"And I have found both freedom and safety in my madness, the freedom of loneliness and the safety from being understood, for those who understand us enslave something in us. But let me not be too proud of my safety. Even a Thief in a jail is safe from another thief. "

Khalil Gibran (How I Became a Madman)

Lübnan Marunîleri / Yasin Atlıoğlu

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Monday, March 30, 2015

Religious Leaders Meet in Bkirki over Presidential Stalemate- Naharnet

Bkirki is scheduled to host on Monday a spiritual summit to press for the election of a new president amid an alleged call by Grand Mufti Sheikh Abdul Latif Daryan to turn the meeting into a permanent institution for consultations among religious leaders.
Discussions during the 90-minute summit at the seat of the Maronite church are expected to focus on the challenges that Lebanon is facing, mainly the presidential deadlock, An Nahar daily reported.
The closing statement of the summit also focuses on the burden of Syrian refugees, the future of Arab Christians and the situation in the region, it said.
Baabda Palace was left vacant after the expiry of President Michel Suleiman's six-year term in May 2014.
The rivalry between the March 8 and 14 alliances has caused the vacuum at the country's top Christian post despite calls by some political and religious leaders on MPs to head to parliament and elect a new head of state.
The majority of the March 8 coalition's lawmakers, mainly from Hizbullah and Free Patriotic Movement leader MP Michel Aoun's Change and Reform bloc, are boycotting the parliamentary sessions and causing a lack of quorum.