Qabalan to Head Shiite Council
A tacit agreement has been reached on nominating Sheikh Abdul Amir Qabalan head of the Higher Islamic Shiite Council, a post that has been vacant for three decades.
The daily As-Safir said Wednesday that representatives of major Shiite powers have also agreed on a new mechanism to fill in vacant posts at the council”s both religious and executive authorities.
It said several meetings have been held between representatives of Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri”s AMAL Movement and Hizbullah to work out the process.
The post has been vacant since the council”s founder Imam Moussa al-Sadr went missing during a visit to Libya in the 1980s.