Jul 10, 2012

In Lebanon, a hard-line Sunni cleric gives voice to deep sectarian tensions

In Lebanon, a hard-line Sunni cleric gives voice to deep sectarian tensions:
SIDON, Lebanon — From his mosque in south Lebanon, Sheik Ahmad Assir, a hard-line cleric, embodies a new trend in the Middle East: the rise of conservative Sunni Islamists openly opposed to their Shiite counterparts and their backers, Iran and Syria.
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