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Omar Bakri (Asharq Al-Awsat)
by Mohammed Al-Shafey | May 27, 2014 | Middle East
London, Asharq Al-Awsat—The controversial Syrian-born preacher Omar Bakri was arrested by the Lebanese authorities in the early hours of Sunday, after going into hiding last month following a crackdown on sectarian violence in the city of Tripoli. He was arrested in...
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Lebanese protesters hold a poster of hard-line Sunni cleric Sheik Ahmad al-Assir with the Arabic reading, “There are men in Sidon. Anytime you call us we will respond.”(AP Photo/Mohammed Zaatari).
by Nazeer Rida | Jun 29, 2013 | Middle East
Beirut, Asharq Al-Awsat—Several thousand supporters of Sheikh Ahmed Al-Assir took to the streets of Sidon, Tripoli, Beqaa and Beirut on Friday in solidarity with the Sunni cleric whose whereabouts remain unknown. Assir fled his base in Sidon after Lebanese military...
