#sectarian-tensions

#sectarian-tensions

A war with Israel was inevitable, but this was not the time. The second war that the Hezbollah party-militia has fought with Israel in three years—the third in two decades—has impacted Lebanon's predominantly Shia communities (where Hezbollah is the de facto authority) much faster than in previous rounds of conflict.

Saudi Arabia has named Sheikh Saleh bin Fawzan al-Fawzan as the country's new grand mufti, the kingdom's top religious scholar. The state-run Saudi Press Agency reported that King Salman appointed the 90-year-old to the position late on Wednesday, based on a recommendation from his son, Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman. list of 2 itemsend of list Born in Saudi Arabias al-Qassim province, Sheikh Saleh studied the Quran with a local imam after his father's death and gained prominence through the Noor ala al-Darb (Light the Way) radio show, as well as his books and his television appearances.