Did anyone else know that Lebanon is 40% Christinaity?

Question

I was suprised when I found this out, there was me thinking it was a Muslim country 100%! I guess I should brush up on my knowledge lol!

Answer 1

Lebanon was essentally carved out of Syria by France to protect the Christians who live there. Most of the fighting that has gone on in Lebanon has been between Christians and Muslims in the country (there is also something there called Druze that I don't know much about).

The situation with Israel is really what they call a 'proxy war' because Lebanon took in a large amount of Palestinian refugees.

Answer 2

That's correct, and probably the only reason that Lebanon isn't a part of Syria. After World War II, France divided off Lebanon to create a Jacobean Christian state out of Syria. Indeed, it use to be the law that the president of Lebanon had to be Christian, but this led to the civil war there and that was repealed. Nevertheless, Christians in the country are still a powerful political force.

Answer 3

Yes, Lebanon is the most Christian nation in the Middle East. Did you know that Lebanon has the most progressive government in the Middle East as well, having an established policy of equal representation for Muslims and Christians and a democratic process of election?

Answer 4

This is correct. The Lebanese Christian minority are a population often caught between Israel (who has acted historically as a patron state to many Christian militia clients in Lebanon) and the Muslim majority in Lebanon. Former Israeli PM Sharon was accused of war crimes because of his early 1980s support for atrocities committed against Muslims (and especially expatriate Palestinians) by Christian militias.

On the other hand, pacifist Christian groups are also prominent in Lebanese affairs. For example, Kahlil Gibran, the famous poet, was a Lebanese-born Christian. The political conflicts in the Middle East are complex, and not readily reducible to a simple confrontation between a monolithic Jewish state and a monolithic Islamic coalition of states.

Answer 5

That's not a suprise. i think almost all arabs country has some percentage of their population that are Christians. Syria, Lebanon, Jordan, Kuwait, Yemen, UAE, , Iraq, Egypt, and even the region Palestine has a small number of Christian population. i believe only Saudi Arabia has all its citizen a 100% Muslim. i heard in Saudi, you can not be naturalize unless you are a muslim. All the others are fair enough.

Answer 6

Lebanese Christians are very cool. Lebanon is 30% Christian and they hate Islam intensely. Even though the Lebanese Christians are a minority, they are able to prevent Lebanon from being an outright Islamic state.

Basically, much of the Lebanese Christians support Israel and all of them HATE Hezbollah...many of them just hate Islam.

The funniest jokes you will ever hear come from Lebanese Christians who describe the insanity of Islam they have lived with for a millenuim

Answer 7

It used to be mostly Christian until the Muslims crept in and had more babies. Then they took over the government. This is how they operate, this is how they are Islamifying Europe.

In fact in places like Sweden (a socialist country) you get welfare forever if you don't have a job. The genius about it all is that you get more money with the more kids you have. This and many other conditions are perfect for Muslims.

Plus they breed like rabbits.

Answer 8

It was a lot more than 40%. the Lebanese took in refugees after the second time Palestine tried to destroy Israel. since then there was a civil war in Lebanon. the muslims tried to conquer the Christians.

Answer 9

Not all arabs are Moslems. There are considerable christian communities in Lebanon of course, but also in Egypt, Syria, Jordan and Iraq. Many Jews are of Arab origin but they migrated en bloc to Isreal when it was created. However, some Jews preferred not to quit their countries of origin. Jews in Morocco, for instance, play a major role in politics, media and finance. The King's Advisor is a Jew.

Answer 10

I did. Until the civil war in 1975, it was run by Christians. A French colony. In the 80s the Hezbollah actually colloborated with a Christian terrorist group against a secular group!