Lebanon
Lebanon’s displaced celebrate Ramadan amid fears that border conflict might become the ‘new normal’
By Abby Sewell — March 25, 2024
MARWANIEH, Lebanon (AP) — Those living at the Hotel Montana, which went out of business in 2005, are among an estimated 90,000 people from southern Lebanon who have been displaced by the near-daily clashes between the militant group Hezbollah and Israeli forces.
Mike Pence writes messages on bombs meant for Lebanon. Would Jesus do that?
By Daoud Kuttab — January 8, 2024
(RNS) — A debunked theology is providing cover for supremacists — both white Christian and Jewish — to pursue an illegal war.
Lebanon’s Christians feel the heat of climate change in its sacred forest and valley
By Kareem Chehayeb — December 5, 2023
BCHARRE, Lebanon (AP) — The lush Cedars of God Forest, some 2000 meters (6,560 feet) above sea level near the northern town of Bcharre, is part of a landscape cherished by Christians.
A gunman opens fire at a Lebanon mosque, killing one person and wounding several others
By Bassem Mroue — July 10, 2023
BEIRUT (AP) — The Lebanese army issued a statement saying that the armed man opened fire at a group of people as they were leaving the mosque, killing one of them.
Rocket fire from Gaza, Lebanon at Israel as Passover begins
By Sam McNeil — April 7, 2023
JERUSALEM (AP) — Militants fired rockets from Gaza and Lebanon toward Israel on Thursday, following confrontations between Israeli police and Palestinian worshippers at a major Muslim shrine in Jerusalem for a second day in a row.
Attack on Rushdie shows divisions among Lebanese Shiites
By Bassem Mroue — August 17, 2022
BEIRUT (AP) — The religious edict, or fatwa, urging Muslims to kill Rushdie was issued in 1989 by Iran's then-spiritual leader, Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, who accused the author of blasphemy for his portrayal of the Prophet Muhammad in the novel 'The Satanic Verses.'
Shiite Muslims in Mideast mark solemn holy day of Ashoura
By Mehdi Fattahi — August 8, 2022
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Security forces, particularly in Taliban-run Afghanistan, were on high alert for any violence. In the past, bloody attacks have marred the festival across in the Middle East, as Sunni extremists who view the Shiites as heretics seize on the holy day to target large gatherings of mourners.
Clergy, bags of cash set off new sectarian brawl in Lebanon
By Kareem Chehayeb — August 3, 2022
BEIRUT (AP) — The situation has ramped up discord between two powerful political camps: Lebanon’s Shiite Muslim Hezbollah group and the Maronite Church.
Lebanon LGBTQ community suffers setback amid wider clampdown
By Kareem Chehayeb — July 19, 2022
BEIRUT (AP) — In a statement, the Interior Ministry said that LGBTQ-friendly events “violate our society’s customs and traditions, and contradict with the principles of the Abrahamic religions.”
In Lebanon, how to say ‘I do’ sparks fierce debate
By Associated Press — June 27, 2022
BEIRUT (AP) — In Lebanon, an on-again, off-again debate over whether such civil marriages may be held inside the country, and for whom, is contentious and mired in religious and political entanglements.
Pope Francis to visit Lebanon in June during economic crisis
By Bassem Mroue — April 6, 2022
(AP) — Francis' trip will be the first visit by a pope to the Mediterranean nation since 2012.
At Vatican women’s day event, a call for female voices in peace talks
By Claire Giangravé — March 9, 2022
VATICAN CITY (RNS) — Women are often missing from the negotiating tables. It’s time for that to change, said the leaders of charity organizations at a Women’s Day event at the Vatican.
Pope Francis hopes ‘reality therapy’ of COVID-19 overcomes ideological opposition to vaccines
By Claire Giangravé — January 10, 2022
(RNS) — In his annual address to the Vatican's diplomatic corps, the pope stressed the individual's responsibility 'to care for ourself and our health, and this translates into respect for the health of those around us.'
‘Praying to the West’ offers look at America’s diverse Muslim communities
By Joseph Hammond — November 25, 2021
(RNS) — Omar Mouallem's new book looks at 13 mosques across North and South America and how Muslims developed their identity on the continents.
What will President Biden and Pope Francis talk about?
By Thomas Reese — October 27, 2021
(RNS) — This will not be a pastoral meeting between the pope and one of the Catholic faithful. This is a meeting between the president of the United States and an influential world leader.
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