Syrian People Steadfastness will Save the Entire Arab Nation: Mufti Hassoun

BEIRUT,(ST)_ Syria ‘s Grand Mufti  Dr. Ahmad Badr al-Din Hassoun, stressed that the steadfastness  of the Syrian people against the  aggression,  will save  the entire Arab nation, of imposed  strife ,chaos and plots.

In  an exclusive interview with Al-Manar TV yesterday Hassoun added  that the steadfastness of the Syrian people and embracing the  army is behind achieving victory,  pointing out that the enemies of Syria thought it a gateway to fragmentation of Lebanon, Jordan, Saudi Arabia and others but steadfastness that protected those States against hostile plans.

Hassoun stressed that the Syrian people are the only  ones to  determines a candidate for the elections and no  external party or an opposition side are entitled to put any preconditions.

 Hassoun pointed out that the issue today is not that  of President Bashar al-Assad , of Imam Ali Khamenei, nor of Hassan Nasrallah , rather it is a nation issue , either to kneel or stand.

“President al-Assad and since the first month of the crisis had a trust in God Almighty to that the Syrian people will triumph  and the Syrians  today  invite who carry arms: drop your weapons and sit down with your people and  state for reconciliation and forgiveness.” Hassoun stressed .

 Hassoun stressed that the enemies of Islam are trying to convert its  tolerance to fear, terror, murder and destruction , noting that  those enemies of Islam want to create sedition  and burn the Islamic nation as  in Iraq, Syria, Lebanon, Egypt  but the Arab peoples refuse to do so and Muslim scholars of Islam are able to face  these attempts.

Hassoun  continued that the secular conference held in Beirut under the auspices of the Federation of Levant scholars  under the title  “sedition of atonement and tolerance of Islam ” aimed to  alert the nation of risks , to show the  truth and preventing the introduction of terror in their hearts, brought by misleading  channels  including Jazeera  and al-Arabeya TV stations.

Hassoun explained that the Levant scholars  are in the same trench which  is the  trench of Palestine that if we  relinquished since 1948 Syria and Lebanon  would have turned to the richest countries in the world that if Iran also waived for Palestine they would present it  with nuclear reactors.

He underlined  that the Egyptian people revolted against those who did not comprehend the Egyptian people  , nor the relations with Syria and Iran  and therefore cut off the relationship with Syria and carried the flag of the French mandate and asked the United States to attack Syria, through Syria invited them to convene the Arab Summit in Damascus and to contribute to solving the Syrian crisis.

 T. Fateh