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Monday 11 May 2015 - 12:39 Makkah mean time-22-7-1436
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Beirut, (IINA) - Lebanese officials arrived at Lebanon’s top religious institution on Sunday to elect a Higher Islamic Council that would manage the body’s affairs, Albawaba reported.
The election come nine months after the election of Grand Mufti Abdel-Latif Derian. “There is a climate of consensus and a shared will to elect a new Higher Islamic Council, and this is something we badly needed,” Prime Minister Tammam Salam told reporters before entering the election hall in Dar al-Fatwa in Beirut.
“The Higher Islamic Council’s members guarantee Lebanon’s stability, safety and progress.” Salam, who spoke along side Derian, praised the latter for the “moderation” he has shown in his recent positions and actions. “Today we launch a journey of reform and development in our Islamic institutions,” Derian said.
“The electoral bodies in Beirut and all constituencies today are working to reconstruct the house’s interior back to the right foundations.” Derian stressed that the “past page had been turned,” highlighting that the elections are independent from all political interventions. “The candidates are the people of this house and there is no return to division and separation,” he added, in reference to the previous situation where two councils existed.
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