Al-Rahi: Dereliction of Responsibilities Forcing Citizens to Forget Loyalty to Nation
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Maronite Patriarch Beshara al-Rahi lamented on Sunday that the dereliction of the state’s duties and the sectarianism of some politicians are forcing citizens to forget their loyalty to the nation.
“The church is about loyalty to the nation and not the sect,” al-Rahi said in his sermon during the inauguration of the Lady of Assumption church in Bkirki after the end of renovation work.
“But the dereliction of the state’s duties on one side and the sectarian practices of politicians on the other are forcing the citizen to be loyal to his confession rather than the nation,” he said.
Al-Rahi added that such a fact has put sects in a race to appeal to nationals through their services as if they are the state.
“The church reflects plurality that requires a balanced partnership at the level of the management without forgetting anyone and without giving privileges to anyone,” he said.
According to al-Rahi, Lebanon in the East is an example of coexistence on equal terms. As for the West, Lebanon is an example that Islam is a religion of peace, he said.
18 December 2011, 16:56
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I will admit; I agree with you about the separation of Church and State approach that the FPM has adopted. But the funny thing is, it is the same FPM that have taken the approach of a State within the State by providing cover for the stateless militia. Go figure. Hypocrisy.
18 December 2011, 19:51
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FPM demagogically talks about secularity but in the facts they do the contrary! when aoun says he defends the right of the christians, i don t call that separation of state and church!
but the first to fiercely cling to a sectarian state are people like alrahi and all the clerics (muslims or christians) who benefit from this system and can better control their sheep and make money....
secularity will only come from a revolution of the minds of the people , but so far they are so brainwashed by religion that we can wait another hundred years!
religion is the opium of the people and in lebanon they are very addicted...
18 December 2011, 19:56
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"" but now that hariri is out he wants hezbollah disarmed. typical BS from a sore loser""
i guess the same comment can apply to aoun who called the hezb a terrorist militia and now is at their orders... typical BS from a sore loser too!
18 December 2011, 22:02
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aoun is not defending the rights of the christians but his own privileges...and if you want a secular state you stop talking about the rights of a sect but talk about the equal rights for LEBANESE... so aoun is a fraud...
18 December 2011, 23:19
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"just enjoy your denial and stick to sectarian people you like rather than a laique person you dont like, right?"
it seems you only want to understand things through your binary view!
let me explain then as it seems that understanding a text is not a developed skill with you:
you claim that aoun is a defensor of secularism and i just tell you that you are wrong and give you an example. does that mean that i praised geagea or hariri or whoever??? no...
and if you read above i criticized ALL the clerics of this country that maintain sectarism as a tool for their power (without it they lose a lot of privileges... read carefully my boy!)
but it seems that when someone disgrees with you then it necessarily means that he is blindly with the other side. or worse even a traitor to his country or a sionist!
i guess you should go back to school and work on that understanding skill that you lack...
i do not belong to M8 or M14 for your knowledge and have no leader like you!
18 December 2011, 23:33
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oh yes and concerning changes what did the FPM propose to reform the country?
what reforms? what are they proposing now that they are in power?
nobody want true reforms because ALL the MPs are benefiting from the state of dereliction the country is in...
reforms would mean that they would lose money and businesses and money stealing...
so i laugh when i hear your puppet under the orders of the hezb claiming reforms! (oh! maybe reforms that would benefit his friends but not to the state nor the average citizen!)
they only throw crumbles to people to make them believe they are doing something for the nation...
neither M8 nor M14 want true reforms, stop dreaming!
19 December 2011, 00:55
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Aoun loyalty is to Hezb + Syria + Iran. No one is talking about religion but about loyalty.
19 December 2011, 06:32
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Peace...stop talking about how Aoun changed from being pro US. In the 90"s, M14 Christians attacked Hariri more than any other leader and called him a Syrian puppet. After he was killed, he became their saint.
Aoun is mostly sectarian like most of M8 leaders (how many muslim members does he have?)
