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The mufti of Lebanon, Sheikh Mohammed Rashid Qabbani, was quoted this week as saying that Palestinians are no longer welcome in his country. He also condemned Palestinians as trash, and said that hes not afraid of their weapons.
Sheikh Qabbanis remarks were made during a meeting he held in his office in Beirut with a Palestinian delegation, representing refugees and various Palestinian factions in Lebanon.
The furious mufti later kicked the Palestinian representatives out of his office.
More than 400,000 Palestinians live in Lebanon, most of them in extremely harsh conditions in refugee camps.
The meeting was called to discuss Palestinian assaults on state-owned and Islamic Wakf lands in Lebanon.
Weve hosted you and no longer want you, the mufti told stunned members of the Palestinian delegation.
Accusing Palestinians of usurping Wakf lands to build houses, Qabbani told his visitors: I will defend Wakf lands even if that costs me all what I have.
Attempts by the Palestinian representatives to muzzle the mufti further enraged the top religious official, who at one point shouted at them: You are trash. You [Palestinians] will never be victorious. Nor will your cause. Im no longer afraid of your weapons.
Palestinians no longer welcome, says Leban... JPost - Middle East