Allawi Meets Lebanese Mufti

BAGHDAD / NINA / Vice President, Iyad Allawi met in Beirut Lebanese Mufti Sheikh Abdul Latif Derian. The Website of the Lebanese Fatwa House quoted Allawi as saying, during the meeting, we talked about the dangers and risks in the region and we found that the Mufti has positive perceptions of what should happen, whether at the Arab level or on the Islamic level." Allawi stressed his support for Sheikh Derian to resist sectarian strife and confirm and consolidate Arabism, indicating that the Mufti also supported the ideas that he put forward in regard to a leading Arabic Conference puts points on the characters as a prelude to strengthen this region and vaccinated and building its safety and the safety of its people and their well-being. It is mentioned that Vice President Iyad Allawi arrived in Lebanon in 28, Dec, accompanied by a number of MPs, officials and politicians and he met the Lebanese prime ministers, Tammam Salam, Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri as well as Vice President of Higher Islamic Shiite Council Sheikh Abdul Amir Qabalan. / End