Al-Rahi: I Support Elimination of Sectarianism on Condition a Substitute Be Provided
إقرأ هذا الخبر بالعربية
Maronite Patriarch Beshara al-Rahi stated on Wednesday that the problems of the tourism, agricultural, and economic sectors can be solved by politicians and concerned officials.
He said before a student delegation from Collège Notre Dame de Jamhour: “We support the elimination of political sectarianism on condition that we be provided with an alternative in order to preserve the National Pact.”
He made his visit to the school as part of his tour of the Beirut Maronite Archbishopric, which he launched on Saturday.
The patriarch later met with Jesuit priests from Saint Joseph University.
08 February 2012, 15:36
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He is the ANTICHRIST personalised. The enemy of Lebanese Christians.
08 February 2012, 18:23
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the filthy zionist media terrorist just can't digest new patriarch.
08 February 2012, 19:15
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The National Pact, he went on to clarify, is based on sectarianism.
When asked about his apparent contradiction, hypocrisy, and racism, he replied that Christ loves all sinners.
Am I wrong? The National Pact means the 25% who are Christian get as many seats in Parliament as the 75% who are Muslims?
Who agreed to that "pact"? Please tell me that is not what he means by "National Pact".
The 1943 National Pact, an unwritten agreement that established the political foundations of modern Lebanon, allocated political power on an essentially confessional system based on the 1932 census. Seats in parliament were divided on a 6-to-5 ratio of Christians to Muslims, until 1990 when the ratio changed to half and half.--Wikipedia
So the Patriarch wants to replace sectarianism with confessionalism?
08 February 2012, 21:01
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chrisrushlau, how did you get to the 25% figure when the last official census of the Lebanese population was the one you mentioned in 1932. No one has called for one since or plans to because they all would rather keep it foggy the way it is now, that gives pompous ignorant fools such as yourself the chance to throw figures around without any actual acurate figures. The electoral roll puts the Christians numbers in the high thirties and once expats get the voting right those figures should balloon. Funny you seem to only pop up with your idiotic remarks whenever the rights of the Christians in Lebanon are mentioned and to defend the one party family run Syrian system. One last thing Chritians and Muslims are not races moron so stop throwing the word racist around it makes that part of your comment even more idiotic that the rest of it.
09 February 2012, 04:04
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The electoral role published by the interior ministry puts christains at 39.5%. Plus the 90% of diaspora are Christian.
There is an attempt, from the days of Kissinger, to portray Lebanon and the middle east as Muslim, dictators and Israel the beacon of light for democracy and defenders of Christian rights in the holy land. Don't fall into this trap.
08 February 2012, 19:18
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No, I'm sorry--he's saying that the Christians want their 6:5 advantage back. That's what he means by "preserved".
Many of his advisors had advised him not to touch this controversial issue: "let the rabble discover where the power lies without our announcing it". He chastened them, "Christ loves all sinners, but we don't have to press our luck."
Really, why did he make this announcement?
08 February 2012, 23:56
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chrisrushlau? what is up with you?
Lebanon is blessed to have a Patriarch such as Patriarch Al Rai.
09 February 2012, 06:19
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interesting how chrisrushlau needs to quote wikipedia about national pact that we all know about.
makes you wander if he is lebanese at all.
