AMAL Demo outside al-Jadeed after Channel Accused of 'Insulting' al-Sadr
Young men from AMAL Movement staged a protest outside al-Jadeed TV's building in Beirut on Monday evening after the TV network was accused of “insulting” AMAL founder Imam Moussa al-Sadr.
“AMAL Movement demonstrators hurled stones at al-Jadeed's building and tried to storm it,” the TV network reported.
LBCI television said AMAL supporters “charged against each other outside al-Jadeed TV's building after some of them tried to storm the building amid a heavy deployment by security forces.”
State-run National News Agency said “young men riding motorcycles rallied outside al-Jadeed TV's building in Wata el-Msaitbeh, chanting pro-Moussa al-Sadr slogans.”
AMAL MP Hani Qobeissi had earlier in the day accused al-Jadeed of “insulting” al-Sadr whom he described as “the first defender of Lebanon.”
“The language of mockery and disrespect showed that your $70 million contract with some remnants of the Libyan regime to print their books is more important to you than all the causes of the country and its people,” Qobeissi said in a statement.
“AMAL Movement with its martyrs, wounded, cadres and leader will not confront you, because you are too little for that,” the MP added.
Resistance Brigades gunmen had attacked al-Jadeed's building in 2012 in protest at an interview with Islamist cleric Ahmed al-Asir.
14 February 2017, 04:03
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The irony is that many of these uneducated thugs know little to nothing about Moussa Sadr. The man is dead. Everyone - get over it.
14 February 2017, 04:04
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And the happiest person was probably Komeneini since Sadr was the only one with the charisma to challenge him
14 February 2017, 05:45
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it happens in every country that a group of heretics on bikes surround and storm a TV station.
14 February 2017, 08:45
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I am the_roar: I am a regular daily poster on naharnet. I have 20 fake accounts and I live on this forum 24/7. I make fake accounts and insult people when I have no argument or debate. I am a Shia who pretends not to speak Arabic and claims to live in Australia. I know every street in Lebanon and every MP's name despite my claim that I am 3rd generation Australian and having never been to Lebanon. I tell people I am a part-time poster to give them the impression I have a life. I lie and lie and lie and think people believe me.
14 February 2017, 12:02
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I respect Mr. Mega Habib because he is a vegetarian and not a sectarian.
14 February 2017, 12:56
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could it be because you are secular or Christian like all shias on the forum?
14 February 2017, 13:21
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Very good mouwaten sectarianism is bad expect the bee2a 7adina sectarianism
14 February 2017, 13:33
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instead of trying to appear smart, what is your opinion on the article? do you condemn the actions of your heretics? It seems you don't and that is why you divert the discussion to talk about Terrorist.
14 February 2017, 15:23
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before anybody called you anything you were trolling instead of condemning this thuggish behavior.
14 February 2017, 17:17
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a few posts the mega heretic was preaching against sectarianism? lol
14 February 2017, 17:07
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All that hubbub and this article doesn't even mention what exactly al-jadeed said.
14 February 2017, 17:52
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@galaxy - of course not. No one should be liable to lose life and limb for their opinions. I was merely curious to see what is is that al jadeed said, that ticked these guys off.
