The administration has also repeatedly emphasized the men’s criminal histories in the U.S. and portrayed them as national security threats.
A young woman portraying a biblical figure reacts emotionally during a Good Friday reenactment of the crucifixion in Quraye, near the southern port city of Sidon, Lebanon, Friday, April 18, 2025. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)On Thursday, in a ritual symbolizing humility, Chalhoub washed the feet of a dozen boys at the church.
The ritual recalls the foot-washing Jesus performed on his 12 apostles at their Last Supper together before he would be taken away to be crucified.Chalhoub said he doesn’t participate in the Friday reenactment, which he said has become entrenched in Quraye. On social media, he added, it often draws mixed reactions, with some criticizing aspects of it as “backward.”Charbel Joseph Antoun, 37, portraying Jesus, falls to the ground during a Good Friday reenactment of the crucifixion in Quraye, near the southern port city of Sidon, Lebanon, Friday, April 18, 2025. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)
Charbel Joseph Antoun, 37, portraying Jesus, falls to the ground during a Good Friday reenactment of the crucifixion in Quraye, near the southern port city of Sidon, Lebanon, Friday, April 18, 2025. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)Antoun said scenes like the hoisting of the cross and the flogging are done in a calculated and “professional” manner. “We do this out of a good heart,” he said.
Michel Badr, who came from another village to attend the reenactment, said he supports the performance “so that people would know, even if in a small way, how much Jesus had suffered ... to give us a new era and a beautiful life after him.”
Chalhoub said his concern is to avoid an overemphasis on mourning. “It’s better to turn the pain into glory and to triumph over pain with God’s power, not just to go and cry,” he said.— In a recent viral interview, the
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