Lebanon votes on Sunni muftis for first time in 40 years ...Kuwait

Elections were held in Lebanon for muftis - Islamic experts qualified to give rulings on religious matters – for the first time in 40 years, according to reports. A vote for the muftis, who will become dignitaries of Lebanon’s highest Sunni religious body, occurred on Sunday in six regions across the country, Lebanese outlet L’Orient Today reported. The past four decades have seen the mufti of the republic appoint regional muftis, however this year provided the "right… conditions… for holding elections", Khaldoun Kawas, head of communications of Dar al-Fatwa told L’Orient Today. The elections, which were called for by the state’s most senior Sunni Muslim cleric Grand

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