Salafist Cleric Tells Charbel that End of Jihad Call Hinges on Hizbullah Pullout
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Salafist cleric Sheikh Salem al-Rafehi said Tuesday that he informed caretaker Interior Minister Marwan Charbel his readiness to withdraw his call for jihad if Hizbullah ended its involvement in Syria's civil war.
In remarks to LBCI, al-Rafehi said: “Charbel telephoned me and I formed him our readiness to pull the invitation to Jihad in Syria if Hizbullah stopped sending fighters to Syria.”
Al-Rafehi and another Salafist cleric sheikh Ahmed al-Asir called on Monday for jihad to defend Sunnis in Syria.
Al-Asir announced the creation of the “Free Resistance Brigades,” urging whoever is capable of heading to Syria to go there to aid “the oppressed” in the town of al-Qusayr, southeast of Homs.
Asir called on “all the Lebanese who fear attacks by Iran's party (Hizbullah) in Lebanon to arm themselves and form 5-member secret cells to be ready to exclusively defend themselves and their families should the need arise.”
Fighting has flared in Syria's Homs region in recent weeks as the government has pressed its campaign to stamp out rebel-held pockets in the area.
Much of the heaviest fighting has raged near the Lebanese border around al-Qusayr, where activists said government troops backed by gunmen linked to Hizbullah captured the villages of Radwineyeh and Tel al-Nabi Mando.
Al-Rafehi also announced that he has decided to “send men and weapons in support of our Sunni brothers in al-Qusayr.”
He called on "all Sunni men to be fully prepared ahead of sending the first batch (of fighters) to perform the jihadist duty in al-Qusayr.”
23 April 2013, 13:47
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God help us ,it is not enough that Hizbollah are involved now we have these idiots.God help Lebanon
23 April 2013, 14:01
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And why does Charbel call these thugs in the first place? they must be arrested! Between charbel and mansour, we are very blessed!!!
23 April 2013, 15:07
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dont worry when the big war starts ....we will protect you and help you win the war.
then youll backstab us again.
24 April 2013, 14:10
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the Palestinians were a group of secularists.
i believe such as your self.
and i am neither one of berri or kamal jumblatts dogs.......so no i didnt help them in the 70's.
at least the few sunnis who did help the palo's did so out of sympathy.
berri and jumblatt however, for poilitical gain.
i dont beleive in french/english imposed borders anyway.
23 April 2013, 15:51
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Considering the great successes that these crazies (they call themselves Salafists, among other catchy names) have been achieving, such as sending their fighters to Syria to remain there and never to be heard of again (kheir), I am all for them going to fight the jihad in every corner of Syria with no regard to what Hizbullah does or does not do! Hey crazies, just go, go, go, warriors. When the jihad calls, you MUST go. The virgins are waiting for stinking bearded lunatics with wide open legs because they are in such heat the A/Cs down there (or up there depending on ones perspective) are not helping. yalla crazies. 3alehom.
23 April 2013, 20:17
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So you prefer the company of Jews than Muslims? ..Typical Shia.
I'm from Australia & let me tell you that the Shia areas like Arncliffe are no cleaner than the "sunni areas".
If you look at the criminal bikie gangs, you see they are full of shia men, even their leaders are shias.
However the Sunni areas don't have a centralised leadership, they are multicultural suburbs with fresh migrants coming in every day from every country in the world (africa, middle east, asia, europe, turkey, caucus) ... and the shia areas are just lebanese & iranians with central leadership, they have no excuse.
24 April 2013, 21:56
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Aoun "the Great" is ultimate dictator will wipe them out. Glory to the leader.
