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**ViktorialHDY** · 08-12-2010, 02:16 PM

Yes, I'm aware of the nature of Lebanese society and its diversity. Before the civil war Beirut was called the Paris of the Middle East. But the poll only questioned Muslims. I did apparently misread the Sunni/Shi'ite repartition in Lebanon though. Still, while almost all Sunni's in Jordan say yes to the death penalty for the abdication of Islam, at most 12% of the Sunni's in Lebanon do so. That's still a huge disparity.

Would you say it's precisely Lebanese diversity that precludes the extremism amongst Muslims there ?

Most probably yes
What one has to consider is this.

The muslim extremists in Lebanon are not really Lebanese, they are in their vast majority Palestinians who moved north to get away from the Israelis.The other relatively new group came in from the east, from Syria in the attempts of the Assads to take over Lebanon.
Those are the ones containing most extremists.

Before these massive immigrations lebanese muslims were far more secular than those in Turkey at their best times.
The latter you will find mainly in the north, Being turkish remnants or descendants of Kurds, mentally and politically very much influenced by the maronite Christians who used to employ them (when they still were rich)

I was working in Beirut Juli and August 82, during the shelling by the Israelis.
We went to party at night and, going to work in the morning could not find the factory (a huge bakery btw)
It was bombed to rubble.
The same evening, life and parties went on as if nothing had happened.
When the sound of shells came closer, they simply turned up the music.

08-12-2010, 02:16 PM	#37
ViktorialHDY Join Date Nov 2005 Posts 393 Senior Member	Yes, I'm aware of the nature of Lebanese society and its diversity. Before the civil war Beirut was called the Paris of the Middle East. But the poll only questioned Muslims. I did apparently misread the Sunni/Shi'ite repartition in Lebanon though. Still, while almost all Sunni's in Jordan say yes to the death penalty for the abdication of Islam, at most 12% of the Sunni's in Lebanon do so. That's still a huge disparity. Would you say it's precisely Lebanese diversity that precludes the extremism amongst Muslims there ? Most probably yes What one has to consider is this. The muslim extremists in Lebanon are not really Lebanese, they are in their vast majority Palestinians who moved north to get away from the Israelis.The other relatively new group came in from the east, from Syria in the attempts of the Assads to take over Lebanon. Those are the ones containing most extremists. Before these massive immigrations lebanese muslims were far more secular than those in Turkey at their best times. The latter you will find mainly in the north, Being turkish remnants or descendants of Kurds, mentally and politically very much influenced by the maronite Christians who used to employ them (when they still were rich) I was working in Beirut Juli and August 82, during the shelling by the Israelis. We went to party at night and, going to work in the morning could not find the factory (a huge bakery btw) It was bombed to rubble. The same evening, life and parties went on as if nothing had happened. When the sound of shells came closer, they simply turned up the music.
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