Lebanon Religion has a great significance besides being a mere ceremonial practice of worship. Religion of Lebanon has a broad spectrum as it determines the social and political status of an individual. Hence religion in Lebanon is a tool for the distribution of the social power, posts and their advantages. Different secretarial groups are there and they are responsible for teaching the faith and practices to different Lebanon religions. Each of the secretarial groups has its own systems and follows different agendas. The Muslim sect constitutes less than 60% of the total population, whereas the Christians form the rest 40%. Certain ethical groups are there in Lebanon and they are namely Kurds, Armenians, Jews and they are the exceptional followers and part of Lebanon - Society and culture.
Lebanon Religion is basically categorized in following 8 sub-sections and they are mentioned below:
- Christianity in Lebanon
- Islam in Lebanon
- Druze
- Jews and Judaism in Lebanon
- Lebanese atheists
- Lebanese religious leaders
- Places of worship in Lebanon
- Lebanese people by religion
The followers of the
Lebanon religion are diverse in nature; however, the majority of them practice Christianity and Islam as their religions. Thus Christianity and Islam form the backbone of the Lebanon religion. Christianity can be further sub categorized in to 4 different sections and they are namely Churches in Lebanon, Monasteries in Lebanon, Maronite Church and Lebanese saints.
Lebanon religion, Islam is divided in to four Muslim sects and they are namely the Shiites, Alawites, Sunnies and the Ismailis. All of the Islam religion gets the representation in parliament but the Ismailis benefit the proportional representation in the parliament.
Lebanon religion can't be categorized specifically in to one or two single types as the Lebanese have diverse religions and all are given importance in their own ways and standards.
