OIC: Death of Sayyed Fadlallah, Great Loss for the Islamic Nation

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The Organization of Islamic Conference (OIC) lamented in a statement, the death of Ayatollah Sayyed Mohammad Husein Fadlallah with great affection and sorrow.

The OIC statement read:

We lament to the Islamic world the death of the Shiite Marja, Sayyed Mohammad Husein Fadlallah, who died almost at the age of 75 after a long suffering with sickness. May God have mercy on him and soothe him in his heavens.

Sayyed Fadlallah's death represents a great death to the Islamic nation, where he lived loyal in serving his country and his nation's issues, presenting a symbol in rapprochement between sects. He paid his efforts for easing tension in Lebanon, and on the Islamic world level. With his death, the Islamic nation loses one of the most prominent Islamic figures, who played a great role in supporting the Islamic solidarity.

In this painful occasion, the OIC Secretary General, Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu, condoles Lebanese President Michel Suleiman, Speaker of Parliament Nabih Berri, and Prime Minister Saad Hariri, for the death of Sayyed Mohammad Husein Fadlallah.

The statement ended with the OIC's prayers that the deceased's family would be granted patience from God, also consoling the Lebanese people for their great loss.