Sunni Sheikh Ahmad al-Assir said in an audio recording released on YouTube on Monday that the Dahiyeh explosion was a result of Hezbollah’s crimes in Syria.
“The Dahiyeh explosion is a result of the crimes committed by Hezbollah against our brothers in Syria,” Assir stated.
A car bomb late Thursday afternoon went off on the main road between the Al-Roueiss and Bir al-Abed areas of Beirut's Hezbollah-stronghold of Dahiyeh, leaving at least 27 people dead.
Assir also said that “Hezbollah Secretary General Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah used the term ‘takfiris’ to do whatever he wants and to not be held accountable for the criminal acts he has done against Shiites first.”
The Sheikh, whose whereabouts are yet to be known, addressed Nasrallah: “Enough lying while you fight Sunni religiousness under the pretext of the term ‘takfiris’.”
“Whoever incites sectarianism in Lebanon and outside is the one who rendered the Resistance sectarian, dominated the institutions, and used the Lebanese Armed Forces and army intelligence to fight our families,” he stressed.
In June, Lebanese troops seized control of the headquarters of Assir whose supporters battled the army for two days, killing 16 soldiers, following which the cleric disappeared but is believed to be in Syria.
The firebrand Sunni cleric rose to prominence for his outspoken opposition to the regime of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and his calls for disarming the Shiite group Hezbollah.
Source: Now Lebanon
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