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Why would you count Christian emigrants as part of Lebanon’s population? They lose their citizenship and their descendants are not entitled to it either.
by dahdum 4y ago
Why would you count Christian emigrants as part of Lebanon’s population? They lose their citizenship and their descendants are not entitled to it either.
- elashri 4y agoNo they do not losw their citizenship and it transferred if the father of a new born carries it out. [1] And I include that because in this context they are counted and allowed right to vote ( many do). They are even the biggest source od foreign currency for Lebanon. The system in Lebanon is unique (you vote according to your religion and the power is splitted according to that) but also it is not considered Muslim majority country because of this numerical fact. Lebanon never had any islamic financial system and their system gives the power of the Lebanon central bank to Christians as part of the split [2]. Lebanon usually follow france and their elite class is very attached to foreign power. sunni supported and attached to the golf, Christians to France and shia mostly to iran influence. (1) https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lebanese_nationality_law https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lebanese_nationality_law (2) https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Banque_du_Liban https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Banque_du_Liban
- dahdum 4y agoThank you for the follow up, looks I had outdated (pre-2015) info. Given the voting and financial support I'd agree it's questionable whether it should be considered Muslim majority. It certainly has a fascinating history.