Lebanese PM, President Pay Tribute to Imam Musa Sadr
“We remember a spiritual and humanitarian leader who dedicated himself to defend Lebanon and coexistence among its sons. His disappearance is a cause that concerns all Lebanese,” Hariri tweeted Friday, on the 40th anniversary of the disappearance in Libya of the prominent cleric and his two companions.
Other Lebanese officials and figures also made statements commemorating the senior cleric.
President Michel Aoun said Sadr “struggled for Lebanon’s unity and its message of coexistence,” wishing he was still present in Lebanon to represent “a source of inspiration in political life and to be an icon for rapprochement, openness and keenness on people’s interests.”
Imam Musa Sadr and his two companions Mohammed Yaqoub and Abbas Badreddin were kidnapped in August 1978 during an official visit to the Libyan capital, Tripoli.
Sadr was scheduled to meet with officials from the government of the Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi.
The three were never seen or heard from again and their fate is still unknown even after the overthrow of the Gaddafi regime in 2011.
