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Lebanese confessions assaulting personal freedoms
1-11-2018
The Lebanese religious sects continue to intrude in all areas, including the personal status, politics, social issues and personal freedoms under various excuses. Following the former Mufti Qabani’s appeal this week to the heads of cabinet, parliament and republic to stop an LGBT party by the AUB’s Gender and Sexuality Club which announced cancelling the event (c.f:https://bit.ly/2SBFTIQ), Qabani yesterday thanked the director general of the General Security, Maj. Gen. Abbas Ibrahim for his immediate and swift response. The former mufti said this action will put an end to any tampering with the moral values of the Lebanese society and spreading immorality and sin among the youth, as he claimed. On the other hand, Mor Ignaius Aphrem II, Patriarch of Antioch and All the East and Supreme Head of the Universal Syrian Orthodox Church, during a visit on October 12 to President Michel Aoun hoped a new cabinet will be formed soon which embraces minority sects. In the same context, the Metropolitan of Beirut and its Territory of the Greek Orthodox Archbishop, Elias Odeh, said the Diocese of Beirut is proud to be one of the pillars of the Patriarchate of Antioch. It will continue to be the crest of Orientalism, knowing that this might not appeal to some, Odeh, who was speaking during the annual medical conference of St. George’s University Hospital, added. He pointed out that the presence of St Georges University in Beirut does not challenge the presence of another affiliated academy in the North, the Balamand University. In fact, “We look forward to establish a university in every diocese that focuses on building an educated, spiritual and morally-developed youth,” he maintained. To recall, the cabinet last May approved and officially recognized the St. George University despite previous objections within the government on this. (c.f: http://www.lkdg.org/ar/node/17422)
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