The 18 Religions That Make Up Lebanon's Government
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While there are many religious theocracies and secular democracies around the world, very few countries have found a way to bridge the gap between religion and politics. But in Lebanon, not only does there exist a democracy within a larger religious structure, there are actually 18 official religions built into the country’s parliamentary system. So let’s take a look at how and why a dozen and a half different sects are able to rule over one country. Lebanon’s multi-religion government actually stems from its invading predecessor: the Ottoman Empire. From about 1516 to 1918, Lebanon was under the jurisdiction of this Empire, and around the 1830s, a system of reorganization by the Ottomans called “Tanzimat”[tahn-zi-maht], declared that all citizens were...
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While there are many religious theocracies and secular democracies around the world, very few countries have found a way to bridge the gap between religion and politics. But in Lebanon, not only does there exist a democracy within a larger religious structure, there are actually 18 official religions built into the country’s parliamentary system. So let’s take a look at how and why a dozen and a half different sects are able to rule over one country. Lebanon’s multi-religion government actually stems from its invading predecessor: the Ottoman Empire. From about 1516 to 1918, Lebanon was under the jurisdiction of this Empire, and around the 1830s, a system of reorganization by the Ottomans called “Tanzimat”[tahn-zi-maht], declared that all citizens were...
