BEIRUT: Lebanon’s Muslims will not fall for plans to divide them and create strife, Grand Mufti Sheikh Abdel-Latif Derian said Tuesday, after visiting a senior Shiite figure.
“We ... agree that Islamic unity must go beyond theories and slogans, and it must be actualized in the awareness of all Muslims,” Derian said after meeting with Sheikh Abdel-Amir Qabalan, the deputy head of the Higher Shiite Council.
“We [believe in] the same religion, the same book and the same prophet,” said Derian, the most senior Sunni religious figure in the country. “And our concerns and responsibilities are the same. Sectarian strife will not happen in Lebanon.”
Qabalan echoed these ideas, saying: “Muslims are loving brothers ... they should protect [Lebanon] by preserving national unity.”
After the meeting, Derian headed to the House of the Druze sect in Verdun, where he met with Sheikh Naim Hasan, the head of the Druze Spiritual Council.
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