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Vendredi 13 Décembre 2013 - 13:36
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Religious Freedom Beyond (or Below) the Purview of the State : The Case of Lebanon
In Lebanon, protecting and defending religious freedom is not the sole business of civic associations and NGOs; it is also the lifeblood of the State. Composed of eighteen State-recognized religious communities, the country prides itself on being a reference of religious coexistence and political management of difference, despite decades of war and tensions. The Lebanese state commitment to religious freedom is enshrined in its constitution (1926), which, unlike in most Arab countries, does not refer to Islam or to any specific religion at all. Instead, the Lebanese constitution juxtaposes (literally and conceptually) the concepts of “religious freedom” and “public order.” Article 9 reads :
“There shall be absolute freedom of conscience. The state in rendering homage to the Most High shall respect all religions and creeds and guarantees, under its protection, the free exercise of all religious rites provided that public order is not disturbed. It also guarantees that the personal status and religious interests of the population, to whatever religious sect they belong, is respected.”
An investigation into the sites of boundary—including their overlaps and mutual exclusions—between “religious freedom” and “public order” is a first step away from the oft-repeated discourse of the Lebanese State on religious liberties. Here is a case in point: Lebanon’s State Council recently ratified a decision to outlaw sessions of group prayers organized by one group of Christian believers on account, the authorities claimed, that the activity threatened public order.
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Par Jean-Michel Landry, a doctoral candidate in the Department of Anthropology at the University of California, Berkeley.
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