20 May, 2010
Demand for Secularism in Lebanon
Posted by: FBholat In: Arab Culture| Arab Politics| Arab Stuff| arab news
Thousands of Lebanese demonstrators—most of them under the age of 30—marched through Beirut last week in an effort to separate religion from politics.
The push for secularism in a region mostly defined by religious identity and religious politics is seen as a mostly younger-generational idea; a campaign where groups were mobilized through social networking sites like Facebook.
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