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Nasrallah’s Sectarian Incitement

December 14, 2011 · Mustapha Hamoui

Elias Muhanna (A.k.a Qifa Nabki) on the double standards of those who accuse March 14 of being the sectarian ones:

I challenge you seasoned Lebanon-watchers to listen to the final segment of [Nasrallah’s Ashoura] speech […] and tell me that it is not one of the most blatant and unashamed examples of sectarian incitement they’ve heard coming out of the mouth of a Lebanese politician in recent memory

I leave you with this thought. If Samir Geagea were to give a speech calling Nasrallah a modern-day Judas Iscariot, or if Saad Hariri wrote a tweet accusing the Shi`a of being heretical Uthman-killers and Aisha-slanderers, how quickly do you think the March 8th media outlets would be down their throats, calling them bloody-minded sectarian feudal warlords?

Excellent question.. (PS: makes sure you check Elias’ translations of the relevant parts of Nasrallah’s Ashoura speech in his post)