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The following are different sources that do not pretend to be fully representative of the religious affiliation of the people of Lebanon. [ citation needed ] A 2012 study conducted by Statistics Lebanon, a Beirut-based research firm, estimated Lebanon's population to be 54% Muslim (27% Shia ; 27% Sunni ), 46% Christian (31.5% Maronite , 8% ...
A study conducted by Statistics Lebanon, a Beirut-based research firm, cited by the United States Department of State found that of Lebanon's population of approximately 4.3 million is estimated to be: [78] 54% Islam (Shia and Sunni, 27% each), 40.5% Christian (21% Maronite, 8% Greek Orthodox, 5% Melkite Catholics, 1% Protestant, 5.5% other ...
The Syrian Lebanese in America: A Study in Religion and Assimilation (Twayne, 1975). Price, Jay M., and Sue Abdinnour, "Family, Ethnic Entrepreneurship, and the Lebanese of Kansas," Great Plains Quarterly, 33 (Summer 2013), 161–88. Shakir, Evelyn. Remember Me to Lebanon: Stories of Lebanese Women in America (Syracuse University Press, 2007).
Haplogroup J2 is also a significant marker in throughout Lebanon (27%). This marker is found in many inhabitants of Lebanon, regardless of religion, signals pre-Arab descendants, including the Phoenicians. These genetic studies show us there is no significant differences between the Muslims and non-Muslims of Lebanon. [29]
The Lebanese system is parliamentary democracy, which implements a special system known as confessionalism. This system is intended to deter sectarian conflict and attempts to fairly represent the demographic distribution of the 18 recognized religious groups in government. High-ranking offices are reserved for members of specific religious groups.
The nun stood in front of a group of young students at a Lebanese Christian school and asked them to pray for the “men of the resistance” in southern Lebanon who she said were defending the ...
They were known for portraiture of Lebanese high society and men of religion, as well as Christian sacred art in the case of Corm and Serour. [ 4 ] [ 5 ] Mustafa Farroukh (1901-1957) was one of Lebanon's most important painters between the 1920s and the 1950s.
The Texas Education Agency developed the new materials after a 2023 state law — House Bill 1605 — was enacted to provide teachers with a high-quality school curriculum.