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Receiving John Ubaid,
Fadlullah stresses on the need of protecting civil peace

The Religious Authority, H.E. Sayyed Muhammad Hussein Fadlullah emphasized the necessity of keeping civil peace, and protecting the Lebanese army as a symbol of the country's unity. H.E. pointed out that Lebanon is passing through one of the most critical stages.

The Sayyed also praised the political and religious cooperation of Sunnis and Shiites in Pakistan, despite the attempts of certain Takfiri movements to create dissension among them.

He also called for preserving the national and Islamic unity in Kuwait and praised the unifying cultural projects being executed in the county.

The Religious Authority, H.E. Sayyed Muhammad Hussein Fadlullah received former minister, John Ubaid. The meeting reviewed the general situation in Lebanon, especially the latest political and security developments in the country in view of the latest events, in the north and the blasts in Ashrafiah and Verdan.

Sayyed Fadlullah asserted in the meeting that the stage Lebanon is passing through is one of the most critical ones. And that there is a need in view of the developments for a collective national stand to preserve civil peace, protect national unity and the Lebanese Army, being a symbol of national unity. He indicated that if things get out of control in one place, especially since it is accompanied by the tense discourse and the exchange of accusations, it will make the country vulnerable to increasingly mounting political and security shocks.

The meeting emphasized the significance of the positive role the various religious authorities should play to bring closer the political parties’ points of views, urging for adopting a unifying rhetoric on the national and religious levels. The meeting also emphasized that all concerned, political and other leaders, should take the necessary steps, to protect the country from foreign penetrations, especially in these difficult times.

H.E also received Sayyed Sajid Nakawi, who headed a delegation of the "Islamic movement" in Pakistan. Sayyed Nakawi talked about the Islamic cooperation between the Shiites and the Sunnis in Pakistan, especially between the parliamentarian blocs of the opposition, despite the attempts of Takfiri groups to create dissension.

H.E. Sayyed Fadlullah emphasized the importance of adopting the Islamic discourse that refuses any abuse to the companions of the Prophets, his wives, the mothers of believes and Ahl el-Beit. He stressed on the need of adopting a unifying line in all political and religious issues especially in confronting the American plans in the region – that aim to make the Sunnis and the Shiites tools in its unjust projects in the region,

H.E. also received the Secretary General of the Islamic National Alliance in Kuwait, Hussein Maatouk, who headed a delegation from the alliance. The Sayyed praised the cultural and intellectual projects being executed in Kuwait that are based on Islamic unity. He called to formulate a practical mechanism to promote unity in the daily lives of the Shiites and Sunnis in Kuwait, to ensure that the unity of the Kuwaitis is cemented and their cohesion is intensified.