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Originally Posted by Haruun  I'm not exactly disagreeing with you, my concern is targetted towards Lebanon, where a Jewish community far outnumbering 50 lives quietly and behind the dark because ignorance forces many people to have trouble differentiating between Lebanese/Jews and Israeli's. Lebanon lost its economic role in the region, and now we're even being reminded we're losing our very identity of being the most liberal and pluralistic in the region to the very people we mock and humiliate. I'm not praising Bahrain, nor am I praising its leadership, I'm not exactly a fan of the Gulf and as a matter of fact any country in the "Arab Ummah" but I'm directing this towards our own people and our own leadership in Lebanon. Jews in Lebanon were the only constitutionally protected Jewish community in the Middle East, today they pretend their Christian or Muslim. |
so you measure liberalism & pluralism by the assignment of jews (or other minorities ) to positions ?? how about you start with checking how majorities. are treated . liberalism & pluralism mean nothing if the pluralistic society is not treated with respect , and no , assigning some people to positions does not mean respecting entire communities . in lebanon we never had that kind of respect , so i don't see how u can say we are "losing" something . u can't lose something u didn't have to begin with.
how do u know there are more than 50 jews in Lebanon ?