"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)

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Tuesday, February 10, 2015

Hands off Tripoli 'Allah' statue: north Lebanon sheikh- Daily Star

BEIRUT: An influential Tripoli sheikh rejected Interior Minister Nouhad Machnouk’s reported proposal to replace the Islamist slogan in Tripoli’s main square with a more subtle Quranic verse.
Tripoli’s Nour Square currently contains a large ornament of the world “Allah” with the slogan “Tripoli, the fortress of Muslims” under it.
Salafist Sheikh Salem al-Rafei, who is a member of the Muslim Scholars Committee, urged authorities not to remove the ornament in comments Tuesday morning to Voice of Lebanon radio station (100.3-100.5).
In comments published by the pan-Arab daily Al-Hayat newspaper earlier Tuesday, Machnouk said he had contacted Tripoli’s mufti as well as Rafei to suggest replacing the Quranic verse: “Enter in peace, safe [and secure].”
The verse describes how righteous believers will be welcomed into heaven.