Shaden Fakih has amassed a large online following for her jabs at Lebanon’s religious authorities and the sectarian factions that have long dominated the country’s political scene.
But despite Lebanon’s reputation as one of the most open and tolerant societies in the Arab and Muslim world, her crude jokes have occasionally angered many Lebanese.
State-run National News Agency reported that Lebanon’s Supreme Islamic Shiite Council lodged a complaint against Fakih for “the crimes of blasphemy, insulting religious rituals and stirring sectarian… strife.”
Sheikh Abdel-Latif Derian, Lebanon’s Grand Mufti, ordered Dar al-Fatwa, the country’s top Sunni religious authority, on May 9th to file a complaint against Fakih for “insult and blasphemy against the divine glory and Prophet Muhammad.”
The NNA also said Dar al-Fatwa accused Fakih of “inciting religious and sectarian strife” and “undermining national unity,” A judicial source told Agence France-Presse that the Lebanese judiciary still hasn’t looked into the complaints against the comedian because the relevant judge is still abroad.
State-run National News Agency reported that Lebanon’s Supreme Islamic Shiite Council lodged a complaint against Fakih for “the crimes of blasphemy, insulting religious rituals and stirring sectarian… strife.”
Sheikh Abdel-Latif Derian, Lebanon’s Grand Mufti, ordered Dar al-Fatwa, the country’s top Sunni religious authority, on May 9th to file a complaint against Fakih for “insult and blasphemy against the divine glory and Prophet Muhammad.”
The NNA also said Dar al-Fatwa accused Fakih of “inciting religious and sectarian strife” and “undermining national unity,” A judicial source told Agence France-Presse that the Lebanese judiciary still hasn’t looked into the complaints against the comedian because the relevant judge is still abroad.
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