DAR-AL-FATWA: MUFTI DERIAN STANDS AT AN EQUAL DISTANCE FROM ALL CANDIDATES TO SUPREME ISLAMIC COUNCIL ELECTIONS

Dar-al-Fatwa stressed, in a statement by its press office on Monday, that Grand Mufti Sheikh Abdellatif Derian "stands at an equal distance from all the candidates to the elections of the Supreme Islamic Sharia Council in Beirut and all the Lebanese governorates.""Derian does not interfere in the formation of the Islamic Sharia Council's electoral lists, and he does not support any candidate or side or force," the statement added.The statement comes in response to reports by "some newspapers that are known for their incredibility and twisting the truth." Source: National News Agency-Lebanon