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Agreed with your assessment above.

But Jordan and Lebanon have nearly no similarities at all, bar being close to one another.

So, with nearly 6 mio inhabitants, Jordan is to nearly 94 % sunni muslim.

Lebanon is 35 % christian, the muslims are split 50/50 in sunni and shiite.
Also, by constitution, the head of state in Lebanon must be a maronite christian and the chief of the armed forces a christian of any denomination bar maronite.

Here´s a link to a Merian set of photos about Beiruts scene.
Picture that in Jordan (where I, revealing my german identity, am confronted with an enthusiast Nazi-salute on nearly every transit by soldiers in the airport).

Beirut: In Partylaune - Merian - - Reiseziele

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 ?