Fouad Ajami: “He Descended Upon Them from the Clouds”

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“Calm, ‘the tranquil force’, his face marked with gentleness, the Imam Musa al Sadr seemed to come from nowhere….By his charisma, he obliged his enemies and friends alike to venerate him, to respect his clairvoyance. His credibility was never questioned, in spite of the rumors concerning his origins….He appeared like a creature not only of another kind but of another essence. Had they not seen him come up in a canoe they might have thought he had descended upon them from the clouds.”

– Fouad Ajami, The Vanished Imam: Musa al Sadr and the Shia of Lebanon

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