Jouzou for a New Resistance Faction Affiliated with the Army
Mount Lebanon Mufti Sheikh Mohammed Ali Jouzou said Thursday he would apply with the interior ministry for a permit to set up a resistance faction affiliated with the army command.
Jouzou, addressing an Iftar banquet hosted by the Sunni Religious Institute, said setting up the resistance faction under army auspices "would allow us to possess weapons like others."
The Mufti was apparently referring to Hizbullah.
Jouzou said "we all back Jihad against the Israeli enemy and we all support weapons that fight Israel … but when these weapons are pointed at the Lebanese people they result in catastrophe."
"Do we want to build a homeland for all its people or we want to tear it apart?" he asked.