JUDGEMENT PASSED ON THOSE WHO BROKE THE STATUE OF THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY IN LEBANON

Christian Judge imposed an exemplary sentence and the whole country applauds.

Back in 2018, in Lebanon, three young People confessed to the Sunni Muslim faith, went into a church in northern Lebanon and outraged a statue of the Virgin Mary in that temple.

The three were apprehended and arrested with the accusation of “offending religious sentiments”, a very sensitive issue in Lebanon; a country in which religious coexistence between Muslims and Christians has always been in a delicate balance.

Therefore, the judge of the North Lebanon Court that has taken the case, Josline Matta Khoury (who is a Christian), decided to impose as a sentence the offenders to memorized a part of the Surah of Al-‘Imrân (The family of Imran ), a Sura of the Holy Quran that talks about the Virgin Mary and her family.

In fact, the judge decided that this was the sentence, instead of proceeding to enter them in prison, which was the penalty that would have corresponded to them. And when it has been certified that the young people had memorized the indicated part, he proceeded to let them go free.

And while some expected a negative reaction to this decision by the Christian judge, the exact opposite happened . In fact, many Lebanese, beginning with the country’s Prime Minister, who is a Sunni Muslim, Saad el Hariri, welcomed the decision with great respect and considered it a sign of culture, peace and coexistence.