A third option for Lebanon's Shi'a? From: Arab American News | Date: May 13, 2005| Author: | . Provided by ProQuest LLC. (Hide copyright information) Copyright information

Noe, Nicholas
Arab American News
05-13-2005
BEIRUT - On the heels of the first "Shi'a National Meeting," held last week
in Ras al-Nabaa, The Arab American News sat down with Sayyed Mohammad
al-Amine, an outspoken Shi'a cleric in Sida who helped organize what was
billed as a third way for the Lebanese Shi'a community.

Arguing that neither Amal nor Hezbullah, "summarized the entire Shi'a
sect," Amine told a packed auditorium that included several MPs and
officials, including Baabda MP Bassem Sabaa and former Baabda MP Salah
Harakeh, that with the withdrawal of Syrian forces, a new process - one
with ...

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