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Both the March 8 Alliance and the March 14 Alliance are coalitions that comprehend Christian and Muslim parties. March 8 includes Hezbollah (Shia Muslim) and the Free Patriotic Movement (Christian), while March 14 includes Future Movement (Sunni Muslim) and both the Lebanese Forces and the Kataeb party (Maronite Christian). The opposition ...
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]
During the same period, Bachir Gemayel tried to forcefully integrate the Christian militias into the Lebanese Forces (FL) by abolishing the old militias. As a result, this policy led to inter-Christian massacres until 1980, when Dany Chamoun's Tiger Militia was forcibly integrated into the FL. This will also give rise to the Free Tigers, who do ...
A Christian majority of 51% in the 1932 census was the underpinning of a government structure that gave the Christians control of the presidency, command of the armed forces, and a parliamentary majority. However, following a wider trend, the generally poorer Muslim population has increased faster than the richer Christians.
There has been no official census in Lebanon since 1932. According to the CIA World Factbook, [19] the Muslim population is estimated at around 59.5% [20] within the Lebanese territory and of the 8.6 [21] –14 [22] million Lebanese diaspora is believed by some to be about 20% [citation needed] of the total population.
The leader of a Christian coalition and political party in Lebanon is calling on the U.S. and its Western allies to deploy troops to Lebanon to help the army dismantle Hezbollah.
The Syrians engaged in a confrontation with the Lebanese Christians as of 1977. The Israeli invasion of 1982, created a new balance of power which lasted till 1990. Phares argues that an intra Lebanese Christian civil war in 1990 ended the Lebanese Christian resistance and opened the path for a full scale Syrian occupation of the country.
The leader of a main Christian political party in Lebanon blasted the Shiite militant group Hezbollah for opening a front with Israel to back up its ally Hamas, saying it has harmed Lebanon ...