Location and Date: President Abdel Hamid Karami (Al-Nour) Square — Tripoli, the Faithful | Sunday, September 20, 2026
A massive protest stand organized by the Association of Muslim Scholars in Lebanon in response to the legal challenge filed against the general amnesty law for detainees, issued by the Presidency of the Republic.
The President of the Association of Muslim Scholars in Lebanon, His Eminence Sheikh Dr. Muhammad Al-Shati, delivered a central address during the large protest rally convened by the Association, drawing an extensive turnout of scholars, families of detainees, and representatives of grassroots movements at President Abdel Hamid Karami Square in Tripoli. The text of his address reads as follows:
"This blessed gathering in Tripoli of the Levant — Tripoli the steadfast and loyal — stands as a vindication of truth and of the wronged, and as a firm rebuff to attempts to circumvent the general amnesty law signed by His Excellency the President of the Republic, a law that has been challenged by the forces of corruption and self-serving power in this country."
Key Points and Announced Positions:
Holding the Corrupt Accountable at the Ballot Box
Tripoli the Faithful and the resilient Akkar will not forget those who wronged them or conspired against their sons. The ballot boxes will prove the decisive arena for holding accountable the MPs and political forces that challenged the rights of our people and their children to freedom and dignity.
To Contest the Law Is to Contest the Partnership
Challenging the general amnesty law does not target a single group alone; it constitutes an assault on the presidency of the Republic and on the very notion of authentic national partnership. It is a stubborn insistence on entrenching double standards and on persecuting detainees who are denied fair trials.
The Voice of the Free and the Oppressed
The Lebanese Association of Muslim Scholars will remain the voice of the free and a bastion for the downtrodden, devoted to preserving the unity of the national fabric and safeguarding civil peace. It will not stay silent in the face of prison injustices and the shadows cast by exceptional courts.
A Message to the Constitutional Council
We call upon the Constitutional Council to bear its historic and moral responsibilities—to clear the path for the general amnesty law, uphold justice, and lift the yoke of oppression from hundreds of detainees who have endured long years behind bars without final verdicts.
His Eminence concluded his address by conveying a message of hope to prisoners, detainees, and their loved ones, heralding the imminent dawn of freedom and the breaking of shackles. He affirmed that the blood of the martyrs and the sacrifices of the steadfast shall never be squandered, and that the Association will persist in escalating its legal and grassroots efforts until the last unjustly held prisoner is set free.