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The Economist On Fadlallah

July 9, 2010 · Mustapha Hamoui

The august British publication, The Economist wrote about its experience with the man who “Increasingly called for tolerance”

When The Economist later spoke to him, he opened the conversation by thanking Western countries for giving refuge and freedom of worship to many Muslims. Visitors to his modest office in the Dahiya, Beirut’s dense, Shia-dominated southern suburb, were often surprised to find Sunni Muslims and even Christians seeking guidance from the sage.

Horrors! The Economist is fraternizing with the terrorists!

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