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June 9, 2014

Now Lebanon - Sheikh Omar Bakri Fustoq charged with terrorism, June 09, 2014

Following an investigation, First Military Investigative Judge Riad Abu Ghaida pressed charges against Salafi Sunni cleric Sheikh Omar Bakri Fustoq for belonging to a terrorist organization, the National News Agency reported.


The judge also accused Fustoq of training youths to use weapons and explosives, working to establish an Islamic emirate in North Lebanon, and giving speeches and religious courses that included insults against the state and the army.


Fustoq was also charged with instigating civil war.

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