Al-Rahi: For a Civil, Democratic State Respecting Diversity within Unity
Maronite Patriarch Beshara al-Rahi on Sunday called for a “civil, democratic and modern state based on a new social, national contract that improves the implementation of the 1943 National Pact.”
In his New Year’s Day sermon, al-Rahi said that “the modernization of this formula requires respecting diversity within unity, respecting freedom of opinion and thought, and working for the benefit of all citizens and regions.”
The Lebanese must also “comprehend Lebanon’s cultural message in the Christian and Islamic worlds and in the Arab region, which is based on its historic experience and geographic location on the Mediterranean.”
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