In a statement, the committee held the Lebanese cabinet in general and Prime Minister Tammam Salam in particular, responsible for the safety of the kidnapped soldiers.
The committee also asked the cabinet to work hard before it is too late, urging the military institution to assume its responsibilities towards Lebanese Armed Forces.
At least 30 Internal Security Forces members and Lebanese Armed Forces soldiers remain missing, presumably kidnapped by the Islamic State and al-Nusra Front militants, in the wake of deadly clashes that erupted in the northeastern border town of Arsal on August 01.
Clashes flared up when Syrian gunmen deployed across the region after the Lebanese Armed Forces arrested Imad Jomaa at a checkpoint. The clashes left at least 20 soldiers dead and 86 injured.
On Thursday (August 07), a military source stated that a truce in Arsal appeared to be holding and the situation in the border town was quiet.
The Muslim Scholars Committee has launched an initiative to ensure the return of the kidnapped soldiers and served as a mediator between the gunmen and the Lebanese authorities.
The gunmen had issued a list of demands, which include the release of several Islamist inmates from the infamous Roumieh prison.
A demand the interior minister had rejected. Lebanese security officials say the fighters include members of al Qaeda's Syria branch, the Nusra Front, and an al Qaeda splinter group, the Islamic State, which has seized swathes of land in Syria and Iraq.
Minister of Interior Nouhad Machnouq told al-Akhbar newspaper on Thursday that General Security Chief Abbas Ibrahim was not conducting any negotiations with any foreign parties pertaining to the kidnapped soldiers in Arsal.
Machnouq stressed the importance of keeping the negotiations to release the troops under wraps to ensure the safe return of the soldiers. For more details, watch Bassam Abou Zeid's report in the VIDEO above