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Speech of his Eminence the Sheikh Akl of the Druze Unitarian Community the Sheikh Naim Hassan at the Extraordinary General Authority about the massacre in Idlib, on June 12, 2015

2015-06-12

In the Name of God the Most Gracious the Most Merciful

Praise be to Allah, peace and blessing on the Messenger, our Prophet Muhammad, peace be upon him, his family and his companions.

If God Almighty has decreed to the land to speak, it would have said to whom does not know the history in its origin: “I only know that I was fortresses to the nation in which the flags of Arabism or Islam were raised.

In this land, the sectarian or doctrinal flags were never raised but only the flags of the group were raised through history. The great Druze Unitarian men were in the Islamic and Arabic history were dedicated for their nation more than their groups. This is not a favor from anyone, but only from the One Almighty.

Look at our dear people in the injured Syria; look at how their villages and their homes became a secure and embracing place and shelter for tens of thousands of their brothers from all the communities without discrimination since the beginning of the calamity years ago. Despite the loss of thousands of people under this circumstance or that, their voice is still sane and wise and human in the depth.

 

It is not appropriate regarding to what we believe and feel of Islamic morals and characters what happens for our honorable brothers in Qalb Lawza of their acts of murder, and the violation of the sanctity of their presence for unjustified reasons. They are always abiding by the common noble values; we stand silently, full with pain and sympathy with our people, pleading for mercy to the martyrs, collaborating with their families, and joining efforts with all our people in northern Syria, pressuring hardly the wound to stop the bleeding.

Here we are, in this House characterized with its national, Islamic and Unitarian symbol, we gather to lunch a collective, Unitarian voice collaborating with a wise, serious and conscious authority, we launch the voice of our religious and Islamic values and morals. It is a call to stand at the limits of what is right in legislation, what is justice and what is human dignity.

We are reassured that our brothers in Syria will not abandon raising the flag of the Syrian union, and the flag of brotherhood and reconciliation with their fellow citizens and their neighbors in all Syria. At the same time, we call on all Syrian authorities to carry out their historic responsibilities in maintaining the unity of the Syrian people and the protection of the social fabric, and thus to effectively progress to preserve the spirit of the values and principles associated with the rights of people to dignity, freedom and justice.

Standing in front of the historical responsibilities with this high spirit cuts off all the ways of Israel, who remains the primary beneficiary from destroying the region and turning it into sectarian competing entities.

We, in this critical moment, still believe in that the governmental politic has a great role for all the honorable people therefore we are always supporting every effort in this direction.

I want all of you to be aware of the need to strive hard and sincerely to collect the word, to adjust to the situation, and to stay away from the manifestations of dispersion or uniqueness in all aspects affecting the general attitude of the fateful circumstances that threaten us and which everyone recognize. In fact, meeting on a compact unified attitude is the door to success. And my success can only come from God Almighty.

Beirut, on June 12, 2015.