BEIRUT: Lebanon’s Grand Mufti Sheikh Abdul-Latif Derain Tuesday received a delegation from The Forum for Islamic Dialogue, who called for donations for reforms targeting the highest Sunni religious institution in the country.
According to a statement issued by the group, Fouad Makhzoumi, who led the delegation, called on Sunni patrons to set up a fund for rehabilitation projects targeting Dar al-Fatwa.
Makhzoumi said that the money would go to a new Dar al-Fatwa center that would be built in Verdun and would include training centers and conference rooms. The state of the-art facility should also be modern, the delegation head added.
Makhzoumi also mentioned the salaries of Dar al-Fatwa sheikhs, stressing the need to improve religious figure’s living conditions in an effort to curb their vulnerability to “external pressures.”
After his meeting with Derian Tuesday, Makhzoumi quoted the grand mufti as saying that the road to reform at Dar al-Fatwa was “long and arduous.”
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