 Aqil angered the kaimakam ( district governor ) of Acre , Muhammad Kubrisi , for his intervention in a dispute between two factions of the Catholic Church in Nazareth . One of the leaders of the Catholic factions , Sheikh Yusef Elias , had been dismissed by the church and subsequently entered Aqil 's protection . He requested Aqil 's intercession with Kubrisi , which was unsuccessful . When Sheikh Yusef decided to take matters into his own hands by raising a group of armed partisans in Nazareth , the church was compelled to restore his employment . Kubrisi believed Aqil had backed Sheikh Yusef 's actions and accused Aqil of sedition . Kubrisi recalled Aqil and his Hawwara irregulars to Acre , verbally lambasted them and dismissed them all from service . Aqil was deeply insulted by Kubrisi 's words and actions , and subsequently left for Transjordan where he sought the protection of the Beni Sakhr tribe . 
