Hizbullah 'bill of rights'

Browsing the Lebanese blogosphere, we came across this website Ouwet.com and recently stumbled upon this tongue-in-cheek entry. Here is the entry in full. Enjoy!

As posted on The Ouwet Front:

Since Hizbullah declared its IRANDEPENDENCE, I have thought up a bill of rights  - or no rights - of this Islamic State:

- First Amendment - Establishment Clause, Free Exercise Clause; freedom of speech, of the press, and of assembly; right to petition

Sayyid [Wikipedia definition: "an honorific title that is given to males accepted as descendants of the Islamic prophet Muhammad"] shall make a law banning the establishment of a religion other than Shi'a Islam, and prohibit the free exercise thereof; and will ban the freedom of speech, and of the press; but maintains the right of the people peaceably to burn tires, and to riot against the Government for a redress of grievances.

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About the South...

Whenever I am in Lebanon, I try to spend a few days in Bint Jbeil. Away from the city. And more importantly, with people I do not get to see or meet elsewhere. In a Christian village nearby, I sometimes see a priest for a brief conversation. It gives me a better perspective to see all the sides, aside from observing the situation on my own.

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The quest for a president

The Presidential elections were again postponed from the 11th to the 25th of March. That was to be expected in light of the political deadlock in Lebanon.

The Lebanese fail to agree among themselves, the French and Arab initiatives failed and now everyone is waiting for something to happen between the major players (and here we have two circles - Saudi Arabia - Syria and US, Israel and Iran) that influence Lebanese internal affairs.

The Lebanese have lost the momentum. All of them are to blame for that. Somehow they always rely on others. States do not have friends or allies, they have only interests, and as such it is stupid of Lebanese politicians to rely on "friends" - they have no friends period. They only have countries that use it to advance their own agenda. Now we have Iran and Syria discussing Lebanon and deciding which course of action/reaction to choose. This is madness in its purest form.

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