The Shiite Islamic Council issues a decision on Muhammad Sharara, calling him an impostor and ordering him to remove his turban.

Sharara is a fraud who didn't study at a Islamic school (Hawza) and got famous for his style at Majles (Ashura related speeches)

Discussion at Clémenceau

PSP leader Walid Joumblatt: “We had a friendly and frank meeting, we left aside the major differences and talked about points that can be dealt with jointly.”

Hezbullah's envoy Hussein Khalil said the talks reviewed “internal issues, including political, financial and social deadlines” (likely the IMF negotiations and the presidential election).

According to a column by Mounir Rabih, Joumblatt has signaled a rapprochement with Hezbullah: 3 ⁠days ago, he said to Jordanian channel Al-Mamlaka that in case of war, he stands by the resistance. He also “rejected neutrality”, distancing himself from Samir Geagea and the Maronite patriarch. Previously, he kept open the idea of choosing Marada leader Suleiman Frangieh as the next Lebanese president.

Iran-USA: Salman Rushdie, who was sentenced to death by Iran's first supreme leader Ruhollah Khomeini for insulting the prophet Muhammad and promoting heresy, has been stabbed on stage at an event at the Chautauqua Institution in New York.

The attacker has been identified as Hadi Matar, from New Jersey.

He's said to be from Lebanese descent.