Shahhal Says Might Issue Jihad Fatwa against 'Sunni Attackers', Calls Army to 'Correct Path'
Salafist cleric Dai al-Islam al-Shahhal called on the army on Saturday to “correct its performance”, threatening to issue a fatwa that calls for jihad against those “slandering Sunnis”.
“We urge the army to change its path to preserve the country' security,” al-Shahhal said in a press conference during which he commented on Friday's incident in the Bekaa town of Majdal Anjar.
He asked: “Are the army’s statements an execution of Iranian and Syrian orders?”
Al-Shahhal stated that “Sunnis are the targeted sect behind the deaths of men in northern Lebanon and border towns”.
Several roads were blocked in the northern city of Tripoli on Friday in protest at a dispute that erupted between army troops and the bodyguards of al-Shahhal in Majdal Anjar.
“If nothing changes, I might issue a Fatwa calling for jihad against the attackers of the Sunni sect,” he warned.
Commenting on the situation of the neighboring country and its repercussions on Lebanon, the Salafist cleric warned that “Hizbullah's continuous suppression of the Syrian revolution might lead to a civil war in Lebanon”.
“Its support to the criminal regime of President Bashar Assad might have severe consequences on Lebanon,” he noted.
He called on the cabinet not to take a “double-standard in respect to the Syrian issue by penalizing some acts while giving the right of interference to other factions”.
“The government, which is under the control of Hizbullah, should stop the party from targeting Syrians in their country and in Lebanon,” he stated.
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