Lebanon’s grand mufti calls for protesters’ demands to be met

A student wears a Lebanese flag at a demonstration near Zouk Power Station, during ongoing anti-government protests in Zouk, north of Beirut, Lebanon November 7, 2019. (Reuters)

BEIRUT: Lebanon’s grand mufti, the top cleric for Sunni Muslims, called on Saturday for those in power to meet protesters’ demands of ending corruption and sectarianism.
Grand Mufti Sheikh Abdul Latif Derian also said the time had come for the prompt formation of a national emergency government of experts, in a televised address on the occasion of Prophet Muhammad’s birthday.
The country is in political turmoil after a wave of protests that prompted the resignation of Saad Al-Hariri as prime minister last week.