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Palestinians and Lebanese Muslims: Kataeb Regulatory Forces Lebanese Christians: Karantina was an impoverished predominantly Muslim district — housing Lebanese and Palestine refugees, as well as others — in northeastern Beirut, and was overrun by the Lebanese Christian militias. Damour massacre: January 20, 1976: Damour: 150-582 [10] Christians
They were able to maintain an independent status in Mount Lebanon and its coastline after the Muslim conquest of the Levant, keeping their Christian religion, and even their distinct Lebanese Aramaic [37] as late as the 19th century. [32] While Maronites identify primarily as native Lebanese of Maronite origin, many identify as Arab Christians ...
That occurred as part of a series of events during the Lebanese Civil War in which Palestinians joined the Muslim forces, [7] in the context of the Christian-Muslim divide, [8] and soon Beirut was divided along the Green Line, with Christian enclaves to the east and Muslims to the west. [9] On 9 January, the militias began a siege of Damour and ...
The small Christian village of about 1,500 is only a few miles from Lebanon’s border with Israel — an island in an ocean of mostly Shiite Muslims governed by the dominant militant group ...
Various forces—Israeli, Lebanese Forces and possibly also the South Lebanon Army (SLA)—were in the vicinity of Sabra and Shatila at the time of the slaughter, taking advantage of the fact that the Multinational Force had removed barracks and mines that had encircled Beirut's predominantly Muslim neighborhoods and kept the Israelis at bay ...
The refugees, who mostly are of Syrian or Palestinian origin, are predominantly Sunni Muslim, but include Christians and Shia Muslims. [2] Under the National Pact, the president of Lebanon must be a Maronite Christian, [7] the prime minister a Sunni Muslim, [8] and the speaker of parliament a Shia Muslim. [9]
According to then-Washington Post-correspondent Jonathan Randal, "Many Lebanese Muslim men and boys were rounded up and separated from the women and children and massacred," while the women and young girls were violently raped and robbed. [9] The Damour massacre two days later was a reprisal for the Karantina massacre. [8] [12]
The Constitution provides that Lebanese Christians and Lebanese Muslims be represented equally in Parliament, the Cabinet, and high-level civil service positions, which include the ministry ranks of Secretary General and Director General. It also provides that these posts be distributed proportionally among the recognized religious groups.