Jumblatt Visits Sayyed Nasrallah, Thanks Him for Mediation


Another meeting joined on Thursday night Hezbollah Secretary General Sayyed Hasan Nasrallah and the head of the Democratic Gathering MP Walid Jumblatt, the first since the latter achieved his much-awaited visit to the Syrian capital and his meeting with Syrian President Bachar Assad.
 
According to a statement released by Hezbollah media relations, Sayyed Nasrallah received Jumblatt and assessed with him his visit to Syria on March 31 and its positive impact on the return to natural ties between Lebanon and Syria. Jumblatt thanked Sayyed Nasrallah for his mediation and the efforts he paid to achieve the visit to Damascus and the meeting with Assad.
 
Both leaders renewed commitment to the national stances, mainly the choice of Resistance in the face of the ongoing Israeli threats to Lebanon and the necessity to support it. They also discussed the “economic situation and expressed common interest to support the Lebanese citizen rights to decent living.”
 
The meeting between Sayyed Nasrallah and Jumblatt also touched on the issue of the relations between Hezbollah and the Progressive Socialist Party where the two sides stressed the need to “enhance cooperation between them in order to consolidate coexistence and national unity.”
 
Hezbollah Secretary General also received the head of the municipality of Sidon Abdul-Rahman al-Bizri. The meeting, attended by the member of Hezbollah politburo Hajj Mahmud Qmati, discussed the latest developments in Lebanon, mainly in the South.

Ayatollah Hosseini Bushehri welcomed al-Azhar Sheik’s trip to Iran


Although al-Azhar Sheik repeated his unreasonable remarks about Shia, but we want to emphasize on positive aspects of his remarks. We thank him, because he called Iran as a brother country and expressed his willing to travel to Iran. Qom seminary is ready to welcome him and take meetings with him.” Ayatollah Hosseini Bushehri said

In an interview with ABNA reporter said: “Seminary is ready to welcome him in Qom and we are sure if his trip would happen, it will become an effective step in creating unity among Muslims.”

“Shia and Sunni can learn Islamic knowledge in Al-Azhar together. Islam is a religion of peace and kindness; therefore, we are against any king of extremism.” Two week ago Al-Azhar Sheik in an interview expressed, but after some days under the pressure of some Anti-Shia groups in an contradictory remarks said: “Al-Azhar will seriously oppose any attempt to spread Shia in Islamic countries!!!”