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Islam in Lebanon has a long and continuous history. According to a 2020 estimate by the CIA, it is followed by 69.3% of the country's total population. [3] While a 2022 study by Pew Research puts the number of Muslims in Lebanon at 57.6%. [4] According to the CIA study, Sunnis make up 31.9% while Twelver Shia make up 31.2%.
In 1920, France legally extended the borders of Greater Lebanon to include all the territories of what is now Lebanon. This enhanced the position of the Maronites, whose population exceeded that of the Sunni Muslims in the new districts. [6] This changed Lebanon's demographics, as the territories added contained predominantly Muslim areas.
Lebanon is an eastern Mediterranean country that has the most religiously diverse society within the Middle East, recognizing 18 religious sects. [2] [3] The recognized religions are Islam (Sunni, Shia, Alawites, and Isma'ili), Druze, Christianity (the Maronite Church, the Greek Orthodox Church, the Melkite Greek Catholic Church, evangelical Protestantism, the Armenian Apostolic Church, the ...
Saudi Arabia's foreign minister visits Lebanon on Thursday in the first trip to Beirut by Riyadh's top diplomat in 15 years, seeking a commitment to reform as the Gulf state reasserts sway in a ...
The spread of Shia Islam in Lebanon was a complex phenomenon over multiple centuries. [11] [12] Information regarding Jabal Amel's population prior to the Muslim conquest is insufficient, though it included a substantial tribal segment prior to the Muslim conquest represented by the Banu Amila who formed part of the Nabataean foederati of the Romans, [13] [14] [15] and affiliates of the ...
NOW News is the redesigned website that was known as "NOW Lebanon". [6] The change came in late 2012 as the site's publisher decided to widen the scope of coverage to include the wider Middle East region. NOW News has a large online readership mainly from the United States, Canada, European Union, and Australia.
Al-Naba (Arabic: النبأ lit. The News or The Report) is an official weekly newspaper issued by the Central Media Office of the Islamic State, first published in 2014. [2] [3] [4] [5]
This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain. US State Dept 2022 report; Rolland, John C. (1 January 2003). Lebanon: Current Issues and Background. Hauppauge, New York: Nova Science Publishers. pp. 213– 216. ISBN 978-1-59033-871-1. Grafton, David (2003). The Christians of Lebanon: Political Rights in Islamic Law.