BEIRUT: Fundamentalism, terrorism and radicalism are the biggest challenges facing not just Middle East, but the whole world, Grand Mufti Sheikh Abdel Latif Derian said Tuesday, before traveling to Egypt to attend a conference on combating religious extremism.
Derian said the conference, organized by Sheikh al-Azhar Ahmad al-Tayeb, comes at a time the Arab world is confronting extreme dangers.
“Inter-Muslim relations are of utmost importance in such sensitive conditions, necessitating the initiation of moderate, calm and rational dialogue,” Derian said, stressing that Lebanon’s participation with a delegation comprising Muslims and Christians “is meant to reaffirm Egypt’s leading role in treating major Arab and Islamic issues.”
Derian hailed the projected dialogue between the Future Movement and Hezbollah, saying: “We give our support and blessing to such endeavor, and we are confident that the coming days will bring good news about the encounter.”
The Grand Mufti reiterated pleas to rival Lebanese factions to carve out an agreement to fill the presidential post, which has been left vacant since May 25, when former President Michel Sleiman’s six-year-term expired.
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