Lebanon: Christian views on Hezbollah 'wide-ranging'

As tension continues to rage across the Middle East, the views of Lebanese Christians towards Hezbollah are perhaps more wide-ranging than many would expect, with strategic alliances and political differences existing between different factions.

A Church Mission Society (CMS) partner told en of how believers in Beirut, and Lebanon more generally, are able to “live openly” as Christians, with their freedom of worship protected constitutionally and their voices heard through parliamentary representation, and their situation relating to Hezbollah is “more complex than a simple picture of persecution.”

The partner revealed that Christians make up a large percentage of Lebanon’s population and, perhaps contrary to much public perception, are able to “practice their faith freely”, with Beirut featuring Christian churches, schools, universities and organisations, and the government and parliament featuring equal representation between Christians and Muslims.