I was told there are 18 religious officially recognised Lebanese sects. Can you name them?
2007-01-16 06:20:27 · 5 answers · asked by Smutty 3 in Travel ➔ Africa & Middle East ➔ Lebanon
* Alawite
* Armenian Catholic
* Armenian Orthodox (Gregorian)
* Assyrian Church of the East
* Chaldean Catholic
* Copts
* Druze
* Evangelical Christian (incl. Protestant groups such as Baptists and Seventh-day Adventists)
* Greek Catholic (Melkite)
* Greek Orthodox
* Isma'ili (Sevener Shi'a)
* Jewish
* Maronite (Maronite Catholic).
* Roman Catholic (Latins)
* Twelver Shi'a
* Sunni
* Syriac Catholic
* Syriac Orthodox
2007-01-16 06:33:17 · answer #1 · answered by Reindeer Herder 4 · 7⤊ 0⤋
like reindeer said those are the 18 sects that are officially recognised...but webby added Boudhism and Jehovah's witnesses, they are not officially recognised...I will add Hinduism also not officially recognised(yep Lebanese practice Hinduism...I personally know a few people)
2007-01-16 22:52:05 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I know of a few others practiced on this tiny patch of land, Although I don't know about them being officially recognised in Lebanon: Bouddhism, Bahai, Jehovah witnesses....
2007-01-16 15:31:54 · answer #3 · answered by webby 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, I agree with kate there are some people who are hindu living in Lebanon and some of them are Lebanese.
2007-01-17 04:48:30 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes and that's really hard for us, imagine 18 sects trying to be united !!!!!!
2007-01-17 13:45:53 · answer #5 · answered by lip-a-licious 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋