The Religious Authority, Sayyed Muhammad Hussein Fadlullah, issued a Fatwa in which he prohibited all that can harm the environment, or that leads to disturbing the people or scaring them, by using uncivilized means to express protest or applaud.

In a reference to the practice of burning rubber tires, firing gun shots and fireworks, the Sayyed said: what some people in our community have been used to, of burning rubber tiers as an expression of protest is religiously prohibited. It represents one of the aspects of backwardness, since it pollutes the environment, and hurts the people's health, as well as their other conditions. It is not permissible to protest against the government's mismanagement of a certain vital facility by a means that increases the people's sufferings.

Rather, the means that ought to be resorted to is that which delivers the message without causing additional harms.

The Sayyed added:

The same thing applies to the practice of firing gunfire or fireworks to express joy, and that have become a source of general disturbance that could well scare the people, or even directly harm them. In this respect, the use of loud speakers too is a source of disturbance, since they invade the houses and the people living in them.

All parties, whether politicians, or social and religious leaders should uphold their responsibilities, in curbing these practices and observing the general laws that protect the society's internal peace and social security, especially that he who wants to build a civilized state should respect the people's rights and conditions and not become a source of aggression against them whether directly or indirectly.