Tripoli rattled by removal of religious posters
Feb. 08, 2015 | 11:44 AM
(Last updated: February 08, 2015 | 03:52 PM)
Antoine Amrieh| The Daily Star
TRIPOLI, Lebanon: Internal Security Forces removed early Sunday religious banners and political posters in the northern city of Tripoli, in line with an agreement reached during dialogue sessions between the Future Movement and Hezbollah to defuse sectarian tensions in the country.
In the early hours of Sunday morning, policeman removed religious and political posters from Tripoli’s Al-Nour Square.
The removal of Islamic banners from the roundabout immediately prompted protests by area residents and the city’s officials.
At 1 a.m. Sunday, controversial MP Khaled Daher, the Muslim Scholars Committee and the city’s religious leaders flocked to the Al-Nour Square, where they claimed that the removal of Islamic banners served as an offense to Islamic symbols that have decorated the city since the eighties.
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