The Religious Authority, Sayyed Muhammad Hussein
Fadlullah, received former minister Michel Smaha, whom he discussed with
the situation in Lebanon and the region, especially what is going on in
Palestine.
He also received a delegation from the Islamic
Charitable Projects Association headed by Dr. Adnan Trabulsi. The
discussion focused on the general status of Muslims and the need to
protect Islamic unity in the face of the tension America is trying to
create in many parts of the Muslim and Arab world, including Lebanon.
His Eminence emphasized that the stage we live in is
one of political turmoil which the American Administration is trying to
exploit to create an expanding state of chaos, and perhaps security and
military instability.
He added: The Arabs do not have a clear view of how to
solve the problem in Lebanon, since they are not ready to solve their own
differences, and they do not intend to protect the Palestinians or at
least to reduce the pressures that are exerted on them and stop the
carnages committed against them. On the contrary, they want to liberate
themselves from Palestine, and of values of pride attached to it. They do
not even try to act so as to save face towards the critical consequences
of what is happening in Palestine.
His Eminence pointed out that the responsibility lies
on the shoulders of all the Arabs and Muslims to do whatever possible to
expose the Israeli terrorist practices and to defend the causes of the
nation. He further asserted that the nation needs two kinds of movement.
The first is to conduct an internal thorough dialogue between all its
trends and parties, and the second is to unify their ranks against the
external enemy, especially in this stage in which the American
Administration is trying to close the Palestinian dossier in a way that
serves only the Israeli interests.