Talk:Religion in Lebanon

Pie chart

Given the confusion over religious demography in Lebanon, I removed the pie chart on 7 May 2024 with the comment: "Removing the pie chart on three grounds (a) figures are probably not accurate, (b) the State Department report citing Statistics Lebanon with figures for Muslims, Christians, and Druze that add up to over 105% and (c) it is only an estimate of citizen religion and the country has a sizable refugee population that in some cases has been present for ~70 years". I again removed on the 22 May 2024 since the adder @Octopusclock gave a reference whose figures weren't those in the chart. Plus the issues listed above were not addressed. Erp (talk) 01:54, 23 May 2024 (UTC)

I'm not sure the supposed IFES document (supposed because it doesn't seem to exist on the ifes.org site though it probably is legit) is an improvement since it covers only registered voters and details the registered confession of the voter (registered confession which has to be one of the 18 recognized religions; this determines what law applies for divorce, marriage, inheritance, etc.). Registered voters also includes Lebanese citizens living abroad (at least as of 2009 according to another IFES docucment, https://www.ifes.org/sites/default/files/migrate/ifes_briefing_paper_on_vr_09.pdf). It also most certainly does not include the large number of refugees. A table comparing the various estimates might be worthwhile but a pie chart that prioritizes one is not. Erp (talk) 02:01, 24 May 2024 (UTC)

Pie chart irregularity

if the pie chart shows sunni islam being the most predominent religion in lebanon why does the text just below it sags christianity? Waterlover3 (talk) 12:39, 7 June 2024 (UTC)

Which text in particular? You might want to quote it. Note that religious statistics in Lebanon are tricky. Is it official religion or actual belief? Does it include just Lebanese citizens possibly including those no longer living in Lebanon or does it include those in the large refugee population which has existed for decades (citizenship requires the father be a citizen)? Erp (talk) 14:01, 7 June 2024 (UTC)

>Lebanese people, including the diaspora, are mostly Christians. first refrence

even though the pie chart says "lebanese voters including abroad" Waterlover3 (talk) 14:16, 7 June 2024 (UTC)

Fixed. Christians may have been a majority in 1932 but unlikely to be so now even if including the diaspora (note the diaspora can be considered to include those of Lebanese descent who did not or could not claim Lebanese citizenship though I doubt any survey has checked). Erp (talk) 02:47, 8 June 2024 (UTC)

thanks for clearing that up! Waterlover3 (talk) 13:07, 8 June 2024 (UTC)