There's a non-surprise. The same Grand Mufti who threatened terror attacks against the West approves mass-killings at home too.
'Syria's grand mufti, who toured Europe last year and addressed Irish MPs, has been exposed as one of three men who signed execution orders for thousands of political prisoners in a Syrian jail, a human rights investigation has said.
According to a report by #Amnesty_International, Ahmed Badreddin #Hassoun was deputised by President Bashar #Assad to approve the execution of up to 13,000 inmates in Saydnaya prisoner over the last five years.
Hassoun, the highest Islamic authority in #Syria, addressed the Irish parliament's foreign affairs committee last year after he was allowed entry into Ireland as part of a religious delegation urging the EU to reduce sanctions imposed on the Syrian government.
His entry to Ireland came as a surprise after the mufti had previously said that he would "train suicide bombers" to launch attacks in Europe and US if the west launch air strikes on "Syria and Lebanon".
Hassoun has been a staunch supporter of the Syrian government since the start of the civil war and has been pictured on numerous occasions with #Assad.
During his visit to #Ireland, #Hassoun denied that Russia was involved in perpetrating atrocities against civilian targets during its intervention in the Syrian civil war.
Hassoun became the Grand Mufti of #Syria in 2005 after the death of Ahmed Kuftaro in 2004.
The Grand Mufti is regarded as the most senior appointed Sunni Muslim representative in Syria and involves issuing religious edicts on behalf of the Syrian government.'
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