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The Mohammad
al-Amin Mosque in
Beirut |
Islam in Lebanon is
divided between four
Muslim
sects;
Shias,
Sunnis,
Alawites, and
Ismailis
including the
Druze.
Muslims (including Druze)
account for 59.7% of the
total population of Lebanon,
where 39% are Christians.[1]
About 25% of the
Lebanese
population is Sunni,
concentrated largely in
coastal cities. Shi'is -
about 35%
[2]
of the total population of
Lebanon - live mostly in the
northern area of the
Beqaa
Valley and
southern Lebanon. A
religious data in 1985
suggests that the number of
Muslims has risen, with 75%
compared with Christians at
25%.By the 1980s Shi'is
became a large confessional
group in
Lebanon, leading
to demands for better
educational and employment
opportunities and
redistribution of power
based on actual numbers. |
