Lebanon, at the confines of the war. Cap.5: Exclusive interview with Sayyed Ali Fadlallah

(To Alessandra Mulas, Giampiero de Luca)
02/05/16

Exclusive interview with Sayyed Ali Fadlallah, an important religious leader within the Shiite community, responsible for Religious Dialogue, has a fundamental role in promoting the development of concord. Following in his father's footsteps the Grande Ayatollah Muhammad Hussein Fadlallah who died in the 2010, continues the initiative to build a society based on human values ​​and rights.

It supports the need to mitigate the negative aspects and reach a table where it is possible to bridge the gap between religions and internal movements to implement common projects, useful for the construction of a model of a state favorable to the people. For the construction of which he often emphasizes the importance of science and education in dealing with intellectual and religious deviance, particularly with regard to increasing the level of religious extremism.

It is important to understand that religion cannot be separated from politics and social issues because within Islam these latter are absolutely internal and inclusive, which sometimes causes conflicts within the same institutional management, in which Sayyed Fadlallah remarks the fact that only through dialogue, with time, can the important issues be solved to spread awareness and the culture of tolerance and coexistence.