Hariri in UAE for Talks with Emirati Officials

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Former Prime Minister Saad Hariri arrived Thursday evening in Abu Dhabi on a two-day visit during which he will meet with Emirati officials, his office said.

He is accompanied by his adviser, former Minister Ghattas Khoury.

Hariri was greeted at the airport by Emirati minister Mohammed Khalifa Mubarak and Lebanese Ambassador to the United Arab Emirates Fouad Dandan.

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Thumb chrisrushlau 21 February 2020, 19:16

Hariri will request permission from Sunni officials to convert to Shia Islam in order to rekindle his political chances in Lebanon. Sunni monarchs along the Persian Gulf coast broached the idea as a means of regaining strategic control of the region as Shia-led states assert renewed vitality in the follow-on in the decline of takfiri militancy. Many takfiris have applied to the government of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia for pensions and disability payments, bring active forces below the psychologically important thousand level for the first time since the takfiri movement was launched in New York City in 1979. Former US President Jimmy Carter, a co-founder of the movement, deplored the "loss of enthusiasm among young Muslims".