Amal movement supporters hold up pictures of Musa Sadr in Beirut on Aug. 31, 2018. (Credit: AFP)
BEIRUT — Forty-eight years after Lebanese Shiite cleric and political figure Musa Sadr disappeared during a visit to Libya, his fate remains unresolved.Born in 1928 in Qom, Iran, to a family of Lebanese religious scholars, Sadr became one of the most influential Shiite figures in Lebanon during the 1960s and 1970s. His disappearance on Aug. 31, 1978, alongside two companions, Sheikh Mohammad Yaacoub and journalist Abbas Badreddine, remains a major point of contention between Lebanon and Libya, 15 years after the fall of the Gaddhafi dictatorship.Every year on Aug. 31, the Amal Movement holds a commemoration in Lebanon to mark Sadr’s disappearance. The ceremony has been held in different locations, including Beirut, Nabatieh and Sour. House Speaker and Amal leader, Nabih Berri, is expected to deliver a speech on Monday to commemorate the...
BEIRUT — Forty-eight years after Lebanese Shiite cleric and political figure Musa Sadr disappeared during a visit to Libya, his fate remains unresolved.Born in 1928 in Qom, Iran, to a family of Lebanese religious scholars, Sadr became one of the most influential Shiite figures in Lebanon during the 1960s and 1970s. His disappearance on Aug. 31, 1978, alongside two companions, Sheikh Mohammad Yaacoub and journalist Abbas Badreddine, remains a major point of contention between Lebanon and Libya, 15 years after the fall of the Gaddhafi dictatorship.Every year on Aug. 31, the Amal Movement holds a commemoration in Lebanon to mark Sadr’s disappearance. The ceremony has been held in different locations, including Beirut, Nabatieh and Sour. House Speaker and Amal leader, Nabih Berri, is expected to deliver a speech on Monday to commemorate...
