MEI: Recognized religious sects in Lebanon

Recognized religious sects in Lebanon

Issue No. 20 | 25 April 2018

Recognized religious sects in Lebanon

Muslim Sects	Shia
	Sunni
	Alawites
	Ismaili
Christian Sects	Maronite
	Greek Orthodox
	Greek Catholics
	Armenian Orthodox (Gregorians)
	Armenian Catholics
	Syriac Orthodox (Jacobites)
	Syriac Catholics
	Assyrians (Nestorians)
	Chaldeans
	Copts
	Evangelicals (Protestant groups like Baptist and Seventh-day Adventists)
	Roman Catholics
Druze
Judaism
Total Recognized Religious Groups/Sects 18 sects

Note: There has been no census in the country since 1932 but 18 religious sects are officially recognised in Lebanon.

Sources: International Religious Freedom Report, 2011 , International Religious Freedom Report, 2016; William Harris (2012:14).

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