BEIRUT: Sheikh Ahmad Abdel-Wahed, who was killed at a Lebanese Army checkpoint Sunday, was a prominent figure in local politics, and a philanthropist. Born in 1969 in the town of Bireh in Akkar, he received his primary education in Bireh’s public school and his higher education in Islamic Shariah at Rashid Karami Institute.
He served as imam at Bireh Mosque from 1993 to 1998 and, at the time of his death, was the imam for Al-Majdel mosque in Akkar.
Abdel-Wahed established the Al-Nour Islamic School and the Al-Nour Educational and Charity Organization...
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