Are you HA supporter?

Thumb Mystic 17 February 2015, 17:28

Question is, are you loyal to Israel? Are you loyal to Saudi Arabia? Yes you are. So who cares if he supports Assad? I Support Assad for sure, rather him than Abo Bakr Baghdadi or Al Nusra that you love.

Thumb amatoury114 17 February 2015, 21:31

Mystic bisharaffak stop with the bullshit...khlousna ba2a no one is loyal to israel NO ONE!!! so stop throwing this each time you feel you have no winning argument ...Again no one is or will be loyal to israel here..i dunno about micho's entourage..remember fayez karam...why do you think a high treason act like this was pardonned?..was he gonna spill the beans? ..so please spare us....also well it might be a possibility i just don't beleive tht people are getting paid to post on thi site...i just dont ....it is thrown left and right when the other side is saying something that we don't like....

Default-user-icon Hebbo (Guest) 18 February 2015, 10:59

PJ-boy, the persians, the big evil monsters, wahaha.
Ok now, stop this childish brainwashed stupid propaganda, whether persians or ben saoudians, or americans. this is leading nowhere except maybe boosting your little ego and drowning us even more into the lost cause this country has become. Unless you are related to one of our great leaders, than I totally understand, keep people afraid and get richer and filthier...