The main Sunni barons gathered at the home of former Prime Minister Najib Mikati, in Tripoli, on March 14, 2025. (Credit: from Najib Mikati's X account)
It had been more than 25 years since Dar al-Fatwa had halted an old tradition. Last week, the Grand Mufti of the Republic, Lebanon’s highest Sunni authority, Abdellatif Derian, held an iftar in Beirut, bringing together President Joseph Aoun, Prime Minister Nawaf Salam and Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri, along with key party leaders, religious dignitaries, and ambassadors. This event restored the community’s central role on the political chessboard for a few minutes.A few days earlier in Tripoli, former Prime Minister Najib Mikati hosted a large inter-Sunni meeting at his residence, bringing together his counterparts Fouad Siniora and Tammam Salam, as well as several MPs and influential Sunni figures, including Bahia Hariri, who represented the main Sunni leader, Saad Hariri.Last month, Saad implicitly passed the torch to his aunt when...
It had been more than 25 years since Dar al-Fatwa had halted an old tradition. Last week, the Grand Mufti of the Republic, Lebanon’s highest Sunni authority, Abdellatif Derian, held an iftar in Beirut, bringing together President Joseph Aoun, Prime Minister Nawaf Salam and Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri, along with key party leaders, religious dignitaries, and ambassadors. This event restored the community’s central role on the political chessboard for a few minutes.A few days earlier in Tripoli, former Prime Minister Najib Mikati hosted a large inter-Sunni meeting at his residence, bringing together his counterparts Fouad Siniora and Tammam Salam, as well as several MPs and influential Sunni figures, including Bahia Hariri, who represented the main Sunni leader, Saad Hariri.Last month, Saad implicitly passed the torch to his aunt...