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December 15, 2006       Share:    

Source: http://www.csmonitor.com/2006/1215/p01s02-wome.html

In Lebanon, Hizballah's Rise Provokes Shiite Dissent

[Christian Science Monitor] Nicholas Blanford - Some Shiites in Lebanon have started to publicly question Hizballah's political monopoly. They worry that its ambitious gambit to topple the Western-backed government is intended to benefit backers in Iran and Syria. "Hizballah's actions definitely are not in the interests of Shiites nor of Lebanon," says Sheikh Ali al-Amine, the Shiite mufti of the Jabal Amel district of south Lebanon.

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