Funeral for Senior Lebanese Cleric to Be Held Monday
TEHRAN (IQNA) – The funeral will be held for President of Lebanon’s Higher Shia Council Ayatollah Abdel-Amir Qabalan on Monday.
Sheikh Ali al-Khatib, the council’s vice president, said the funeral procession will be organized in a village in Jabal province of the country.
He offered condolences over the demise of the top cleric, saying that the Muslim world has lost a great scholar and Lebanon has lost a great man.
Sheikh Ali al-Khatib also highlighted Ayatollah Qabalan’s role in promoting national unity and coexistence in Lebanon.
Ayatollah Qabalan died on Saturday night after a long illness.
He was a scholar who had studied Islamic sciences in Najaf and became a Mujtahid.
He served as the council’s president after the death of its previous chief Sheikh Mahdi Shamseddin in 2000.
