Sheikh Qassem Calls For Punishing Dar al-Fatwa Crime Perpetrators

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Hizbullah Deputy Secretary General, His Eminence Sheikh Naim Qassem condemned on Monday the attack on Dar al-Fatwa clerics, saying the incident is part of a "plan to inflame sedition between Muslims and Lebanese".
A vicious attack took place on Sunday against two of Dar al-Fatwa Sheikhs, Mazen Hariri and Ahmed Fakhran in the Khandak Ghamik.
On the backdrop of the crime, Grand Mufti Sheikh Mohammed Rashid Qabbani urged calm and restraint after the attack, stressing that the perpetrators "will not go unpunished."

"We urge calm and restraint to enable security forces to investigate the incident," Qabbani said in a televised address. "We have full confidence in security agencies and the state, but we will not let things go unpunished," the mufti said, and assured that "we will not allow these elements to achieve their goals."
"Hizbullah condemns the attack and we call for legally penalizing perpetrators and for lifting any political cover they might have," Sheikh Qassem said in a phone conversation with Mufti Sheikh Mohammad Rashid Qabbani.
During a telephone conversation with Mufti Qabbani, Sheikh Qassem said "Hizbullah Secretary General Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah stresses on the unity between Muslims and between the Lebanese, and he calls for confronting strife and those encouraging it."

Sheikh Qassem praised Qabbani's stance, as he rejected to respond to strife and called for avoiding sectarian sedition, further assuring that the sole responsible of this crime are the perpetrators themselves. He pointed out that no political side or religious sect is involved in this heinous crime, and called for severely punishing the perpetrators. "We salute him for not blaming an entire sect for this incident and all religious communities have condemned Sunday's attacks," Sheikh Qassem concluded.
 
Instantly following the attacks, angry protesters blocked roads in the Beirut areas of Tariq al-Jedideh, Qasqas and Corniche al-Mazraa, as well as Sidon's entrance in the South and al-Masnaa's road in the Bekaa.

Source: al-Ahednews, translated and edited by moqawama.org