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Lebanese Shi'ite Intellectual Dares to Criticize Hizballah
[Boston Globe] Rana Fil - In a scathing essay titled "To Be a Shi'ite Now," published in the daily newspaper An-Nahar, Lebanese University psychology professor Mona Fayad attacked fellow Shi'ites who blindly follow the leadership of Hizballah on a path "no different from suicide." To be a Shi'ite now "means entrusting your fate to the wise and infallible leadership without daring to ask any question," Fayad wrote. To be a Shi'ite now "is to block your mind" and let Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Iran's supreme leader, "command you, drive you, decide for you what he wants from the weapons of Hizballah." Fayad's essay gave vent to some of the frustration and anger that have built up among many Shi'ites.