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How it is? It's a majority christian country!
by baybal2 6y ago
How it is? It's a majority christian country!
- anonu 6y agoUsing a 1932 census. Let's get real...
- ceejayoz 6y agohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lebanon#Government_and_politics https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lebanon#Government_and_politic... > Lebanon is a parliamentary democracy that includes confessionalism, in which high-ranking offices are reserved for members of specific religious groups. The President, for example, has to be a Maronite Christian, the Prime Minister a Sunni Muslim, the Speaker of the Parliament a Shi’a Muslim, the Deputy Prime Minister and the Deputy Speaker of Parliament Eastern Orthodox. > Lebanon's national legislature is the unicameral Parliament of Lebanon. Its 128 seats are divided equally between Christians and Muslims, proportionately between the 18 different denominations and proportionately between its 26 regions.
- fennecfoxen 6y agoThis is the country with multiple cabinet ministers from Hezbollah. Perhaps "how" is through these and similar vehicles.
- marshmallow_12 6y agohttps://commonslibrary.parliament.uk/lebanon-in-crisis/ https://commonslibrary.parliament.uk/lebanon-in-crisis/ it seems the UK government is also worried that Iran/Hezbolla are too powerful in Lebanon. that's just from a quick search.
- SpicyLemonZest 6y agoI'm not sure where you heard that from exactly, but their unique confessionally-sharded politics mean claims like that often won't be deeply scrutinized within Lebanon. They won’t conduct a new census to check, multiple Muslim groups claim that they have the majority, and most observers who aren’t constrained by Lebanese politics think it’s closer to 30% Christian.